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Working People's Alliance

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Formed in Guyana in 1974 as an alliance of radical groups, and a party from 1979, it was informally led by Walter Rodney until his assassination in June 1980, and set out to replace ethnic politics with class solidarity. Its publications include Clive Thomas's Sugar and Liberation; its paper was Dayclean.

Years
1974–present
Location
Georgetown, Guyana
Also known as
WPA
Languages
English
Authority records
Wikidata
Sources
Wikipedia — Working People's Alliance; ROAPE — The birth of the Working People's Alliance in Guyana

Backlist

3019701980Founded 19741979: 1 title1981: 1 title1984: 3 titles1985: 3 titles1986: 1 title1987: 2 titles1988: 1 title1989: 2 titles
Titles of Working People's Alliance by year: 14 dated titles, 1979–1989, most in 1984 (3); 1 undated. Lines mark founded 1974.
The figures by decade
DecadeTitles
1970s1
1980s13
YearTitleAuthor(s)Language
1979Government of National Unity and Reconstruction✓ — Draft Proposals of the Working People's Alliance: October 1979—English
1981Sign of the Times✓ — Rodney's Last Speech, 6/6/80Walter RodneyEnglish
1984Draft Programme for the Democratic Republic✓ — (Under Discussion Within the WPA)—English
1984Grenada and the Caribbean✓ — March 13, 1984—English
1984The Struggle Goes On✓ — A SpeechWalter RodneyEnglish
1985An Appeal from Guyana✓ — Redemption, Reconstruction and Rebirth—English
1985Forward to the Democratic Republic✓—English
1985WPA on the Elections Mission to Guyana✓—English
1986Hoyte's Economic Dynamism Can It Work✓ — The Walter Rodney Lecture, 1986Clive ThomasEnglish
1987Post-Independence Experience in the Caribbean, the Guyana Case in Particular✓ — OWTU Forum, Trinidad & Tobago, June 1987Eusi Kwayana & KSKSKSEnglish
1987The Caribbean Peoples Unity Against Imperialist Domination✓ — International Week, April 29 to May 2, 1987, Martinique—English
1988Walter Rodney✓FreeEusi KwayanaEnglish
1989The April Worker Rebellion✓ — A Talk at Dutchie Boat Landing, Wismar-Mackenzie, May 25, 1989Rupert RoopnaraineEnglish
1989The Birth of the Guyanese Working Class and the First Sugar Strikes, 1840/41 and 1847✓Walter RodneyEnglish
n.d.Towards a Revolutionary Socialist Guyana — Principles and Programme of the Working People's Alliance—English