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This is a listing of articles written by Dr. Jagan during 1965 that are housed at the Cheddi Jagan Research Centre in Georgetown, Guyana. Some of these articles can be found on this website.
id# 1200
title Why Poverty? (Straight talk)
year written 1965/01/03
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 7
keywords poverty; straight-talk; agriculture; industry; imperialism;; sugar;
summary Dr. Jagan writes how imperialist methods of plunder of small countries - by owning and dominating the major industries, banking, trade etc. - cause poverty in these
id# 1201
title Letter to Dr. Jagan re: Jagan Gold Medal
year written 1965/01/07
place delivered British Guiana
medium letter
keywords culture
summary Thank you letter to Dr. Jagan for donating the Jagan Gold Medal as a prize in the field of literature.
id# 1202
title Letter to Governor Jan 8, 1965
year written 1965/01/08
place delivered British Guiana
medium letter
keywords constitution; Burnham; PPP;
summary In a letter to the Governor Dr. Jagan states his views with respect to the Constitutional Amendments proposed and already made.
id# 1203
title The Third Betrayal (Straight talk)
year written 1965/01/10
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 8
keywords Burnham; PNC; UF; straight talk;
summary Dr. Jagan writes about Burnham's 3 betrayals of the working class - 1955 (PPP split) 1957 (PNC- UDP coalition) and 1964 (PNC-UF coalition).
id# 1204
title Letter to Governor Jan 22, 1965
year written 1965/01/22
place delivered British Guiana
medium letter
keywords constitution;
summary Dr. Jagan reiterates his reasons for objecting to the proposed constitutional amendments.
id# 1205
title Aid with Strings (Straight talk)
year written 1965/02/02
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 2
keywords straight talk; aid; development; imperialism; Latin
summary Dr. Jagan writes how the use of US aid to build infra-structure will only lead to borrowing more to pay back old loans.
id# 1206
title US Dirty Vietnam War (Straight talk)
year written 1965/02/05
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 2
keywords war; US; Vietnam; straight talk;
summary Dr. Jagan writes on the question of the uncertainty and frustration of the US war in Vietnam, and why the US is loosing out.
id# 1207
title Re-writing History (Straight talk)
year written 1965/02/07
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 2
keywords Burnham; straight talk;
summary Dr. Jagan briefly writes on the subject of Burnham's opportunism.
id# 1208
title Don't Black-list Cuba (Straight talk)
year written 1965/02/09
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 9
keywords straight talk; rice; trade; Cuba; Caribbean;
summary Dr. Jagan writes about the problems of the overseas rice markets, that trade between the Caribbean countries should be encouraged including trade with Cuba.
id# 1209
title The Wealthy Trouble (Straight talk)
year written 1965/02/28
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 8-9
keywords straight talk; poverty; US;
summary Dr. Jagan writes about the problem of the high percentage of unemployment in the US.
id# 1210
title Optimism and Pessimism (Straight talk)
year written 1965/03/07
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 8
keywords straight talk; US aggression;
summary Dr. Jagan writes that the US will prop up the British Guiana government but that there is still hope for freedom with a long hard struggle. He gives examples in history where US aggression have lost out around the world.
id# 1211
title Straight Talk (Straight talk)
year written 1965/03/14
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 8
keywords freedom; straight talk; elections; police force;
summary Dr. Jagan writes about the lack of democracy in the country and the problems in the judicial system, the imbalances in the police and security forces.
id# 1212
title Trade and Aid (Straight talk)
year written 1965/03/21
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 10
keywords trade; aid; straight talk; straight talk;
summary Dr. Jagan speaks of the need for trade with socialist countries as opposed to more aid from the capitalist countries.
id# 1213
title Speech in House of Assembly re: Rice Marketing Bill
year written 1965/05/22
place delivered British Guiana
medium speech
keywords parliament; rice; Amerindians; agriculture; sugar; Cuba; trade; democracy;
summary Dr. Jagan's debates in the parliament on the Rice Marketing (amendment) Bill. He speaks of what was achieved by his governments for the rice industry and the country as a whole.
id# 1214
title Letter to Mr. Greenwood
year written 1965/06/30
place delivered UK
medium letter
keywords security forces; race; elections; Burnham; PNC; freedom;
summary Dr. Jagan writes about solving the problems of the racial imbalances in the Police and Security Forces and the sense of insecurity that exists in the country.
id# 1215
title Guiana's Struggle Against Fascism and Racism
year written 1965
place delivered British Guiana
medium article
keywords PPP; labour; trade unions; US intervention; UK; Cuba; elections; constitution; Security forces; race; racial problems; 1953; rice; unemployment; imperialism; racism.
