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Walter Rodney

 
FanAttick 2023-03-24 03:01:44 

Would have been 81 Years Old Today

 
Chrissy 2023-03-24 09:42:59 

In reply to FanAttick
A truly great man.

 
FanAttick 2023-03-24 10:01:43 

In reply to Chrissy

Indeed….

 
buds 2023-03-24 10:29:54 

In reply to FanAttick

I read his book several times. Still on my bookshelf. Great man.

 
Dukes 2023-03-24 11:18:21 

Pity his greatness was largely appreciated after his murder.

Walter wrote an article for the Queens College Lictor when he was 17 years old which is PHENOMENAL.

He was part of the 1960 Graduating Class of Queens College that was remarkable in that it contained 4 people who all graduated with first class honors in their first degrees.

 
Larr Pullo 2023-03-24 12:08:18 

Who said yuh cyan dead from tantalize?

 
SnoopDog 2023-03-24 13:32:52 

In reply to FanAttick

Walter Rodney


Dr. Rodney was Guyana's greatest intellectual.

Murdered by a small minded treacherous tyrant.

 
WI_cricfan 2023-03-24 14:11:41 

In reply to SnoopDog

Murdered by DE PNC
.

 
CricSham 2023-03-24 16:19:18 

In reply to Dukes

I was at the Sophia pavilion when Burnham spoke about a month after Rodney’s assassination. Members of the diplomatic corps were present. Burnham said “let him explain why he did what he was doing and we will explain why we did what we did”. He did not mention Rodney by name but everyone knew he was referring to the assassination. I was shocked. Here was a president literally admitting to murder.

 
Brerzerk 2023-03-24 16:20:29 

A terrible loss. 'The Grounding With My Brothers' is as important a contribution to 'Self Emancipation' for millions that can compare
to many of Garvey's works.

 
Overthrow 2023-03-24 17:05:22 

Some are born into greatness, some have greatness thrust upon them. The fear of true leadership traumatized the cowardly.

 
Curtis 2023-03-24 20:01:06 

Burnham the CIA supported dictator executed Walter Rodney. Apart from that, he was a great man.

 
Chrissy 2023-03-24 20:50:37 

In reply to FanAttick
It was Wayne’s Shearer who declared Walter persona non grata.

 
Brerzerk 2023-03-24 21:35:21 

In reply to Chrissy
That man and Busta were reactionaries and never even knew it.
Ban Muslim book, Shoot 1st ask questions after, cut and shave Rasta...
Green Bay is a stain on the other side.

 
CricSham 2023-03-24 22:09:03 

In reply to Chrissy
Chrissy I think you mean Hugh Shearer?

 
FanAttick 2023-03-25 00:59:21 

In reply to Chrissy

Indeed. Hugh Shearer….

 
MikulT56 2023-03-26 00:41:52 

In reply to FanAttick

Attended 20th Walter Rodney Symposium here in Atlanta yesterday evening. Angela Y Davis Keynote Speaker. Very informative and thought provoking.There was a premiere of a documentary on the life of Dr.Rodney.

 
Chrissy 2023-03-26 01:06:40 

In reply to FanAttick
I was referring to di Tweeter's then party leader
wink wink

 
Chrissy 2023-03-26 01:07:42 

In reply to MikulT56
Nice

 
Barry 2023-03-26 17:09:37 

In reply to Dukes

What university is that? razz

 
Dukes 2023-03-26 17:42:31 

In reply to Barry

1.Gordon Rohlehr-1st class Honours English Literature UWI 1964

2.Ewart Thomas-1st class Honours, Mathematics UWI 1963

3.Walter Rodney -1st class Hours, History-UWI 1963

4.Walter Ramsahoye-Honours( MBBS) -Cambridge University UK

N.B The MBBS is a Professional Degree,there is no First class or Second Class Honours,there is only Honours and "Regular"

Walter Ramsahoye was the 1960 British Guiana Scholarship winner with 3 Distinctions at A level in Physics,Chemistry and Pure& Applied Mathematics

 
Barry 2023-03-26 17:55:43 

In reply to Dukes

Oh your old colonial high school big grin

 
Dukes 2023-03-26 21:18:16 

In reply to Barry

What Colonial High School did you attend or was your high school "WOKE"

lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol lol

 
Barry 2023-03-26 21:45:30 

In reply to Dukes

You West Indians are slow but funny

 
CowLasher 2023-04-02 08:06:15 

I just stumbled across this thread and I'm surprised that Rodney would have only been 81. I was a child back then but I still remember when he spoke at several WPA rallies on Merriman's Mall (just across from the open-air section of Bourda Market).

Then a few years after he was killed, his son Shaka and I lived on same residence hall floor at the school we attended in Trinidad.