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Because of his determination
to not permit Grenada to be ruled
under the thumb of Western
dominance, Bishop and the New
Jewel Movement were harassed,
ostracized and economically
destabilized by both the Carter
and Reagan administrations.
This treacherous, yet typical,
U.S. action forced the Grenadian
government to seek aid from its
Central American allies, Cuba
and Nicaragua -- a move which
further incensed the Washington
power s-that-be.
Thus, fearing the ramifications
a popular, progressive, independent
and bold Grenada could
have on the other dependent, exploited
nations of the Caribbean
and Central America, the U.S.
government soon determined that
Bishop and the NJM must be
discredited and eliminated. The
rest, sadly enough, is history.
After opposing International
Monetary Fund assistance for
Grenada, constantly refusing to
meet with Prime Minister Bishop,
and launching "Ocean Ventures
'81" - a mock invasion of
Grenada, the U.S. government
apparently decided that "play
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present-day employment,
patronize any establishment, attend
any school, receive the best
(most equal) education possible,
vote - on and on I could go.
Black GOP, how can you
forget that people like Ronald
Reagan and Jesse Helms fought
- and continue to fight - against
laws and policies that have allowed
you to sit where you choose today?
But then, you rarely are forced
to witness your young beg bread
and are therefore totally removed
from the number of malnourished
people in this 'country as a
result of' this Republican administration's
massive deductions
in nutrition programs.
You also have jobs.
It's no concern of yours that
under this administration while
white unemployment has remained
constant at 6 percent, black
unemployment has exceeded 16
percent, black teenage unemployment
49 percent.
Under this administration, the
armed forces overflow with a
disproportionately high black
enlistment. Surely you don't
believe, as Defense Secretary
Caspar Weinberger suggests, that
it's out of "patriotisms" The
truth is, the people cannot find
jobs; they cannot get assistance
to attend college. They have no
recourse but to sign up.
When the United Nations
voted recently to censure South
Africa for its racial policies, no
nation voted against the resolution,
but two -- Britain and the
United States - abstained.
When the U.S. Senate voted
this year on a major civil rights
measure, your two N.C. GOP
senators voted to table ? in effect
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time" was over.
With obvious and devious
asistance from the Central Intelligence
Agency (which no
doubt laid the groundwork for
the internal discord within the
NJM, resulting in the assassination
of Bishop and several
cabinet members by Deputy
Prime Minister Bernard Coard),
the Reagan administration - as if
following its own script -- used
the chaos and confusion syjxQunding
Bishop's murder to brutally""
and swiftly invade Grenada on
Oct. 25, 1983.
While Reagan ? then and now
-- defends the invasion on the
grounds that: 1) the iJ.S. was
"invited" to invade by the
organization of Eastern Caribbean
States, pursuant to a
dubious defense pact; 2)
American citizens' lives were endangered;
and, 3) "the Cubans
were about to take over" ? astute
African Americans, progressive
white Americans, and leaders
throughout the world still condemn
the invasion as^violative of
international law, as well as a
return to "Yankee gunboat
diplomacy."
The fact that Grenada had no
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to kill ? the bill.
It's not the first time. Your
Helms has opposed every piece of
civil rights legislation that's come
before him since he's been in office.
And it seems he will die before
he's exhausted every means possible
to prevent this country from
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Thank God it's not 25 years
ago. I don't seriously doubt that
Helms would run openly as a
segregationist.
Needless to say (I'll say it
anyway), I'm utterly repulsed by
the presence' of Roosevelt Grier,
' Meadowlark Lemon, Claude
Allen and other black self-haters
in Helms' camp. The man is
anything but a friend to blacks.
Maybe some wordly things are
of greater value than racial and
moral integrity.
One thing I can consciously say
in favor of the notorious Richard
Nixon and other Republican
presidents: None ever fired civil
rights commissioners who
criticized presidential policies.
Neither did any seek tax-exempt
status for schools that
discriminate on the basis of race.
I hope this isn't construed as in
total defense of Democrats ? it's
anything but. More accurately,
i i. _i t ^ a
u s ine oiacK cnoice oeiween two
evils.
The real solution came with the
call a short time ago for a national
black political party.
But unfortunately the idea has
not been fully grasped, I submit,
for- want of more expensive
Jaguars and better-landscaped
lawns.
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standing army, navy, nor air
force tinderscores,, the absurd,
"overkill" use of force by the
American invaders - esp^ally
when we consider that not one of
the excuses put forth by the U.S.
government as justifying the terrorist
attack has been substantiated.
To be sure, this writer ? like
nearly all those who opposed the
U.S. invasion ? in no way condoned
the murder of brother
Bishop.
The misguided Bernard Board,
Hudson Austin and others who
backed them, are most certain to
go down in Third World history
as "betrayers of the revolution."
likened to the traitors who snitched
on Denmark Vesey, sbld out
Patrice Lumumba and set up
Amilcar Cabral. When will we
ever learn?
Time and space prohibit me
from delving into this subject in
more depth. However, in a future
column I will again take a look at
Grenada and how the once
vibrant, proud, thriving nation
has been transformed practically
into a neo-colonial state.
We -will look at how the
American presence has ushered in
the. drug traffic, rampant prostitution,
economic dependency,
and political brainwashing.
Meanwhile, I leave you with
this succinct and ominous warning
from sister Jean Wiley, who
beautifully ^chronicled her experiences
in Grenada in the Oc- .
tober 1984 issue of Essence'.
? .. No, the Gienadian revolu-?
tion is not dead. And no amount
of propaganda and posturing can
kill it completely ...
4 4Whether we here recover is
another question entirely. We are
the only ethnic group in this
country that consistently refuses
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to rally in defense of our blood
cousins in other parts of the
world. Why is that? Just imagine
Chicago after news of the U.S.
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New York as they move on Israel,
or Boston as they invade Northern
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"Our complicity in
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the Third World's problem ...
"We must reverse policies that
use our taxes and our children to
destroy other people who dare to
dream and refuse to shuffle. Until
we do there is n& hope for us
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