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Reading Time 4 minsEric Gairy: Working Class Hero Caldwell Taylor   “On 19th February, widespread strikes began, and there have been many acts of intimation and sabotage .An emergency order was made and two of the leaders of the strike [Eric Gairy and Gascoigne Blaize-ct] were detained” -The Secretary of the State for the Colonies, James Griffiths, responding to Mr. Eden. Grenada Riots, HC Deb 26 February 1951 vo. l 484 cc 1748-50   Grenada’s first general strike tolled on the early morning of February 19, 1951 and ran for four tempestuous weeks. The so-called “Sky Red” days transformed long-suffering… Read More »Eric Gairy: Working Class Hero