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Photograph of a demonstration organised by the British Guiana Labour Union in Georgetown (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/A/12/972/31)

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Leaflet publicising a mass meeting for "the formation of a virile and active Trade Union in British Guiana' - a 'Workers' Party' (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/A/12/972/29)

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1939: "We are looking for immediate change"

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1939: "We are looking for immediate change"

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Text of article by A.A. Thorne, President of the British Guiana Workers' League, on "conditions affecting labour today", with photo of the author (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/A/12/972/29)

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Description of the working day of a "typical field labourer" as presented in a British Colonial Office report of a Commission of Inquiry into the sugar industry of British Guiana (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/C/9/28/22)

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Leaflet about a demonstration over housing sponsored by the Women's Social Section of the British Guiana Labour Union (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/A/12/972/31)

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1953: "Whoever you vote for do not vote for a P.P.P. candidate"

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1953: "Whoever you vote for do not vote for a P.P.P. candidate"

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Front page of elections supplement published by the Man Power Citizens Association, Georgetown. It attacks the People's Progressive Party and "the dangers of Communism" (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/C/9/28/20)

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Cover of glossy promotional booklet for Bookers Sugar, published for the British market following the suspension of British Guiana's constitution. It includes information about the business, labour relations, welfare, health and housing (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/C/9/28/23)

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Map of sugar estates included in a promotional booklet for Bookers Sugar (Trades Union Congress archive, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/C/9/28/23)

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Cover of British government booklet on "the preparation and progress" made in British Guiana in 1954, following the suspension of the constitution and appointment of an interim government (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/C/9/28/27)

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c.1954: 'What happened in British Guiana'

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c.1954: 'What happened in British Guiana'

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Pamphlet written by Cheddi Jagan in response to Britain's suspension of the country's constitution in 1953 (archives of Margaret Stanton, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/MSP/2/1/2)

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Front page of May Day edition of 'Thunder', newspaper of the People's Progressive Party, including comment on the party's programme of non-co-operation with the government (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/C/9/28/20)

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Extract from Man-Power Citizen's Association district report, including information about rivalry with PPP and visits to sugar estates (Trades Union Congress, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/A/12/972/34)

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Front page of 'Labour Advocate', newspaper of Man-Power Citizens' Association, reporting on political power struggle between competing sugar unions (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/B/10/115/2)

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Extract from British Guiana Trades Union Council memorandum on the question of independence. It expresses concern about political divisions "based on racial lines" resulting in "rioting and bloodshed" (Trades Union Congress archive, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/B/10/115/3)

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People's Progressive Party overseas newsletter on the general strike against the PPP government, including allegations of "military plans" by the opposition People's National Congress (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/B/10/115/3)

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British Colonial Office press release on the sugar strike and related violence (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/B/10/115/5)

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Cover of People's Progressive Party pamphlet on the history of the sugar industry in British Guiana (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/B/10/115/5)

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1964: 'The anatomy of poverty in British Guiana'

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1964: 'The anatomy of poverty in British Guiana'

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Pamphlet written by Cheddi Jagan, arguing that "our Government and our country are poor because of a highly organized system - a system geared to exploit poor people and plunder poor countries" (archives of Margaret Stanton, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/MSP/2/1/2)

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1964 Cheddi Jagan requests that Sir Jock Campbell intervene in the GAWU strike in British Guiana

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1964 Cheddi Jagan requests that Sir Jock Campbell intervene in the GAWU strike in British Guiana

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Telegram to US State department
https://tinyurl.com/y3glp2cp

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Author: From A Special Correspondent
Date: Monday,  July 27, 1964
Publication: The Times (London, England)
Issue: 56074
https://tinyurl.com/yyw8julp

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Cover of 'The Times Supplement on Guyana', published to mark the country's independence (archives of Margaret Stanton, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/MSP/2/1/2)

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Profiles of Guyana's politicians at independence, published in 'The Guardian' (archives of Margaret Stanton, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/MSP/2/1/2)

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Leaflet calling for release of political prisoners and preservation of the rule of law, issued by the London Branch of the People's Progressive Party (archives of Margaret Stanton, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/MSP/2/1/1)

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Full page advert for the Booker Group, published in 'The Times Supplement on Guyana' to mark the country's independence (archives of Margaret Stanton, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/MSP/2/1/2)

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1966 The West on trial : my fight for Guyana's freedom / Cheddi Jagan

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1966 The West on trial : my fight for Guyana's freedom / Cheddi Jagan

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The deeply moving personal account of the struggle against imperialism by one of the Caribbean's leading political personalities.

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Library Search -- The West on trial : my fight for Guyana's freedom / Cheddi Jagan.

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Cover of British government booklet about Guyana, produced in the run up to independence (archives of Margaret Stanton, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/MSP/2/1/2)

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1970: 'Guyana call to expel Black Power leader'

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1970: 'Guyana call to expel Black Power leader'

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Press cutting reporting on controversy over the visit of Stokely Carmichael to Guyana (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/B/10/115/8)

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1975: 'Workers have never had it so bad'

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1975: 'Workers have never had it so bad'

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Supplement to the pro-People's Progressive Party newspaper 'Mirror' about the sugar industry (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/D/12/25/11/1)

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Extract from a memorandum on "the super exploitation of plantation workers of Guyana" written by the Guyana Agricultural Workers Union (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/D/12/25/11/1)

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1977: 'An appeal to our brothers in the security forces'

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1977: 'An appeal to our brothers in the security forces'

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Leaflet about the sugar strike issued by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/D/12/25/11/2)

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Extract from memorandum about the general strike in the sugar industry, produced by the Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (Trades Union Congress archives, Modern Records Centre, https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TUC/D/12/25/11/2)

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1998 What you didn't know about the Booker PrizeDate: Sunday,  Nov. 1, 1998Publication: The Sunday Times (London, England)Issue: 9088

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1998 What you didn't know about the Booker PrizeDate: Sunday,  Nov. 1, 1998Publication: The Sunday Times (London, England)Issue: 9088

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https://tinyurl.com/yyzr2e46

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Author: Alistair Hennessy
Date: Friday,  Dec. 22, 2006
Publication: The Times Literary Supplement (London, England)
Issue: 5412,5413
https://tinyurl.com/y6zwouec