summary Dr. Jagan gives a detailed history of the 1961-64 period of US and British intervention into British Guiana politics - riots, blockade, constitutional changes. He goes on to write about the post 1964 election period - outcome of elections, detention of PPP members, coalition government. Dr. Jagan explains that the coalition government will resort to fascist weapons of terror, anti-communism and racism.
id# 1216
title Open Letter to Anthony Greenwood, Secretary of State for the Colonies - April 30, 1965
year written 1965/04/30
place delivered British Guiana
medium Letter published into Booklet
keywords UK; elections; PPP; PNC; UF; Burnham; democracy;
summary Dr. Jagan replies in an open letter to the Colonial Secretary's allegations in the London Tribune on the topics of 1)That the Coalition in British Guiana is representative of the majority of the population, 2) That the Coalition has worked well and 3) that Burnham is also a socialist.
id# 1217
title Communist Red Herring (Straight talk)
year written 1965/07/04
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 10
keywords anti-communism; US intervention; PPP; communism; straight talk;
summary Dr. Jagan writes that communism is used by the US government as an excuse to destroy national liberation movements.
id# 1218
title Free and Fair Elections (Straight talk)
year written 1965/07/11
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 10
keywords elections; US; Latin America; Vietnam; democracy; straight talk;
summary Dr. Jagan speaks about the fact that the US and UK governments speak of free and fair elections, and gives examples of how in practice they use force and fraud to topple progressive governments around the world.
id# 1219
title More Production More Profits (Straight talk)
year written 1965/07/18
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 10
keywords trade unions; Burnham; working class; imperialism; straight talk;
summary Dr. Jagan speaks on Burnham's policies towards the trade unions and the workers, the selling out of the Guianese economy to foreigners. He stresses the need for the trade union movement to demand political as well as economic independence and social justice.
id# 1220
title Rice and Ruin (Straight talk)
year written 1965/07/25
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 10
keywords straight talk; rice; Cuba; aid;
summary Dr. Jagan writes of the loss of foreign rice markets, the attitude of the coalition government towards rice producers and how this is ruining the rice industry.
id# 1221
title Development Decade (Straight talk)
year written 1965/08/01
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 10
keywords straight talk; aid; debt; bauxite;
summary Dr. Jagan writes about the problems that arise from receiving aid that is used for infrastructure development as opposed to industrial development.
id# 1222
title Why the PPP boycott of the ICJ Commission (Straight Talk)
year written 1965/08/08
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 10 on Aug 8, Aug 11 and Aug
keywords straight talk; voting; security forces; constitution; PNC; racial problems; riots; PPP;
summary Dr. Jagan explains why the PPP boycotted the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ), the terms of reference were unsatisfactory as it related to probe into procedures relating to the selection, appointment, promotion, dismissal and conditions of service of personnel in the security forces, civil service and government undertakings. The PPP was concerned with the main issues - the imbalances in the security forces and police, and Dr. Jagan speaks of the proposals by the PPP to correct these problems. He also deals with the failure of the police to protect the government and its supporters during the 1962-64 period.
id# 1223
title Hitting At the History Changers( straight talk)
year written 1965/08/29
place delivered British Guiana
medium printed in "Mirror: page 10
keywords race; security forces; constitution; sugar; rice; straight talk;
summary Dr. Jagan deals with information presented to the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) which he labels as "distorting history." He gives a short history of the origin of British Guiana's racial composition and the racial problems that came about as a result. He goes on to speak of the racial imbalances in the police and security forces.
id# 1224
title What about a Political Settlement (Straight talk)
year written 1965/09/05
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 10
keywords independence; constitution; parliament; UF; Burnham; PPP; UK; USA; straight talk;
summary Dr. Jagan focuses on the need for a political settlement, quoting some who had suggested this need as a prerequisite for political independence. He includes references to proposals by the British Governor and PNC spokesman John Carter. He refers to the imposition of the changed method of voting - proportional representation.
id# 1225
title Kashmir Another Cold War Victim (Straight talk)
year written 1965/09/12
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 10
keywords communism; anti-communism; cold war; national unity; straight talk;
summary Dr. Jagan traces the development leading to the conflict between India and Pakistan over Kashmir, the roots laying the infamous partition of India and the Cold War policies of the West. He refers to the dangers of partition in British Guiana and calls for national unity.
id# 1226
title The Negro Explosion in America (Straight talk)
year written 1965/09/19
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 10
keywords poverty; USA; straigth talk; race;
summary Dr. Jagan discusses the existence of poverty in the USA, nd points out that the Negroes of the USA are the poorest of the poor, and live in segregation and fear.
