Editor's note The author recalls his experience of the Grenada Revolution from the point of view of a key leader of the Working People's Alliance in neighbouring Guyana. What follows is a participant's account of how events in Grenada crossed and impacted unfolding developments on the Left in Guyana and Suriname. His recollections and analyses of the Grenada Revolution are thus filtered through the agitations against the dictatorship of Forbes Burnham in Guyana; the arson trial of Roopnaraine, Rodney and Omawale (1979-81); the assassination of Rodney (1980); the WPA's early links with Desi Bouterse who led the Sergeant's Revolt in Suriname (1980) and who seemed to offer a popular Left anti-imperialist and non-aligned path, and the hope of a break with ethnic politics; the 1982 killings by Bouterse's revolutionary government of 15 opposition leaders soon after a visit to Suriname by Grenada's Prime Minister Maurice Bishop; and finally, the author's mission to mediate the crisis in Grenada.View full textDownload full textRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13698010903553187
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