Despite all the odds against Manley he remains strong resilient. This is Strenght to the highest. I still loved and admired him as the strongest political leader who walked the soil of Jamaica.
Manley was perhaps the strongest Caribbean leader of his time and I remain a strong supporter of what he stood for. It was perhaps by God's will that he didn't become another Maurice Bishop who also stood up to 1st world imperialism. He gave Jamaica the strength it needed and showed the rest of us Caribbean people that we can truly chart our own course. I am not a Jamaican but a West Indian/Caribbean so this gives me the right to honor this giant of Caribbean leadership.
I believe Michael Manley would have led Jamaica to a successful path, had the USA mind their own country's business, instead of destabilising Jamaica and any country that dared to choose their own path. The USA is EVIL and it will eventually fall.
I agree, even though at that time, most of US were blinded by the propaganda on radio and news, paper. We were unaware of apps like the CIA paying off corrupt leaders to destabilized from within , smuggled in weapons that created garrisons, sanctions that created food shortages, and inflation. Notwithstanding, Manley was not without his faults. He shouldn’t have never allowed diplomats to enter the country unchecked. It is said that they were mostly responsible for the influx of weapons. It is also said they were responsible for the attempted assassination, and even later responsible of Bob Marley. Having study the CIA, which by the way is basically British Intel west, and how they get down, I have to deemed these assertions as being credulous
@@barringtonedwards7008 because most people didn’t know that Seaga was a CIA plant. Despite Radio stations were owned by the government, they did not inform the people of what cost the shortage and inflation.
The best Prine Minister ,he told and taught us to be patriotic, he gave us a sense of dignity and pride. He gave his heart in empowering the poor people of jamaica,I grew up in a family supporting the Jamaica Labour party who gave young people no hope.Micheal.gave us hope and paved the way for a better future.God bless this blessed soul.
Which one? MANLEY 1972-80 Or MANLEY 1989 to death ....because he was different the second time in power.... he said free education then charged the second around!! Great Talker!!!
@@areid9813 Listen to this worm trying to diminish and smear greatness. He has a good heart and a perfectly good brain. It is AMERICA who had wicked intentions and white supremacy run amuck. While they're destroying and oppressing Jamaica... KKK, Jim Crowism and good old ever present White Supremacy remained active within their own shores. Haiti fought for and won their Independence in the 1800's (1804) to be exact...America was *pissed* !! They didn't take kindly to any Black Nation having the audacity of the concept of freedom (from slavery/bondage and degradation). And vowed that as long as Haiti exists.... They will make sure that Haiti never survives, let alone prosper. YOU seems so steeped in this way of thinking that you apparently see nothing wrong with America in this. In these presented excerpts...it is *blatant* and *heart rending* that America calculatedly and intentionally destroyed Jamaica... Solely to suit their warped EGO... Why didn't America confront Russia? That is who they had beef with. In 1976 Jamaica was all of 13 going on 14 years old!!! *As an actual Independent COUNTRY/NATION!!!* A recent post slavery post colonial subject!!! What on God's green earth could be wrong with a national leader reaching for and aiming for the betterment/development and social advancement of the *infant/new born country? The so called 'middle class' who packed up their things and ran to Amerikkka were an integral part of keeping a level of destitution/impoverishment and SLAVERY on the majority of the people of the nation. The subjugation and dispossession of the so called 'post slave' people was the 'house n*ggers' and the remnant slave masters and plantation overseers riches and source for them to enact 'white supremacy'. If *I* need to show you that in all of what was just shown to us... Then g f y s. Even "autistic" people can grasp this...
@@areid9813 He did well .........he was a visionary......he open our eyes . How is self reliance preached by him a bad thing ? . Let 3 month pass and no food is delivered to yours shores and see . Remember that Seaga had all the electricity , money and food at his disposal Dangling it in- front of the Jamaican people during the 80s. Did all jamaican conform ? No ....why ?.
There was no hostility towards Jamaica in the Carter presidency because Jimmy Carter did stretch out an olive branch to Fidel Castro like many other Caribbean Islands who felt Cuba was their neighbor and they won't isolate it. Its a wicked thing when ppl try to isolate (brothers/ people )who feel they have a bond from each other like this. Get mad for Caribbean leaders supporting each other? Any Caribbean Island dare tell America not to associate with Israel? It would drop bombs on us like it did Japan? CIAGA? That's how they did graffiti in his support on the street, how dare them do this? America is wrong to do this. Would they like anyone to destabilize their country with such wicked games? Having their CIA terrorize old blind helpless ppl in the nursing homes by burning them alive? Well your own agent said this about you and isn't this wicked?
