‘ch 70 years of Service, seman muss Sw —7O years of Leadership EcoNonc wi bits Se SALISES SYMPOSIUM WHITHER THE LEFT IN THE CARIBBEAN? ASSESSING THE LEGACIES OF FORBES BURNHAM, MAURICE BISHOP, FIDEL CASTRO, HUGO CHAVEZ, CHEDDI JAGAN AND MICHAEL MANLEY Tuesday 13th March, 2018 PROGRAMME 9.00am-9.1Sam_ OPENING REMARKS, Dr. Hamid Ghany Directoy, SALES, The UW, St Augustine 9.15am-11.00am_ FIDEL CASTRO 1 ‘Fidel Castro and Cuban Nationalism’ by Dr Indira Rampersad, Lecturer, Department of Poltical Science, The UWI, St, Augustine 2, “US-Cuba Relations and the Cuban Revolution-Fidel Castro vs the United States" by Dr. Jacqueline Laguardia-Martinez, Lecture, Institute of International Relations, The UW St. Augustine. 3, “How David Slayed Goliath: A look into Fidel Castro's approach to the United States, ‘coming from a small Cariabean country in the Americas overpowering the global Super Power and the everlasting impact it had on Cuba and the rest of the ‘Ameticas'by Ms. Kandi Sebro, Education and Research Officer, Cilfields Workers! ‘Trade Union Trinidad and Tobago. 11.15am-1.00pm, HUGO CHAVEZ, 1. "Ye soy Chaves! The Legacy and Legend of Venezuelan President Hugo Chave2" by Dr. Anne-Marie Pouchet, Lecturer in Spanish, Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics, Fhe UW, St. Augustine, 2, “The Failure of Etats in Venezuela : Lessons for Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago" ‘ey Or. Roger Hosein, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Department of Economics, The WMI St. Augustine, and Mr. Carlton Joseph, MSc. Economics student.HUGO CHAVEZ (cont'd) 3, “The Legacy of Chavez in influencing the rise of a new alternative vision for the ‘Americas"by Mr, Ozzi Warwick, Chief Education and Research Officer iields \Workers"Trade Union, Trinidad and Tobago, and General Secretary, Movement for Social Justice, Trinidad and Tobago. 1.30pm-3.00pm ‘THE GRENADIAN REVOLUTION 1. "The Jewel ofthe Revolution - Jacqueline Creft"by Shalinee ahadur Final Year, BSc. Sociology student, The UWL St. Augustine, and Raegan Gibbings, Final Year, BSc Political Science student, The UWI, St. Augustine, 2, “The Demise of the Grenada Revolution : The Collapse of the People’s Revolutionary Government in 1983, a Declassified Look at the 1983 Anglo-American Response and the Confirmation of the Death of the Revolution in 2016"by Dr, Hamid Ghany, Director, SALISES, The UWL St. Augustine, 3.15pm-5.45pm ‘THE LEFT INTHE CARIBBEAN 1, "Man of the Hour: A Critique of Mascutinism on the Caribbean Left" by Mr, Amilcar Senatan, Research Assistant, Institute for Gender and Develoment Stucies, The WM St. Augustine. 2. “The Revolutionary Legacy of Canefields Reclaiming Indo-Caribbean Marxisms" by Ms, Renuka Anandit, Research Assistant, Institute for Gender and Development Studies, The UWL St Augustine, 3, “ASociaist Chance - The UWI Socialis Student Conference Experience’ by Ms. Johannah-Rae Reyes, Final Year, Faculty of Food and Agriculture student, The UI, St, Augustine, and Ms, Laurina Ramkaran, Final Year, Faculty of Law student, The UWI St. Augustine. 4, “The Unfinished Revolution: Decoloniality, Development and the Legacy of Socialism in the Caribbean’ by Tyehimba Salandy, Part-time Lecturer in Sociology, Department of Behavioural Sciences, The UW, St, Augustine 5, “Left and Progressive Politics in the Caribbean : Challenging or Succumbing to the Status Quo" by Mr, David Abdulah, Labour and Political Activist and Political Leader, Movement for Social Justice, Tinidad and Tobago. 5.45pm-6.00pm CLOSING REMARKS Dr. Hamid Ghany Director, SALISES, The UM, St Augustine