Big Revolution, Small Country: The Rise and Fall of the Grenada Revolution (Jay R. Mandle)
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Big Revolution, Small Country: The Rise and Fall of the Grenada Revolution | |
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| Author | Jay R. Mandle |
| Publisher | The North-South Publishing Company |
| First published | 1985 |
| Source | https://archive.org/details/BigRevolutionSmallCountry-TheRiseAndFallOfTheGrenadaRevolution/mode/1up |
"The legacy of this neofascist regime for the people of our nation
was a total dependence on imperialism, a reality that meant extreme poverty, characterized by massive unemployment, with more than half of the work force out of work, high malnutrition, illiteracy, backwardness, superstitution, poor housing and health conditions, combined with overall economic stagnation and mas- sive migration.
"Such a situation was intolerable and as such the progressive forces of our nation got together in March 1973, under the leader- ship of our party, the New Jewel Movement, in order to take power so as to revolutionize our economy, our politics and our society. And the most important stage in that process ended on March 13 this year when our party led a successful and popular revolution to take power in our country — a revolution that Comrade Fidel Castro has referred to both as "a successful Moncada" and "a big revolution in a small country." And from that day, our people, our government, and our party have been trying to build a new, just, free and revolutionary Grenada."
—Maurice Bishop, "Imperialism Is Not Invincible," September 6, 1979. Reprinted in Bruce Marcus and Michael laber, eds., Maurice Bishop Speaks: The Grenada Revolution 1979-83 (New York: Path- finder Press, 1983), p. 49.