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| The OWTU office at Charlie King Junction, Fyzabad |
Since then, the spot has been marked as "Charlie King Junction" (CKJ), Fyzabad, Trinidad, in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Ritually, on the anniversary of the sacrifice, many journey to CKJ rituallistically to commemorate the occasion. They so do because the original event quickly galvanized and coalesced long-seething anger against exploiters, so much so that the government of the day had to implement radical changes in the people's perpetual favour.
In 1973, in a garish but futile attempt to appease, the anti-people aggregation (paradoxically named "People's National Movement") proclaimed the day to be Labour Day...instead of May the 1st.
2 years ago, a queen made the same pilgrimage for the same purpose...she succeeded because she lithely danced in tune with the browbeaten -enraptured, all anti-PNMism parties, whether of vestigal value or not, embraced and anointed her as the one to conduct the symphony whose overture would be to crescendo the discordant PNM out of government forever and ever, amen!
For the records: with a fetial finesse few before have demonstrated, she so stunningly synchronized that the People's Partnership's crushing conquest of the PNM has the latter bazodee to this day.
In 1973, in a garish but futile attempt to appease, the anti-people aggregation (paradoxically named "People's National Movement") proclaimed the day to be Labour Day...instead of May the 1st.
2 years ago, a queen made the same pilgrimage for the same purpose...she succeeded because she lithely danced in tune with the browbeaten -enraptured, all anti-PNMism parties, whether of vestigal value or not, embraced and anointed her as the one to conduct the symphony whose overture would be to crescendo the discordant PNM out of government forever and ever, amen!
For the records: with a fetial finesse few before have demonstrated, she so stunningly synchronized that the People's Partnership's crushing conquest of the PNM has the latter bazodee to this day.
For the records too: between 1937 and 2010, no figure other than Kamla Persad-Bissessar has been able to use CKJ as a platform from which to jumpstart fundamental change in Trinidad and Tobago.
Today, June 19th 2012, a man who wishes to be king shall be undertaking the same trek. It's left to be seen what he can there say or do to turn the tide against the government of the people, by the people, for the people, especially seeing he was not an impuissant intermezzo, but a main theme in the labour of love for the people called "The People's Partnership, Opus 1, 2010-2015"... for, history has amply shown how CKJ does never tarried whenever Fate declares it is time to change the way we do business in Trinidad and Tobago...and that those who don't learn from history are irrevocable fools.
Richard Wm. Thomas,
kid5rivers.com
© Richard Wm. Thomas,
kid5rivers.com
Today, June 19th 2012, a man who wishes to be king shall be undertaking the same trek. It's left to be seen what he can there say or do to turn the tide against the government of the people, by the people, for the people, especially seeing he was not an impuissant intermezzo, but a main theme in the labour of love for the people called "The People's Partnership, Opus 1, 2010-2015"... for, history has amply shown how CKJ does never tarried whenever Fate declares it is time to change the way we do business in Trinidad and Tobago...and that those who don't learn from history are irrevocable fools.
Richard Wm. Thomas,
kid5rivers.com
© Richard Wm. Thomas,
kid5rivers.com
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