Content Warning: This episode contains mentions of police brutality
As Sir Eric Gairy’s tenure as head of government continued throughout the 1970’s, the country was on the brink of economic and social collapse. In the wake of Bloody Sunday and Bloody Monday occurred, two of the most ferocious cases of police brutality in Caribbean history, Gairy was beginning to face opposition from all sides. However of all the oppositions, one stood out: an organised group of young professionals who called themselves the New Jewel Movement.
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