Democratic Socialism in Jamaica

Democratic Socialism in Jamaica is a strong political movement it has gone from a Radical Left movement to a moderate Democratic Socialist movement similiar to the Democratic Socialists of america.Michael Manley was the Leader and founder of Democratic Socialism in jamaica Manley along with Salavador Allende Michael Harrigington Eugene Debbs and Evo Morales Bernie Sanders and Ken Livingstone can be considerd a worldwide leader of Democratic Socialism.

The son of Norman Manley, the founder of the People's National Party (PNP) and a "father" of Jamaican independence, Michael Manley entered a political dynasty, becoming leader of the PNP in 1969. He had previously studied economics at the LSE and worked for the BBC in London, organized Jamaican sugar workers in a PNP-run trade union, and been elected to parliament in 1969.

He led the PNP to victory in the 1972 election and two years later declared himself a democratic socialist, proposing a radical agenda of nationalizations, social reforms, and close ties with Cuba. He introduced legislation on union and women's rights, started a land reform, and spent heavily on health, education, and housing. The PNP was re-elected in 1976 but its second term was characterized by economic crisis and mounting political violence. Manley alleged that the USA and IMF, hostile to his brand of socialism and Third Worldism, destabilized the Jamaican economy, cutting credit, and imposing covert sanctions. The PNP lost the 1980 election to the conservative Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) of Edward Seaga.Manley would later return to the officie of prime minster this time he declared himself a moderate democratic socialist advocated some free market policies and transformed the peoples national party of jamaica from a radical left wing democratic socialist party into a moderate democratic socialist party like the democratic socialists of america democratic socialism is a major force in jamaican politics today and is represnted by the Peoples National party.

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