By PETER MOLENAAR
from the series Raise Your Voice
Kanya Luchemba is an indigenous South African man, whose first language stems from Bantu. Years ago, his P.H.D thesis elaborated the theme: A History of Finance Capital as Pertains to Mineral Extraction Across the Globe. By way of UCLA, he landed here recently with a nephew’s wedding in mind. For several days, I was privileged to be his chauffeur!
Note:
By finance capital is meant: “the unity of industrial and banking capital.” By comparison, the principal owner of the neighborhood’s Smith Foundry actually occupied the front office on a daily basis, whereas the owners of world-wide mining concerns do nothing at all but enrich themselves. Hey, such is the nature of the imperial edifice.
Wedding duties done, Kanya arose early enough to join the UPS Teamsters practice picket line. With some 340,000 workers, UPS is a multibillion-dollar corporation which seeks to rival mineral extraction in the arena of excess profit. Stay tuned for an historic strike, coupled with massive solidarity.
Then, with picket duty done, Kanya would admire the labor heroism embodied in the Stone Arch Bridge, all the while absorbing the beauty of our city upon the Mississippi… and then, it was Minnehaha Falls, to ponder the ancient spirit which resides there… after which, there was a consultation with Sudanese voices, followed by a visit with Mohamed at the Brian Coyle Center.
Kanya is a good comrade. Don’t you agree?
