International Socialists

Capitalism emerged 200 years ago ‘dripping in blood from head to toe’ as white land-owners from Europe grew fat on the proceeds of the slave trade.  Britain, Spain and the United States were built on the labor of Black Africans who toiled under the slave-owner’s whip on sugar and cotton plantations in the Southern States, the Caribbean and Latin America.  Centuries later, the slaves may be free but little has changed.  In the global South, Blacks and Native Americans still work the plantations, entrapped in poverty to the benefit of white businessmen.  Investment is limited and aid to the development-starved regions of the world is often inadequate and fraught with criss-crossing political strings.  The only solution is to overcome capitalist exploitation everywhere.

Public meeting organized by the International Socialists' Organization, 7:30pm Thursday May 7th, Otago Room, Clubs and Societies building, 84 Albany Street.