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Member Location: canada
Registered:: February 17, 2005
Posts: 9533
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It was a Monday on July 16th 1973 that Burnham held the national elections. He gave himself a two-thirds majority. Two men tried to hold on to the ballot boxes and were killed by the police. Everybody was calling each other Comrade and many coolies were drinking Burnham's soup. Don't forget your history.
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New Recruit Registered:: February 24, 2008
Posts: 238
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No patriot can forget that dark day in abee histry. Plenty people were calling each other "comrade". Many still do. Alexandar were you one of them drinking Burnham's soup?
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Member Registered:: February 10, 2006
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He was the one making the soup.
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New Recruit Registered:: February 24, 2008
Posts: 238
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On wan serious note them two comrades died when trying to prevent the PNC/GDF from hijacking the ballot boxes. We must not forget their sacrifices.
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Member Location: canada
Registered:: February 17, 2005
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Alex was a lil boy but he saw the rigging and he grew up under the Comrades.
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Junior Member Location: Bradenton, FL
Registered:: May 10, 2006
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Why do I get the impression this thread is intended to deflect attention from the regular screw ups by baby kong!
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Member Location: canada
Registered:: February 17, 2005
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This day 35 years ago is one of infamy in Guyana's history and it must not be allowed to go unnoticed.
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New Recruit Registered:: February 24, 2008
Posts: 238
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Let us not refer to OUR President as baby kong. Not because some a wee na like him we must show disrespect. TK you lack knowledge of abee histry. Dem ballot box martyrs died today 35 years ago. We must remember and honour them. |
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Member Location: canada
Registered:: February 17, 2005
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One of the sugarworker was Jagan Bholanauth, cant seem to remember the other one. Burnham set up a commission of enquiry but the thing blamed the sugar workers. The commission was led by an Indian judge Dhan Jappan.
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Junior Member Location: Miami, FL, USA/Georgetown, Guyana
Registered:: February 24, 1999
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They were Jagan Ramessar and "Jack" Bholanauth. |
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New Recruit Registered:: February 24, 2008
Posts: 238
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One of these martyrs was a very young man . |
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Member Location: canada
Registered:: February 17, 2005
Posts: 9533
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Thanks for the info. On July 16th PNC got a two thirds majority and they were flying high. Cheddi was in the dumps and people thought he would never come back but they were wrong.
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New Recruit Registered:: November 29, 2007
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What about the myrtars in Agricola,Lindo Creek, Lusignan and Bartica. The PPP failed to protect them, they are more relevant today than those in 1973 who accomplished nothing with their loss of life since Burnham went on to more successful riggings and subsequent president for life. Jagan and his donkey's in the PPP did little or nothing to make those two lives count in the aftermath.
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Member Location: canada
Registered:: February 17, 2005
Posts: 9533
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Didnt Jagan recognize those two young men?
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New Recruit Registered:: July 06, 2007
Posts: 565
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TK, Here we go again, this is an important day in our history and your are trying undermine the significance with your idiotic statement. Those men sacrificed for people like you. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. LONG LIVE THE BALLOT BOX MARTYRS!LON LIVE THE PPP |
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New Recruit Registered:: July 06, 2007
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Bguard, All these lives are significant in the history of Guyana. All the people {PNC and PPP supporters, black and indian} who lost their lives in the PNC led violence. All of the should be remembered equally. Some were on the wrong side and some were on the right side, as history have shown. BUT THEY WERE ALL GUYANESE |
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Junior Member Location: Bradenton, FL
Registered:: May 10, 2006
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Stalinist you are a rumormonger! You dont have to tell me about that...I have more history in my little finger than you have in your whole rumormongering body!! As an 11 year old I saw GDF soldiers stuffing ballot boxes in Houston! You don't have to tell me about that crap!!! What do you fools have to do about those souls who died during the East Coast uprising, Lusignan, Agricola, Bartica etc! Give me frekken break!!! |
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Elite Member Location: ny
Registered:: July 12, 2002
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by sugarworker:
Let us not refer to OUR President as baby kong. [QUOTE] True. Just call him King Kong and done. Luckily for Guyana the world has little tolerance for teh type of behaviuor that Burnham engaged in which will be the only fact preventing baby kong from completely growing up. |
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Elite Member Location: ny
Registered:: July 12, 2002
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Scare Indos by blaming blacks. Neglecting to mention that blacks are also dying. Jagdeo needs to spend less time making himself look like an idiot to the Antiguan media who know full well that a key reason for many of the mainly Afro composition of the Guyanese population there is the rampant racism they face in Guyana. He should find FineMan instead. |
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Member Location: canada
Registered:: February 17, 2005
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Stalin is correct. Today, 35 years ago is a day no one should forget at all. Burnham bulldozed his way and Carib and his ilk could not say a word. Now they are the biggest critics of Burnham because the man gone.
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Junior Member Location: Richmond Hill, New York,USA
Registered:: July 02, 2003
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I doubt whether you saw the GDF stuffing ballot boxes at Houston....I agree that the GDF was heavily involved in the rigging but not at the polling places....the modus operandi was that the GDF take the boxes from the polling places to a central location in Georgetown where the boxes would be tampered with by PNC operatives.... The ballot box martyrs on the Corentyne tried to stop the hijacking of the boxes and were thus shot.....thats why the PPP's position was that the ballot boxes must be counted at the places of polling...... |
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Junior Member Location: Bradenton, FL
Registered:: May 10, 2006
Posts: 3470
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Let me describe clearly this event. In 1985 a truckload of soldiers turned up at Houston. They threw out Ram (the PPP guy) and Ms Radzik (the WPA lady). They then went in and made multiple votes even though their names were not on the list. It was reported later the same thing was done in other places on the East Bank as the moved south. I was with my father on that day...that's how we saw the events. |
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Junior Member Location: Bradenton, FL
Registered:: May 10, 2006
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Now, in 1992 I was PPP polling agent in Agricola. We were stunned how well the election went all day. As a matter of fact, the locals were hardly coming out to vote. Then one hour before voting closed this massive crowd emerged to suddenly vote. Eventually the entire station was overrun by people screaming to vote that they were about to be disenfranchised. The police officer was harassed, I was pushed aside and the people themselves did multiple votes. No verification of whose names were on the list. I was asked to write a report. I did and gave it to Eddie Rodney (Walter Rodney's brother). Never heard about it again. So Churchill you and people like Stalinist probably migrated 30+ years ago. Yet you people are here showering sycophantic love on the PPP. I will now take the liberty and ask you :WHERE WERE YOU DURING THE DARK DAYS? Does that question sound familiar?
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Elite Member Location: Brampton,ontario,Cda
Registered:: June 28, 2002
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I remember how the afros rejoiced and called us sore losers. Every afros were running around shouting "Black Power" |
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Junior Member Location: New York
Registered:: February 04, 2008
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You are indeed a very interesting person.You really have it in for blacks. |
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Elite Member Location: Brampton,ontario,Cda
Registered:: June 28, 2002
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Blame the blacks, don't blame me!! They bragged two days before what they were going to to the people of wismar before they did it.. |
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Junior Member Location: New York
Registered:: February 04, 2008
Posts: 1517
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Now you are blaming the people of Wismar. Do you know how many people from Wismar died fighting the PNC? Do you know about Dublin, or Koahma? |
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Member Location: canada
Registered:: February 17, 2005
Posts: 9533
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TK, why are you beating up on Churchill? Who controlled the electoral process in 1992? It was the PNC and they did multiple voting. Dont make it out as if the PPP was responsible.
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Junior Member Registered:: March 24, 2006
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