For Maps: The more things change, the more they remain the same....

Here are some wise words written by the late great Dr. Walter Rodney in or about 1979.  Dr. Rodney was murdered by Burnham for exposing him and his dictatorship, and no one was ever brought to justice for that crime. Dr. Rodney also knew fully well the role the West played when they subverted democracy in Guyana and installed Burnham as their puppet.  History is repeating itself presently but it seems most are to stupid and gullible to understand and appreciate what is happening.

Expose the Burnham Dictatorship

When Guyana achieved independence in 1966, the PNC was a minority Government which had come to power through dubious means. Ten years later, it had become a dictatorship in which the state control over the economy was the main weapon used to keep people in line. Burnham and his cronies consider themselves powerful and clever men when they successfully threaten and intimidate a mother by bringing threats against her children.

We have said before that the Burnham dictatorship would prefer to hide under the disguise of being a democracy. Elections have not been abolished; instead they have been rigged in such a way as to become a complete mockery of the most fundamental of rights -the right to self-determination and free choice of one's government. The rigged elections of 1968 and 1973 and the amazing referendum fraud of July, 1978 all indicate that Guyanese people have not chosen the PNC clique. The regime holds power by armed force. Guyanese are finding from their own experience that the dictatorship hates to be reminded that it is a dictatorship. To expose the dictatorship, the first step is to denounce the government as illegal and illegitimate.

Dictators have a way of building statues in their own image. When a dictator is overthrown, the population seizes the chance to destroy or remove the various things which were meant to glorify him. But it is equally important that some of the symbols of the dictator's power should be destroyed before his fall. Psychologically, the domination of the dictator has to be rejected. The population must learn to despise the falsehoods which surround the man; they must refuse to accept that he has any halo of greatness around him. They must remove any confusion in their own minds and see the dictator clearly for what he is - a villain and a monster, the principal enemy of the people.

Certain verbal attacks have been made on the dictator. Dayclean, the organ of the Working People's Alliance, first called him "Big Jim" so that people should not forget Jim Jones and the 914 dead of Jonestown. Burnham has blood on his hands from that horrible atrocity. We call him the "Crime Minister" to let the people remember the corruption, electoral frauds and the recent murder of Father Darke.

In Latin America, the dictators are known as 'gorillas' -as distinct from the freedom fighters who are 'guerrillas'. We want it known that Guyana too has its 'gorilla', and that he is appropriately named 'King Kong'. The strength of which Burnham boasts is the strength of the ape, and besides he is a make-believe character - straight from Hollywood.

Our language must express not only ridicule but anger and disgust. The dictatorship has reduced us all to such a level that the situation can be described only in terms befitting fifth, pollution and excrement. Even our deep-rooted sense of modesty in Guyana cannot stand in the way of rough words to describe the nation's shame. That is why the WPA repeats the legend of King Midas who was said to have been able to touch anything and turn it into gold. That was called the "Midas Touch". Now Guyana has seen the "Burnham Touch" -- anything he touches turns to shit!

Many beautiful ideas have suffered from the Burnham Touch -socialism, cooperatives, free education, nationalisation, solidarity with Afro-Americans, support for freedom fighters. Burnham tries to intervene personally in everything - from road building to the administration of sports. He has touched a great deal in Guyana. Many formerly descent Guyanese are walking around doing dirty things or compromising with the evil of dictatorship. They have been touched.

Of course, exposure of the dictatorship requires far more than mere words. The entire population must be committed to action. Each action in the popular interest is bound to reveal the dictatorship in its true colours.

Mass public meetings sponsored by the WPA have recently been used by Guyanese to show their opposition to the PNC clique. The apparatus of the police state was brought down on the heads of peaceful citizens attending these meetings. From time to time, the police denied permission for the use of loud-speaking equipment in defiance of the Constitution. Peaceful pickets and gatherings without loudspeakers have been broken up with tear gas and baton charges. In this way the dictatorship feels that it is gaining a physical victory but the people are moving forward in their understanding. No one can now pretend that our rulers protect the freedom of assembly.

As criticism of the regime grew in all quarters, the dictatorship came into the open on the question of press freedom. They tightened the noose around the PPP's Mirror newspaper, strangling it through denial of newsprint. The Government has intensified its search for duplicating machines and typewriters. Duplicating equipment was seized from a political group (the WPVP) and also from a trade union (NAACIE). No one can now pretend that our rulers believe in freedom of the press.


www.marxists.org/subject/africa/rodney-w...spowernodictator.htm

YO! 

Guyana will not revert to Burnham under Granger. that I guarantee to the best of my ability to work things out.

things will not fall apart like you sing every day.  as I said before... things might even get better in the short term relatively speaking.

in this situation snoops you are an alarmist, freaked out loser who will not lick your wounds, circle up your wagons, assess what happened and work out the best most positive response for you and your crowd to come again in time more relevant and successful.

you are a pain in the rarse who can become a dangerous one if you don't settle down and deal with developments properly

Maaaaaaaan, why are you so thick today Maps.  I'm not suggesting that Guyana will revert back to Burnham.

I'm merely pointing out the fact that for the second time it's history democracy has been subverted by the West.  This new iteration of Guyana may not descend back to dictatorship but it doesn't represent the will of the Guyanese people.  This PNC govt is illegitimate as was Burnham's.

but you have no proof!  we have no proof.  we can speculate to our hearts content. we can build the best circumstantial cases we can.  but in the end we must proceed on what we know while not forgetting contrary and additional likelihoods we will let guide us too in the meantime

so we have go along like what I suggested.  that the election has been called...it looks valid and there is a role for opposition which is what allyuh are elected to do.  allyuh have a job to do with all the circumstantials in place,  get to it and leh we see where allyuh really stand..and what really involved in the situation as we go

I showed you proof of electoral fraud.  Even GECOM acknowledged electoral fraud.  But you've decided to ignore it (for whatever reason).

Anyways Bro, carry on.  I'll be here to remind you about the burden of proof the next time you post your usual conspiracy theories about the Rothschild's and the so called New World Order.

you showed me no proof only specs. 

you have no dam proof of all you claim..the will of the people, illegitimate government all ah dat.  you have no dam proof..it could be all like the GEO com called it. 

and if you have no proof snoops and kerry orn as you do, you are opposed to your own training and professional oaths you may have taken as a lawyer and servant of judicial systems within which you work and have responsibility to and for.

you here in Toronto not in Guyana far from what happened and the truth of what happened.  no matter what contact you have you are privy to hearsay and opinion just like the rest of us, who try to make sens of it all by historical precedent if we can trust the history we know.

you may have lived through some of the Burnham dictatorship and have valid experience of it, better than any historical take on it etc.  that is why I have not attacked so much what I see as your rabid perspective on it.  I must leave room there for the pain and suffering of that experience to inform your current perspective

still tie has passed and the generations involved are mostly younger people who did not experience as you did.  you do not know how they voted, have no proof of what the people wasted and what they voted for..so your claims are ridiculous and incendiary..for which you yourself may be liable to suit, to prove your claims

new MP in town....

Isn't Basil Williams your new AG Googs? ::LOL::

EH HEH!!! the same one!!