Michael Manley made Jamaica and people poorer.... tell the business community and the wider Jamaican that there's five flights to Miami so take one!! Turned junior into high schools without the same $$$$ supports, teachers, books or curriculum.... rename elders or schools drop classes as JAMAL, renamed the all the institution wasting millions $$$$ by doing so!! Gave his WHITE friend the Matalans all the housing development contracts.....
Michael Manley makes me extremely proud to be Jamaican. I lament that I have not seen anyone, anywhere near his stature since. Mia Mottley is the closest.
It takes cash to care Manley did not realize he needed an economy to provide all the goodies he needed for the grassroots people, Manley biggest downfall he failed to unite all the Jamaicans together for the benefits of all
Absolutely, he was given the knowledge and was willing to try it, he was vilified by the elitist jamaican's and it wasn't until years later, we realised how much we lost, Fidel used the knowledge! 🙏🏾🖤
The best PM Jamaica had, it wasn't his bad management why Jamaica failed it was the sanctions placed on us by the US and other capitalists combined with the licky licky mentality of the Jamaican people at the time, we are still suffering because of that up to now. Same thing Cuba faces.
His speech in Montego Bay that there will be no more millionaires in Jamaica may have been his undoing and basis for a lot of economic misery that followed the exodus of frightened middle class
@@berthonpowell7366 Propoganda, he wanted the rich to pay there fair share of taxes! This happened right after he had all the US based companies paying up and not just giving Jamaica pennys! This angered them hence EDWARD SEAGA an American citizen with the same SS number he born with he died with! They only printed it in the gleaner that he denounced his citizenship😂😂😂and now they r going after Mark😂😂😂u don’t have to be a reporter to do certain research.
One of my biggest influences. He was ahead of the curve but most won't admit it. Everything being done in Jamaica now goes back to his initiatives in the 70s
@@genfaamanfunzie4058 that has been the case before the 70s. Case in point windrush in Britain so one can't necessarily blame Manley for anything that didn't work. He had the bigger picture and not everybody was for it such as US, CIA and the opposition at that time
@@andrecampbell9106 My point you have find ways to empower your people such as educational owner of capital and businesses, home ownership in large numbers before you upset the big power ,your country cant be poor with limited resources and you getting in fight with those imperialist. Countries like Japan Singapore an China they made sure that got their economy on firm footing before they pick any fight.
Thinking about the people is very good but the means by which you can help those ordinary citizens is more important, you need an economy you need businesses and experience and dedicated business people and Mr Manley told people if they didn’t like what he said was doing,to take one of the many flights to Miami that was leaving Jamaica. Mr Manley saw and knew what the embargo was doing to Cuba and knowing damn well that is only the masses going feel the pinch not him or government ministers
The Right Excellency Hon.Michael Manley i love this man and his vision for his people no matter what anyone wanna say he'll always be the best in my book, rest in power king.
He was a glorified, charismatic fool. He saw what happened in Cuba yet he tried the same approach in Jamaica. Did he think with the global political climate of the 70s he was going to have his cake and eat it? He only wanted power at all cost.
@@mikmowmil you obviously don't listen 1) he was not trying to fully re-create Cuba 2) he knew there would be a price to pay with the US and he was willing to pay it. Jamaica crashed because some were willing to sell out the country
@@Amidat There is no halfway to socialism the way Manley proposed it. It was all or nothing. How did he expect such a system to work long term in a democracy? He had sinister plans to run Jamaica like a dictatorship that's why he was so close to the Cuban Communist regime. Had he won the 1980 election we'd be worse off today.
Amidat say no more,,,you don’t have to even explain this to a person that believed in a capitalist government, they are stuck in their selfish & greedy ways.
@Mikimoto mikimoto,, Amidat is right,,Michael Manley believed in self reliance,,means you build & feed off your own produce,until we are depth free, now this generation would’ve been way out of poverty,& better in almost everything,especially education,,,it’s really strange how Cuba sent over 100 medical volunteers to help Jamaica fight the COVID-19,& Andrew holiness accepted them,,,but in the 80s seaga lies that Michael wanted to change Jamaica into a communist country,,,hats off to the right honorable Michael Manley,,all these guns & political war was first started by Edward seaga,who worked with Ronald regan & the cia to kill to win,now look where we are today,look how much guns & killings are in our sweet paradise,smh,all because Michael said,”we will walk on our 2 feet,& not our heels,” RIP Michael Manley
@@dripgadofficial8939 BUT DIDN'T JAMAICA ALREADY GOT INDEPENDENT THRU HIS FATHER AND HIS COUSIN ? SO IN OTHER WORDS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING IS THAT ALTHOUGH WITH GOOD INTENTIONS HE LED JAMAICA TO A DOWNWARD SPIRAL DIRECTION. SO HOW THAT MAKES HIM A GREAT LEADER?
14:10...the smile of true evil. they go around in people's counties and capture the resources through manipulative tactics, and when a country wise up they sabatage the country's people using loans, food, tourism etc. Wo be unto you dutty babylwrong. God naa sleep.
