Black Community and Caribbean Community: The Struggle against Oppression and for Development. : ThyBlackMan.com
The idea that development is the logical extension of the struggles against the oppression of slavery and colonialism and the unequal relations bequeathed to the present economic life focuses on the historical continuities. Change is the dialectical companion of continuity. Perhaps the break in the continuity Patterson has identified is that instead of struggling against what was imposed by others, the struggle now must target a world envisaged by a collective vision, designed in the context of the dynamic global realities, and built by the efforts of free people with voice. Formulating th...