Author: Kwabena Dennot Nyack
In Defence of Jeremy Corbyn
BACKGROUND
Many will know that Jeremy Corbyn has been a long-time fighter for racial equality in the United Kingdom and across the world. Many will also know the stalwart work he did in support of the Grenada Revolution.
Following its collapse in October 1983 he worked tirelessly to ensure that the remaining leaders of the Revolution were not executed on trumped up charges, brought by the invading US forces in a “kangaroo court”. Many will know how hard he worked to secure their release from their false imprisonment.
He was, and still remains, the President of the Committee For Human Rights In Grenada (UK), the organisation that led both campaigns, having been in this position since 1993.… Read on ...
Comrade Sister Phyllis Coard
A Summary Tribute by Sister Jacqueline Mckenzie
My friend Phyllis Coard, former Minister of Women’s Affairs during the Grenada Revolution, 1979 – 1983, and co founder of the National Women’s Organisation of Grenada has died today at her home in Jamaica aged 76.
Phyllis was one of 17 people and the only woman, convicted of the murder of Maurice Bishop, members of the People’s Revolutionary Government and civilians on October 19 1983 culminating in the illegal invasion of Grenada ordered by US president Ronald Reagan. The trial of the 17 was characterised by errors and widely criticised by legal jurists. She was sentenced to death but was released from prison on compassionate grounds in 2000.
Campaign to Recover the Remains of the Slain Grenadian Leaders
“WE WANT WE LEADER”
Campaign to Recover the Remains of the Slain Grenadian Leaders
The remains of Prime Minister Maurice Bishop and others were seized by the US forces and have not been returned to their families
Timeline – briefing document published
On the 25th October 2020 the Committee for Human Rights in Grenada – UK (CHRG-UK), supported by Grenada – Forward Ever and Caribbean Labour Solidarity, launched a campaign to recover the remains of the slain leaders of the Grenada Revolution. They were killed on Fort Rupert, St Georges, Grenada on the 19th of October 1983. Their bodies were recovered and retained by the US forces that invaded the country a few days later.