Michael Manley is best prime Minister ever to rule Jamaica a man that have compassion on the poor a fearless leader who doesn't have any fear for the imperialist
I was a small girl in Jamaica, my mom was a staunch PNP, I met MM, Fidel Castro, Francis Tulloch, marched, sang on trucks, saw housing schemes built, Doctors exchange programmes with Cuba, those were great times and I will always be happy I was there?👏🏼🙏🏾💚
But where are you now? Hopefully you stayed and helped to make your homeland a better place. It is interesting that many who loved the closeness with Cuba were happy to immigrate to the USA, Canada and England.
@@annettejohnson2683 Are you from Jamaica? I hope you stayed and help your community. If not, that’s a whole lot of horse $h!t you just said. Know the history first before you make such ridiculous assumption. Smdh.
This businessman, Cargill, was a British-leaning puppet who just wanted to eat as much as he could... There are still people who need to pay for the tragedy of the Jamaican economy!
That American pro-capitalist propaganda is strong. We live under it every day here in the States. We have a similarly brutal 2-party system with both parties owned by corporate billionaires. Sounds like maybe Manley was too honest or idealistic for politics & underestimated the brute force of the world's leading military power. Surprised the CIA didn't have him assassinated quite honestly. Look what happened to Gaddafi 😥
Did Michael Manley say it that he learned from Ronald Reagan in a speech in Cancun, Mexico, that Socialism was wrong...and Capitalism was the correct path? He said so upon his return in 1989!!
Was jamaicans really blind tO see that manley wanted a better future for all jamaicans and not just for the rich i say HIS view n i was born 1993 manely Said it wE can be Great if wE have unity HIS profile was Not jus base oN torism but ever aspect of the countries development
So crazy how they try and spin Jamaica partner ship with Cuba as harmful to Jamaica. Yet the only problem it is cause was that the Imperialist powers couldn't exploit as easy
It is harmful you fool...jamaica was one of the 2 fastest growing economies up untill their cuban crap, until we still haven't recovered properly, if you socialists go to cuba, russia or Venezuela
@@leoking8211 how is capitalism working for you now?. USA wealth gap is so wide. Why model a country after corrupt USA. Socialism only fails because america always fight it.
Leo king......who benefits frm capitalism in ja.....how many of us wid have had the opportunity to go to university n vocational training under capitalism......only England up until 1962 n the USA dumping its 'wat lef' on us to present BENEFITS....OOOOH n the 1% jamaicans......watch 'Life n debt ' mi boss
My brother I appreciate you for posting all these gems and preserving our history. Would you by any chance happen to have material pertaining to the Grenada Revolution ?
One of our big challenges back then was the way speeches were delivered from political podiums. A wide cross section of the masses did not fully understand what the leaders were expressing. They relied on the media to transcribe for them, a job which was not always done properly. Propaganda machinery
They ran to america, and their elite status they had in Jamaica was not recognized, hence they had to return, where they can enjoy their “out of many we are SOME” status!! Oh well!
The Americans sabotaged Jamaica because Manley was not prepared to be Americas lackey and Seaga was but Seaga was not a born Jamaican and should not have become a leader
Being a born Jamaican is not in the constitution to not be elected as long as you renounce your birth citizenship. He was more Jamaican than many black Jamaicans who are today born in America but has not chosen Jamaica to be their residence. Seaga was only born there and taken to Jamaica by his mother at only 8 months old. That was a little baby you dumbo. He literally grew up in Jamaica and went to school in Kingston you ignorant fool.
Edward Seaga has every right to be a leader of Jamaica since his parents were Jamaican and he lived his whole life in Jamaica. He relinquish his US citizenship to ensure he's really serious about leading Jamaica in the right direction.
I'm currently reading the book "A brief history of seven killings" By marlon James. It's sparked my interest in Jamaica of that time. We, around the world, know every little of Jamaica as a country, especially afte its independence from the U.K. in 1962.
We would have been worse off. Manley was in power again from 1989 and his party ruled until 2007. Why didn't they go back to the socialist/communist regime you claim would have been good for Jamaica?
