Regime Change in Grenada
On this day in 1983, revolutionary leader of the New Jewel Movement and Prime Minister of Grenada Maurice Bishop was assassinated. Six days later, the US invaded Grenada, cutting short the country’s popular socialist project. The defeat of the Grenada Revolution sands as a reminder that the capitalist world system - despite all its institutions, treaties, and agreements - is, at its core, built on violence.
On this day in 1983, revolutionary leader of the New Jewel Movement and Prime Minister of Grenada Maurice Bishop was assassinated. Six days later, the US invaded Grenada, cutting short the country’s popular socialist project. The defeat of the Grenada Revolution sands as a reminder that the capitalist world system - despite all its institutions, treaties, and agreements - is, at its core, built on violence.