Commemorating Walter Rodne's 25 Anniversary.

Report on the success of the Grounding in Guyana: Celebrating Walter Rodney and His Vision of Emancipation 25 Years After His Assassination, June 2005.

The members of the organizing committee of the Walter Rodney 25 years groundings, the Rodney Family, and friends and colleagues wish to express our profound appreciation to and deep respect for the Guyanese people and the international visitors for their outpouring of support during this week of celebrations of Walters life of dedication and commitment to the struggles of working people everywhere.

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May 13, 2005.

Groundings in Guyana: Celebrating Walter Rodney and His Vision of Emancipation 25 years After His Assassination. June 8-13 2005.

The members of the Walter Rodney 25th Anniversary Commemoration Committee - friends, colleagues, and other associates of Walter Rodney in Guyana and the wider Caribbean, Africa, North America, London and elsewhere in Europe, and Latin America, all of whom share his vision of the emancipation of the working people and other oppressed sections of society - are organizing events to commemorate his inspiring life, work and insights and to draw attention to the challenges faced today by working people throughout the world. The commemoration takes the form of a series of "groundings" in Guyana from June 6-13 2005 to mark the 25 years since Walter Rodney's assassination.

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A Grounding in Guyana: Celebrating Walter Rodney and His Vision of Emancipation 25 Years After His Assassination. June 10-13 2005.

In the 25 years since Walter Rodney's assassination much has changed in the world. The face of the oppression that has deepened the misery of peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia, Africa and among working peoples in the US, Canada, and Europe has changed from its dictatorial manifestation into its "democratic" form. Poverty and misery are now products of a democracy that has been reduced to electoral competition among a self-regarding elite who thrive by exploiting every division among the working poor, be it racial, religious, tribal, ethnic or other cultural difference, in order to hold them in subjugation the better to be exploited by the new global masters.