YEARS ago, on 13 March 1979, the people of the Caribbean island of Grenada ended the brutal dictatorship of Eric Gairy and began the construction of Grenada.
Under the leadership of the New Jewel Movement (NJM) the people of Grenada for the first time in 400 years finally took their destiny into their own hands.
Grenada with a population of only 110,000. It faces many difficulties -economic backwardness and the hostility of US imperialism. But the achievements of the revolution neVe aircaoy midable.
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Led the trade unions. mmediate been fororganisation of the masses has Among the organisations that have been established are the National Youth Organisation and the National Womens Organisation.
has been the establishment of the system of democracy which allows the vast majority of Grenadians to participate in the running One of the first actions of the The passing of tve Trader was the Trade Union Now, about 80 per cent of the workforce has joinmeasures nave been taken to raise the living stan. dards of the people. The cost of basic tood items has been kept down. Cheap fertilisers have been provided for farmers. materials are provided either free or at low interest rates to workers and farmers The condition of women has been rapidly improved: they receive equal pay for equal work and paid maternity leave.
Like the Sandinista government in Nicaragua the New Jewel Movement recognised education is a vital part of the polical mobnisation or the peo ple. The newly-established Centre for Popular Education mobilised thousands of volunteer teachers to wipe out the remaining literacy. shew scheme of adult education is well under way.
Despite these advances, the Housing remain very grave.
attempt to tackle this, idle hands scheme' newly-formed operatives that were opened il- health care and nationwide government.
As the economic difficulties of the island When Gairy was overthrown unemployment was about 50 per cent. As a first Grenada has developed the idle lands for cultivate unused land. using agricultural coLast year the first fruit canning plant and a fish processing plant One of the most ambitious projects is the building of the island't first international airport. Much of the aid for this project, like the aid for the free other projects, LIONS has been provided by the Cuban people of Grenada celebrate three years of progress ple. of their revolution, they designated 1982 as the *Ye: Economic Reconstruction'. workplace will be setting up duction committees to set up monitor production targets Hand-in-hand with the s gle for production is the nee defend Gre has been the target for nume threats from the United St Imperialism regards the exal of the revolution as a threat 1 hold over the Caribbean That's the people Grenada are spending the w before the anniversary cele engaging in trai manoevres to ensure that an vasion will be met with the ur resistance of the Grenadian Socialist Challenge 11 March 1982 p
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