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unusual facts about New Jewel Movement


People's Revolutionary Militia

The Grenadian People's Revolutionary Militia (PRM) was a militia created by the New Jewel Movement (NJM) after it seized power to provide local security against sabotage, involve masses in political action and provide a 5,000 member reserve army for the People's Revolutionary Army (PRA).



see also

Caribbean Labour Solidarity

Bernard Coard, Village and Workers, Women, Farmers and Youth Assemblies during the Grenada Revolution: Their Genesis, Evolution, and Significance (CLS and the New Jewel Movement/Karia Press, 1989, 14 pp.).

Eric Gairy

On 13 March 1979, while Gairy was at the UN, the New Jewel Movement led by Maurice Bishop launched an armed revolution and overthrew the government.