Art, Memories & The Grenada Revolution

And if this person is killed and the ability of the public to say goodbye (through a formal burial for example) is removed and, further, if the body is desecrated, the possibility and memory of the movement and successful resistance becomes more easily repressed in the eyes of opposing forces. [...] The need for some of the mothers to excavate the bodies and remains of their children reflects the “profound Catholic formation of our people….almost a need to have a dead body, a burial, and a Mass” (Robben, 2000 citing Madres, 1987 37: 10) which in many ways also reflects the need and significance for finding the bodies of Bishop, Creft and the other revolutionaries who were killed during and af. [...] The curriculums administered at the high school and community college levels reflect the ways in which language, stories and under- standings of the Revolution and the subsequent invasion are made to reflect a particular narrative and paradigm which serves the interests of imperialist agendas. [...] Probably one of the only (and certainly one of the most significant) statues representative of the Grenada Revolution is the bust of Bishop that is erected on Cemetery Hill, one of the biggest cemeteries in the main capital. [...] The re-prioritizing of the interests and realities of the work- ing class challenged the influence that imperialism had on the minds and lives of the people and how the country was being governed.