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Presented by the Zinn Education Project
A Collaboration between Rethinking Schools and Teaching for Change
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Grenada: 'A Lovely Little War'
By Bill Bigelow
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The Grenada Revolution of 1979 sparked imaginations throughout the Caribbean.
Grenada was "the threat of a good example."
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Anti-bullying curricula are the rage these days. But as teachers endeavor to build a culture of civility among young people in school, the official history curriculum they are provided often celebrates, or at least excuses, bullying among nations. Well, at least when the United States is the bully.
A good example is the U.S. invasion of Grenada ----Operation Urgent Fury, as it was called by the Reagan administration ----launched exactly 30 years ago this week, on Oct. 25, 1983. Grenada made an unlikely target of U.S. military might. Its main product was not oil but nutmeg. Its naval fleet consisted of about 10 fishing trawlers. Grenada's population of 110,000 was smaller than Peoria, Illinois. At the time of the invasion, there was not a single stoplight in the entire country. So what put Grenada in the crosshairs of the Reagan administration? Read more.
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