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Maurice Rupert Bishop (May 29, 1944 – October 19, 1983) was a Grenadian revolutionary leader. Image File history File links Mauricebishop. ...
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May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ...
1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ...
October 19 is the 292nd day of the year (293rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Background
Bishops Coup d'état Bishop was educated at the London School of Economics and had an extensive background in studies of the black power movement. Returning to Grenada he became active in politics. In 1973 he became head of the Marxist New Jewel Movement political party. He was elected to parliament, and for several years he held the position of leader of the opposition in the Grenadian House of Representatives, opposing the government of Prime Minister Eric Gairy and his United Labour Party. It has been suggested that LSE Computer Security Research Centre be merged into this article or section. ...
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The New Jewel Movement was a populist, Marxist-Leninist political movement in the Caribbean island nation of Grenada. ...
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Sir Eric Matthew Gairy (February 18, 1920 - August 23, 1997) was a Grenadian politician. ...
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In 1979 Bishop's party staged a revolutionary coup and deposed Gairy, who was out of the country addressing the United Nations at the time. Bishop subsequently declared himself Prime Minister of Grenada. A coup détat, or simply a coup, is the sudden overthrow of a government, usually done by a small group that just replaces the top power figures. ...
The United Nations (UN) is an international organization whose stated aims are to facilitate co-operation in international law, international security, economic development, and social equity. ...
This is a list of Chief Ministers and Prime Ministers of Grenada Chief Minister Eric Gairy (1954-1956, 1958-1960) Herbert A. Blaize (1960-1961) George E. D. Clyne (1961) Eric Gairy (1961-1962) Herbert A. Blaize (1962-1967) Prime Minister Eric Gairy (1967-1979) Maurice Bishop (1979-1983) Hudson...
Bishop's coup was popular, applauded by many within Grenada and abroad. Gairy's rule had faced increasing charges of corruption and authoritarianism, so expectations were high for the new "People's Revolutionary Government" (PRG).
Operation Urgent Fury Shortly after taking power, Bishop dissolved the parliament, and no new elections were held during his rule. In its place, the PRG sought to pursue certain grassroots democracy initiatives and workers' councils. Governance itself was concentrated in the hands of the Politburo and the New Jewel party hierarchy. The intent was to transform Grenada into a socialist state in the mold of other Eastern bloc nations. To this effect Bishop sought ever closer relationships with Cuba, the Soviet Union and other Eastern bloc nations. For other meanings, see Grass roots (disambiguation). ...
A workers council is a council, or deliberative body, composed of working class or proletarian members. ...
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Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ...
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However, many members of the PRG and the party were divided as to how to best conduct reforms, with one faction proposing radical Marxist reforms while others, including Bishop himself favoring a more moderate path. Collective farms were introduced, as were the nationalization of various sectors of industry, but growth remained stagnant. Collective farming is an organizational unit in agriculture in which peasants are not paid wages, but rather receive a share of the farms net output. ...
A "People's National Army" was also formed during his administration. Critics accused the army as being a waste of money and resources, and there were mainly complaints that the PNA was used as a tool to commit human rights abuses, such as torture and detention of political dissidents without trial.
The tension of the internal political situation grew, and in 1983 Bishop was placed under house arrest by the military, which had turned its loyalty to Bishop's erstwhile friend and Deputy Prime Minister Bernard Coard. In October of the year Bishop was eventually freed from his house by protesting students, but was then shot and killed later that day during a confrontation at St. George's, along with a number of his supporters including several cabinet ministers. 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Winston Bernard Coard (born August 10, 1944) was a Grenadian politician who was part of the coup détat that overthrew Maurice Bishops government in 1983. ...
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The U.S. Citizens Six days later, under the pretext that U.S. citizens on the island were in danger, the U.S. occupied the island with "Operation Urgent Fury," and deposed Coard. Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic - President George Walker Bush (R) - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...
The Invasion of Grenada, known to US forces as Operation Urgent Fury, was an invasion of the island nation of Grenada by the military forces of the United States of America and several Caribbean nations. ...
Bishop had planned to build a large international airport on Grenada with Cuban assistance, which was eventually completed with U.S. assistance several years later. The airport is now Grenada's main international airport, named simply Point Salines International Airport. Point Salines International Airport (IATA: GND, ICAO: TGPY) is an airport located near the city of St. ...
Point Salines International Airport (IATA: GND, ICAO: TGPY) is an airport located near the city of St. ...
Bishop's Family Bishop had a son, Vladimir Kreft, whose mother, Jacqueline Kreft, was one of Bishop's ministers. She was killed with Bishop at the confrontation in St. George’s. Like his parents, Vladimir was himself killed in violent circumstances in Canada while still a young man. Etymology: Latin homicidium, from homo- human being + caedere- to cut, kill Homicide is the intentional or negligent killing of another human being by one or more persons. ...
See also Before the arrival of Europeans, Grenada was inhabited by Carib Indians who had driven the more peaceful Arawaks from the island. ...
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