Neoliberalism And The Imf Poem by Terence George Craddock (Spectral Images and Images Of Light)

Who imposed neoliberalism upon
its victims and what is vile agenda?
Neoliberalism revealed road to hell.

As neoliberalism spreads
agenda fed around the world
like a modern day plague

or a Sheriff of Nottingham
coldly counting out gold coins
amassed stolen from serfdom.

We skip merrily to powerhouse
baron modern day bankers
International Monetary Fund.

The serf medieval farmer
of feudal Europe cultivating
land belonging to a knight?

The landowner buys sells serfs
as land is bought and sold
purchased sold with the land.

Who today could be likened
to a labourer legally bound by
law serving his lord master?

Who indeed? Ignoring modern
slavery more prolific than ever
historically in contemporary
many layered twistered forms?

Is it true that around the world
neoliberalism is imposed by
powerful financial institutions?

Esteemed institutions like famous
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
the Inter-American Development
Bank and the World Bank. Yes!

Banks rape raging all over Latin America!

Neo-liberalism weeds CIA its way into Chile
courtesy agenda of University of Chicago
Milton Friedman who hates welfare dependency
CIA-supports coup against local popularly
elected Allende regime in takeover 1973
then takes out regimes in other countries...

consider implemented effects in sweat shop Mexico
wages declined 40 50% in first year of NAFTA
cost of living sharp soared up a staggering 80%
as North American Free Trade Agreement sinks
hooks deeper into butchered economies Latina.
Neoliberalism is neo-colonization of Latin America.

Mexico 20,000 small and medium businesses failed
over 1,000 state-owned enterprises were privatized
profits for rich were sucked from workers exploited.

Friedman advocates natural rates of unemployment
argues full employment fuels inflation promotes
disastrous permanent departure from gold standard
hail Friedman bean counting revolution monetary.

Meanwhile Friedman Reagan polices sink insidious
teeth deep into target discredited American institutions
sneakily United States neo-liberalism attacks destroys
welfare programs rights of labor immigrant workers.

America remember you were founded upon honest
work of countless free diverse immigrant workers?
What evil is implementing agenda new slave policies?

Who is responsible for cut back social programs?
Who blames poor for government imposed plight?
Who practices divide citizens conquer people policies?

Republican 'Contract' America is pure neo-liberalism.
Observe vile supporters working hard to deny protection
to women, youth, children, planet Earth exploited raped.

Clone citizens sleight of hand tricked accept such policies
as political quick fingers empty public tax cash registers;
with new bogus sales pitch 'get government off my back.'

What happened to days when government had my back?
Who actually benefits from grandiose neoliberalism?
Tax exempt elite 1% tax payer bailed out bankers etc?

Beneficiaries of neo-liberalism are esteemed select minority
of the world's population Sheriff of Nottingham mentalities.
Neoliberalism to vast majority of discarded great unwashed
in money laundered profits must endure policy new order what?

Neoliberalism brings waves of ever increasing suffering.
Small worker hard-won gains of 60 years rapidly eroded.
Workers of the world unite or die under austerity measures.

Friends with baited breath joint global neoliberalism IMF dots
plot hidden course see through monetary veils hatching policies;
rise up new Mahatma Gandhi's Martin Luther King's marches.


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