About Michael Als
Sept 14, 2000
By Raffique Shah
Most of his early-life details were
carried in an interview in the Sunday Express (I
believe).
He was a teacher/Young Power leader in 1970.
Detained, but not for long. Went totally
Moscow-Marxist post 1970 (as distinct from the
Che/Fanon revolutionary line adopted by Rex and me).
He was close with Cheddi Jagan, Trevor Munroe (Jam),
Coards, James Millette, etc.
In the 1983 Grenada crisis, he was one of two
foreigners allowed to enter the island after Coard
pulled his coup. The other was Munroe (a private jet
was sent for him). Both rabid Marxists (Bishop,
incidentally, although he toed the Moscow line, was
more given to flexibility), Munroe was said to have
advised Coard (maybe to kill Bishop?), while Als,
after the mass murders, went on Radio Free Grenada and
broadcast that "all is quiet in Grenada". Boy, talk
about cuss I put on him (and people like Millette, who
had supported Coard) afterwards.
Als is an oppostunist parading as a patriot. He
resigned from BGWU not because he was fed up of town
life, but because of serious health problems (kidneys,
I believe). His PPM, which was Marxist, contested the
1986 election and lost all deposits. He then disbanded
his party and joined with Club88/UNC--hence the
presence of Wade Mark and Vincent Cabrera in the
government. He himself has done UNC work in Toco under
the guise of the foundation. I suspect they got help
from government to access $1m-plus for the Foundation,
and he must have siphoned some of that for his
personal use.
Without prejudice, I believe it will be good if the
UNC nominates him for Toco/Manzanilla (he orchestrated
the meeting that nominated him). He will lose so
badly, I hope his kidneys are dealt a severe blow! He
is one of a band of ex-Marxists who used to brand me
"reactionary". Now we see who was really revolutionary
and who was fooling around. Personally, I still treat
him like a piece of dog shit whenever I cross paths
with him.
Hope this gives you a better insight into the mouse
(well, he's not a man, is he?).
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