Episode 8- Maurice Bishop: ‘Diamonds are Forever; Ready for Revolution’

Maurice Bishop was a Grenadian activist and political revolutionary who created the New Jewel Movement Political party in order to change the politics of Grenada. The year he started it, there were two riots in which Bishop was beaten and his father was even killed. He would eventually overthrow the Eric Gairy government and usher in a new regime that was headlined by humanitarian and gender rights programs that were incredibly innovative in the region. We cover his fascinating life on today's episode.

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