November 2017

Reading Time 10 minsProceedings from the 1st Annual Symposium on the Grenadian Revolution of 1979 – 1983, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, October 19, 2017 Harlem (“What happens to a dream deferred?”) What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up
Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore—
And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over—
Like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags
Like a heavy load. Or does it explode? – Langston Hughes (1951) Incidentally this poem was penned in 1951, a year of massive labor upheavals in Grenada led… Read More »Reconciling with the Past; Visualizing the Future — Martin Felix

Reading Time 9 minsProceedings from the 1st Annual Symposium on the Grenadian Revolution of 1979 – 1983, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, October 19, 2017 I come to the Grenada Revolution through stories.  First the snippets of stories, family histories really, relayed to me mainly by women—my mother, aunties, and grandmother. In these stories, which were really conversations that I was allowed to listen in on, everyone agreed both that the revolution was a progressive period in Grenada’s history, and also that the 1983 U.S. invasion of Grenada was necessary, that it had saved the nation from some unexplained… Read More »“Generational Ties, Revolutionary Binds: Literature, Archive, and Questions of Gender” — Laurie Lambert

Reading Time 2 minsThe Grenada Revolution (1979 – 1983) and its subsequent collapse On 19th October in New York City, a symposium was held in memory of the Grenadian Revolution and those who died on 19th October, 1983. 34 years ago, on Fort Rupert, located in St. George’s on the small island of Grenada, at the bottom of the Caribbean basin, a revolution died. The Symposium, entitled 1st Annual Symposium on the Grenadian Revolution of 1979 – 1983 focused on two points: the revolution itself 1979 – 1983 and the days 18th, 19th, and 20th of October 1983. The relevance… Read More »The Grenada Revolution Symposium Presentations – Atiba Rougier (Introduction)