“At the graveside the emotional outbursts of the windows and relatives of the deceased had been intensely distressing and I could not restrain my tears. There was no turning back.
“There and then I made a silent pledge – I would dedicate my entire life to the cause of the struggle of the Guyanese people against bondage and exploitation.”
Cheddi Jagan’s vow made at the June 1948 funeral of the five Enmore sugar workers has been oft-quoted. Especially by his life-long comrades in GAWU – the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union, the bargaining-agent for the thousands of sugar workers after the
