Maurice Bishop, born on this day in 1944, was a Grenadian revolutionary and the leader of New Jewel Movement, which seized power of Grenada in 1979 and instituted widespread reforms of food, healthcare, education, and workers' rights.

Bishop headed the People's Revolutionary Government of Grenada from 1979 to 1983, when he was dismissed from his post and shot in a coup, leading to civil unrest and a U.S. invasion of the country.

Although Bishop grew up in Grenada, he left to study in London as a young adult. While there, Bishop acquired a law degree and studied the works of Lenin, Mao Zedong, and Julius Nyerere.

In 1970, he returned to Grenada and was active politically, representing striking nurses in court and leading the New Jewel Movement (NJM), a Marxist-Leninist vanguard party. In 1979, the NJM successfully led a coup against Eric Gairy and made Bishop the Prime Minister of Grenada.

Among Bishop's core principles were workers' rights, women's rights, and the struggle against racism and apartheid. Women were given equal pay and paid maternity leave. Sex discrimination was made illegal. Organizations for education, health care, youth affairs, and literacy were also established. Due to his government's efforts, illiteracy and unemployment greatly declined.

In 1983, disputes within the party culminated in Bishop, along with seven members of his cabinet, being captured and executed. After his assassination, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and Grenada's governor-general Paul Scoon appealed to the United States to resolve the political situation. Within weeks, Ronald Reagan launched an invasion of Grenada.

-- March 13, 1979: The Grenada Revolution

-- One-on-one with then-Grenadian PM Maurice Bishop in 1976

-- MAURICE BISHOP SPEAKS

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The prisoners placed 1 piece of chain (10 pounds) in a basket and sent it down. Into the empty basket that came up they put 2 pieces of chain (20 pounds). They kept adding 2 pieces to each basket that came up until they sent a 70 pound load down, getting back a 60 pound load.

Khecho replaced the 6 pieces of chain (60 pounds) with the servant (80 pounds). The girl woman descended as 7 pieces of chain came up. He unloaded 6 pieces and signaled the woman below to climb out. He lowered the remaining piece of chain, bringing the empty basket up.

The servant got in the basket again (total weight 80 +10 =90 pounds) and Daridjan( 100 pounds) descended. They both got out, Daridjan on the ground, the servant in the tower. Down went the basket still with 1 piece of chain in it, and up came the other basket, now empty.

Khecho repeated the first set of actions and soon lowered the servant to the ground again. He signaled Daridjan and the servant (100+80= 180 pounds) to get in, allowing Khecho(180 pounds) to descend with 1 piece of chain. Now the two women were in the tower and Khecho on the ground.

The servant was brought down as before, then Daridjan replaced her on the ground. In due time, the servant made her fourth and last trip down, bringing up 7 pieces of chain. As she stepped out, Khecho fastened the basket to keep the chain in the top basket from falling.

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How many times as large?

Given two numbers, if we subtract half the smaller number from each number, the result with the larger number is three times as large as the result with the smaller number.

How many times is the larger number as large as the smaller number?

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  • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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    4 years ago

    Made the mistake in chiming in on a genzdong thread where someone asked about the Falkland wars. It turns out that the Peronists weren't a settler colonial government and saying it was okay for the British to fight them clearly means I don't support the global south. I guess I'm against Nicaragua if I don't support Somoza either.

    Thread https://www.reddit.com/r/GenZedong/comments/nnx1lf/what_is_the_socialist_view_of_falklandsmalvinas/

      • comi [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        I’m more of a third way poseidon guy myself, let the sea have it

      • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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        4 years ago

        That's fine. Going to bat for Argentina when they were literally full on fascist as some sort of anti imperialist take is bad.

          • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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            4 years ago

            I gotta just stop looking. They just seem to think that because it's not British colonialism it's okay. Also the Falklands never had an indigenous population, I think some Dutch people showed up and left or whatever but before the Brits showed up it was pretty much just penguins. So as far as a colony goes, it's pretty much as harmless as possible. The people living there speak English and continued to vote to remain part of Britain so it was literally them defending their own citizens against a fascist invasion. If you wanna talk about decolonization, sure, but to whom? And also it definitely wasn't the time to do so considering who was the replacement.

              • GalaxyBrain [they/them]
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                4 years ago

                I had to look again today and the dude is saying that Argentina would have been left wing earlier if the Falklands didn't happen. I guess all those fascist soldiers who were dying to the british over a pointless island instead of using their time rounding up and executing leftists somehow hurt the left.