id# 1227
title The Problem of Economic Development (Straight talk)
year written 1965/09/26
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 10
keywords straight talk; trade; aid; poverty; industrialisation; imperialism; United Nations;
summary Dr. Jagan writes that the main causes of the problems of underdeveloped countries is the political, economic and social control by the metropolitan countries. He further discusses how the economies of poor countries are dominated by foreign capitalist and their local political and commercial puppets.
id# 1228
title 9 months of Coalition Rule
year written 1965/09
place delivered British Guiana
medium article
keywords elections; PPP; straight talk; budget; trade; aid; bauxite; education; rice; PNC;
summary Dr. Jagan gives an account of British Guiana after 9 months of rule by the PNC-UF coalition which the British government forced upon the people by Order in Council. He first shows what was done during his government and what is currently being done to reverse many of the successes made. He calls it a chronicle of administrative incompetence and financial mismanagement leading to certain bankruptcy.
id# 1229
title Western Democracy on Trial in British Guiana
year written 1965/11
place delivered UK
medium printed in November 1965 issue of "Labour Monthly" and
keywords UK; democracy; constitution; 1953; parliament; elections; independence; PPP; US intervention; Kennedy; trade union; communism; security forces; labour; PNC: riots; Burnham; fascism; unemployment; Latin America; race;
summary Dr. Jagan gives a thorough review of the events leading up to the many manipulations by the UK government and the guiding hand of the USA to subvert and prevent the PPP from being installed in government following the 1964 elections. He reminds that pledges were given and commitments made by the UK government at the 1960 Constitutional Conference, were dishonoured. He calls for the ending of emergency rule, the release of those detained without trial, new elections under a changed electoral system and the withdrawal of the British army.
id# 1230
title We Need a Popular Government (Straight talk)
year written 1965/10/10
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T printed in "Mirror" pg 8
keywords budget; straight talk; rice; sugar; Latin America; unemployment; national unity; poverty;
summary Dr. Jagan writes that the problems of recession in the country - the budget deficit, unemployment, squandermania by the government, drop in rice and sugar prices and much more, can only be solved by a popular government with a democratic, national and anti-imperialist policy and programme.
id# 1231
title Letter to Comrades
year written 1965/11/05
place delivered British Guiana
medium letter
keywords straight talk;
summary Dr. Jagan writes a letter offering to have his "Straight Talk" articles published in the Mirror newspaper available to libraries and other publications.
id# 1232
title Press Statement
year written 1965/12/09
place delivered British Guiana
medium press statement
keywords United Nations;
summary In a press statement on United Nations Human Rights Day, Dr. Jagan points to Guiana where freedom is nominal. With the date for political independence fixed, he calls on all Guianese to fight for economic emancipation and social justice.
id# 1233
title Guianese Workers Forging New Unity
year written 1965/12
place delivered British Guiana
medium article
keywords trade unions; PPP; education; debt; working class; strikes; unemployment; sugar; rice; CIA; riots;
summary Dr. Jagan wrote this article 12 months after the PNC/UF coalition came into power and deals with the plight of the workers, faced with low wages and rising unemployment. He also deals with the incursions by US trade unions and their influence on local trade unions as well as operating in place of the CIA.
id# 1234
title US intervention policies
year written 1965/12
place delivered British Guiana
medium article
keywords USA; freedom; democracy; Kennedy; constitution;
summary Dr. Jagan deals with the moral issues involved in the USA's intervention policies in the internal affairs of certain nations - referring specifically to British Guiana and the Dominion Republic.
id# 1235
title The Problem of Economic Growth
year written 1965/09
place delivered British Guiana
medium S/T
keywords straight talk; education; agriculture; development
summary Dr. Jagan offered a critique to the 3 lecture series at the U.G on the Problem of Economic growth. Much emphasis was placed on education and technology as the main factors for social and economic development. Dr. Jagan pointed to the more important element of man and his understanding of his environment, nature and how man can be best served. He referred to the USSR to prove his views and emphasized the importance of whose hands the means of production and relations of production are in. He advocated public ownership of all wealth, genuine democracy at all levels and the planned proportionate development of social and economic life – a sure guarantee for genuine social and economic growth.
id# 1236
title Wanted - A Free Press( Straight Talk)
year written 1965/01/31
place delivered
medium Straight talk
keywords
summary Dr. Jagan in “Straight Talk” advocated the need for a FREE PRESS. During the term of office of the PPP government and run up to the 1964 elections the press has made a sudden turn to the advocacy of strikes, rebellion and general uprising, sensationalism, big lies and incitement to violence. The Evening Post, Chronicle and Argosy were constantly calling for blood ad mayhem to bring down the Jagan Government. “No freedom until the Jagans are removed” was the banner of the reactionary press and big business. A national newspaper which constantly champions the cause of democracy, nationalism, anti-colonialism and anti-imperialism and socialism is needed.