Look at Cuba you idiot..the. Look at Barbados and Cayman, then fly to Singapore..that’s what Jamaica would be if Manley didn’t experiment with this communist nonsense
CIA make sure Sure that; any leader who comes up with any backbone, there be cut down and there's many Young leaders likes SlowGo Newland they have slaughtered sinse because their integrity an intention was fuied for development of a pple by the pple . Down trodders' they want people to view and visualize oppression as a way of life and dem take out Bob Marley because he was opening the people eyes . Morice Bishop..Walter . . . . Rodney.... the gun violence is designed 2 continue Orchestrating the deception, CIA Economic Hitmans' Terro . that has been executing by various means homelessness . ,lootering with harvesting of organs .N turmoil and Chaos where the country is worse off than it has ever been on the cost of living ;.when a country or an organization forces a country to devaluate the value of their currency. With there predictoral lending machineary tatically they're deeply undermind the quality of life in A. ... society . While distroying . . the SociaEconomically strato of a society but to the American an the cia that wasn't enough . The Banksters add insult to injury , by adjustering the rate, on a special downword spiral .. Look where it reach today from $ 3 us was equal to $1 jamaican , Now it's $139 .JA to $1 us, how you expect a country to survive .. Grose wicked murderous Economic Hit Men .. way of life by creating a surplus of substandard goods ,substandard quality of food and substantial substandard education and the results of that is going to be poverty-stricken so-called Grassroots Garrisons, elements of endure enforce robbery for survival mad , robbery for therapy and murder for pratice . How can a poor 3rd world Country survived with the highest cost of liveing in the world where they have dump tomatoes from Mexico in jamaica that put the small farmer out of business .bringing the iron cow that put the local dairy farmer out of business . there is no curb or Turning Point to alleviate the systemic problem. The poetical CIA endocted Violence exist to undermine the society , look at the m16 , thee ar15 the chopper these high powered sniper automatic wepon with scope are CIA tools ..these wepon are present precedent in the ghetto where pple can hardly afford to buy food .. dario is sarious; Question where the all comes from in 1980 .there were 50 calli an 88 Barking in the streets ..America Army issue weapons.???????
Mr Manley my pm was the greatest leader of Jamaica and powerful leader in the Caribbean backyard garden self reliance national housing trust no bastard nu deh again equal pay for women free education the when seaga win everything change the tell the world that Manley a bring😅 m😮 communist to Jamaica long live Joshua Manley he put people first
Why not tell of the high interest that the world bank (USA) wanted to charge a Small developing nation all because of an oil crisis bought on by subterfuge...Seaga was sent by his Harvard buddies to keep a small country small!!!
I was only 12 and knew then we were never gonna be another cuba but that the poor was to be helped at all cost,and women would be paid eqipually ❤❤❤❤all Jamaica loved Muchael Manley❤❤❤
Growing up in Jamaica, I had 10 pair of shoes at 9 yearsold. . This was the year 1980. They told me that Manley was going to confiscate them. So I chose Seaga, but what did a 9 yo child know. Michael Manley is my second hero behind Jesus Christ RIP you great man.
It is not Kingston International Airport , it is called Palisados International Airport which is now called Norman Manley International Airport which on the day left Jamaica on December 23 2018 my first visit in then was fourteen years need not to be given an explanation as to why it was named after Norman Manley it is clearly obvious and I am not completely clueless like many others make me out to be and to go with any further explanation I said yes am fully aware of why it is called Norman Manley International Airport . Me personally will always call it Palisados .
Babylon, Babylon. How wicked can U be. U run around the world and control their resources. When Leaders stand up to U, U get rid of them. Your lies cannot be hidden any more.
Look at this propergander video and evidently admitting in the system of supremacy based on race. So sad. Capitalism machine still working now... we just have better sources of information about history and comparative examples to now reflect on. RIP Michael Manley. A true intellectual.
I wish Mark Goulding the Jamaica opposition leader, did have the passion and enthusiastic like Michael Manley, mark just always look like he’s sleeping people don’t see him as a leader
Everyone has different personalities. Don't judge the book by its cover. You people judge too much it's the same reason we're in shambles today go read it before you judge
Greed has no limits they don’t want Jamaica as a nation to rise up dem warn wul we dung and oppress intimidate and try control I n I but Jah narr sleep iyah
I read all the adulation MM received in the comments but none of them were objective. The best way to describe MM is that he was an IDEALIST. But his brand of IDEALISM was bound to fail because of big IMPERIALISM. JAMAICANS were the ones to pay the price . Food shortages. downward spiral of currency and energy scarcity are tools of economic death and decline used by the GREAT POWERS . Grenada . Argentina etc in this hemisphere are examples. Cuba superficially succeeded but it was a phyrric victory. In theory is IDEALISM was GREAT but in PRACTICE was a disaster
We didn't learn to develop economic intelligence and so we take over all businesses but didn't learned how to rule our economy Manley was at best a very good lawyer but law cannot hold the skill of the people ,hr had a good intention but many good intention often lead to destruction when not lead by truth.
This man makes me proud. Unfortunately Jamaicans still have the same blindness! Jamaica was destabilize by Merrimaka period! For those who migrated they see it be done for decades and is still going on all over the world! They r going to be in worst Trouble if Trump gets in with China being there. Nobody payed attention to Pompeo going down there 3 times once telling them, just remember, we r ur closest neighbors. 😢😢
