Re: [Marxism] Comradely greetings

[Midhurst14@xxxxxxx]

'NATFHE expresses concern at the decision of the  Appeal Court of the  Eastern
> Caribbean on 17 February 2005 to overturn the  decision of  the Grenada High
> Court to release the Grenada 17, who have been  in  prison for 21 years and
> believes that this is a human rights issue  of  exceptional gravity and of
> worldwide significance. We support  the aims of  the Committee for Human
> Rights
> in Grenade  (CHRG) and circulate branches  with information about the
campaign
>  for the release of the Grenada  17.'
>
> The campaign needs  your financial support:  chrguk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> ~paul  mackney~
>
> Paul Mackney
>
> General   Secretary
>
> NATFHE - the University & College Lecturers'   Union
>
> ALSO: review, below, of Richard Hart's book on   Grenada.
>
>
> Credibility of former GG under scrutiny By  Leroy Noel 12  May St.
>
> George's Grenada: The credibility of  former Governor General of  Grenada
Sir
> Paul Scoon has been placed  under serious scrutiny by British  based lawyer
> and former Attorney  General of Grenada Richart  Hart.
>
>
> Sir paul who  recently published his book "Service for  survival" based
mainly
> on  the 1979-83 period of the Grenada revolution is  described By Mr.  Hart
> in is own book "Setting the record straight" as one  with so  many
accuracies.
>
> Mr Hart said, "Sir Paul's book has so  many  inaccuracies that it is hard to
> tell which are due to  ignorance of the  facts and which are inventions
> designed
>  to show the then People's  Revolutionary Governmnet in an  unfavourable
> light".
>
>
> Frankly  speaking,  everyone is entitled to his or her own opinion so too is
> Sir  Paul,  but it is quite clear that any one who lived here during the
>  1979-83
> period and has an iota of honesty would quickly dispel some of  the
> accusations
> made in Sir Paul's book.
>
> Take  for instance, the former  GG telling his readers and the world that
>  there
> were 15 Soviets let loose  as teachers in our schools. It is  dishonest to
> make such misleading  accusation when all honest  Grenadians know that was
> not true. During the  revolutionary period  several mistakes were made but
> this is not a license  to invent  things about that period.
>
> It is advisable that Grenadians  and  all progressive people read Mr. Harts
> book "Setting the record  staright".  It sends a dagger into the heart of
Sir
> Pauls many  unfounded and misleading  allegations.
>
> Whether one  supported the revolution or not it is well  known that during
> that  period Grenada had the highest agricultural  production ever. It is
>  during
> that period that the Markeing and National  Importing Board  was born (MNIB)
> which is still alive today.
>
> The   false assertions made by Sir Paul must not be allowed to go
>  unchallenged.
>
> Twisters of historical facts must not be allowed  to fool  and misrepresent
> many who are themselves unaware of the  facts.
>
> It is  unbeliveable the assertion made in Sir Paul's  book, on page 40, that
> it was  the PRG that decided to withdraw  Grenada from the OECS court
system.
> As  outlined by Mr. Hart in his  book, "On March 20 1979 a meeting was held
> in  Antigua where  Grenada was not invited and a decision was taken to
remove
> the  judges from the West Indies Associated Appeal Court resident in
Grenada
> and to relocate the court's headquarters to St. Lucia. The PRG  then  had no
> alternative than to create a Grenada Supreme Court".  One would  reasonable
> think that the Governor General at the time  must have known  these well
> established
>  facts.
>
> Sir Paul went on to contradict the  International  Monetary Fund and the
world
> bank report on Grenada's economy.  He  said the economy was collapsing.
> Setting
> the record straight  has  outlined several examples of falsehoods and
>  misrepresentations
> in Sir Pauls  book and its authoor has given  more than a storeroom of facts
> tearing apart  a book that is so  misleading that those who have associated
> themselves with  it will  today feel betrayed and ashame.
>
> Read the book your selves  and  be the judge.
>
> Richard Hart practised as a solicitor in  his native  Jamaica from
1941-1963.
> Served on the executive of the  Peoples National  Party of which he was a
> foundation
> member  in 1938. He migrated to England  in 1965 and worked as a solicitor
>  to a local authority there. In 1982 he  went to Grenada as legal adviser
then
> served as Attorney General. After the  American invasion Mr.  Hart returned
> to England. He is the author of several  books on  Caribbean  history.
>
>

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