SocialistAction 1983–88

The paper of the Socialist League, formerly the International Marxist Group, 1983–88

Fourth anniversary of the Grenadian revolution

Socialist Action No. 3, 1 April 1983 · p. 6 of the scan · 289 words

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French going "serious sustained' campaign the of in hich ing Which increase CP's THE SOCIAL Normodicum of sanity, Franz Strauss, the right-wing leader Bavarian in of Bavaria. ed that if electoral partners, CDU, were in the should foreign AS Kohl on the of the who blank tubby ON 13 MARCH this year Grenadians celebrated the fourth anniversary of the revolution which overthrew the dictator Gairy.

This year's events WCIC supposed to be low-key - the People's Revolutionary Government had decided to make next year's anniversary grander to coincide with the opening of the new international airport.

But at the last moment the scale of the celebration was stepped up, to mobilise people against the escalating US attacks on Grenada.

During his 'space wars speech Ronald Reagan ac cused little tiny island of just 115,000 people harbouring Cuban Russian militarv bases. This is an outrageous lie.

On March the United States Navy began Puerto Rico as the foca point but sending a large flotilla to the waters surrounding Grenada.

From Roger Roberts in These latest events are part of an ever-increasing campaign against Grenada revolution by the States. Defence secretary caspe Wein berge Vice President George Bush are those who recent weeks have made attacks Chated a Soares position culated position paper attacking at the meeting of the Non-Aligned foreign ministers meeting in Nicaragua.

At a rally on 13 March Prime Minister Maurice Bishop stated that the government had realised that more earnest attempts destabilisation 'were Doure lo time or another'.

He called for vigilance coming months against what he described as a more acsocrale ano Maurice Bishop dangerous imperialism' The Grenadian people, he said. 'are ready to fight at anv time

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