Bishop opts out
Socialist Press1979 1979-08-22Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 3 →
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ANXIOUS to dispel the anxieties of the imperialists, Maurice Bishop, Grenada's new prime minister, has firmly declared that the new left government "will not assist in any way to topple any government"
Bishop is leader of the New Jewel Movement, which came to power after organising mass moblisations against the dictatorial government of Sir Eric Gairy, and then requested military assistance from the Cuban Stalinists to prevent the danger of a reactionary coup.
Bishop may have offered some consolation to the imperialists but his chauvinist treachery to the exploited masses of the Caribbean has not dispelled their fully justified fears of further upheavals in the region following the downfall of three reactionary regimés in as many months.