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Stunned Guyana Gradually Hears of Rodney's Death, 22 Jun 1980, p. 1

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"S88AS THE bid oheeertee mec = gt spread a blanket of absolute sil= Antilles on Monday evening, told a --~ 7 ; al ence over the torrent of overseas' stunned Guyana and Caribbean the : = = o messages of concern, and condemna- tragic tale of how his brother was §& 7TH YEAR, No. 25, 3 ents | tLon over the death of Dr Walter killed, when what they were deceiv- prodney: his injured brother Donald, & ed into thinking Foe talkie set t turne O' In the interview, ment made available later to the press, Donald, aged 29, said that h icked his brother Walter, - : assassina tion' pos Bice Friday; dune 13, at 7. 30 p. a =e site cowardly q FINE MINISTER OfeGrenada He drove his car PBB 2349 with ~*walter "on" the lefts Bide of the Edict last Sunday said that the "People 8) Bestia 'Government of qrena the car on Broad Street _ near Rus- sell Street, and walked to the shome of a man whose name and ad- » dress he identified in hie state- ment and wham'he said he knew as an eer from the Marine / as" eit ety 'be: sending senior members rey "the 'Government and the' NUM,.to / _walkie-talkie sets the-funeral_of Dr ney. chedul=~ "Fs srhe man had said he was "now. self. --e4 for Saturday. = m and having» "regard to the recent "history « Of stepped-up violence against political opposition in : j Guyana, we see this assassination _ as signifying a dangerous regional development "eR eS Sera Sy" If the best of our Caribbean sons can be cut down in such a' man- ner, this can usher in a new sin- ister phase of Mafia and CIA-type approach to politics by removing pap and condemn eee )OSAMAICA's Prime neds Michael 'Correct, then the administration "Manley. Has Condenned 'the ei iting ef Mini. wiolently (fhe, Progressive deater ~ Guyanese Dr Walter Rodney as"a bru- Sees fealy Seca ship of ehe entire Caribbean. *"Only _ tal assassination"and declared that The spokesman of the JLP, which imperialism and reaction can bene "(4.53 those who! valle "serious politi- when in governmant. under-migh = £ e rs . ue reser eae ES em etieteert must be outraged yoreares, in jocg hed banned DE wa (Monday, June 1¢, paeetere Pav wes by, and utterly coffenn, this bar- ing his teaching job at Mona, UWI, aoe Be loka am PY oo ae baric act." + 'said that regardless of ||the his- orp Dr Rodney onj the. 3s 1and.0. "in a statement published last * - torian's political philosophy, s Grenada,-all flags being, flow at) Veck saturday evening, Mr Manley Dr-Rodney was a scholar of the hich- half-mast, "and members of the 90> aéscribed Dr Rodney'as "an out-"") est distinction "of whom many of us [& vernment "and party . Mantes black + standing member of a generation of Ji t " © prilliant West Indian'thinkers. "#="Dr Rodney's assassinatitn has 'Xob- "shocked by Dr Rodney's death, add- bed the Third World of one of its ~~ ing that in his brief career he .° "most fertile and active minds. 'rt has made significant contribution was a wanton and brutal action jan to the political struggle against 5 an assault against humanity.".) 3 imperialism in the Third World." <S2) Pernell Charles; Deputy leader 'The' Guild of undergraduates at & Sean ee Neer? cba UWI condemned the "brutal murder" : arty --(JLP} also. eondemne he= = and(thé leftist Workers Par "sponsored 'by the -- Grenada_Councs1 = ing and said that if the allega-_ © Jamaica of Trevor ae ies os of Churches at which Bishop "tions in Guyana that the ruling "earlier harshly denounced the Sydney Charles © *iciated. PNC was behind the bomb blast were _ killing. et oh RN tl in ee FRE LE PTY ee har ee me en a ek ee ee ee Sl > ae Se f "Mr. Bishop said erat the day was 'chosen in' tribute to a revolution ary who was committed to the © struggles for freedom | ern African people. ; ee 'There was a special ecumenical service for Dr Rodney at the Roman ¥ Catholic" Cathedral in, St George's | Oke

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