The NeoLiberal

#Friday: I celebrate the memory of my dad, The Late Rev. Lurkenum McKenzie who passed  away March 1, 2011 and whose birthday would have been this Sunday February 28. It is in his honor and legacy and that of “#Black, #Brown and #Pan-African struggles for economic prosperity, justice and freedom within a neoliberal globalized world of complex systems and dynamic that I announce my Upcoming #Book: “Neoliberalism, Globalization, Income Inequality, Poverty And Resistance”, coming out next month, March, 2021. #Jamaica #Caribbean #Caribbeanstudies #PanAfricanstudies #Economics #Cinemaandglibalization #Globalization #PoliticalEconomy #Poverty #inequality #Nationalism #Garveyism #Capitalism #Marxism #Globaljusticemovement #blacklivesmattermovement

Shleppers Moving & Storage has partnered up with The Kanbar Kopel Team to organize a clothing drive to benefit The Bottomless Closet. The Bottomless Closet is all about empowering women and preparing them for job interviews by providing resume help, workshops, and the appropriate attire.  For donation details go to:  Shleppers Moving and Storage website

I teach a class at the Jamaica Theological Seminary called “Caribbean Thought”.  Last week we started watching the film “Life and Debt” by Jamaica Kincaid based on the book “A Small Place” by Stephanie Black.  Life and Debt  is a 2001  American   documentary film  directed by  Stephanie Black . It examines the economic and social situation in  Jamaica , and specifically how neoliberal globalization ( International Monetary Fund and  the  World Bank 's  structural adjustment policies)  have impacted the island. After the film we had a brief discussion about how  Globalization has created tremendous opportunities for many; but it has adversely affected the lives of people  who it has fragmented, marginalized and abused such as Jamaica. During the discussion, a  scholar in the class Nackeno asked “is there any hope for Jamaica... and the Caribbean....?” I responded to him via email saying: Btw, thanks for sharing in class. I appreciated what you had said. You asked “is there any hope