Selected Articles by Dr. Cheddi Jagan

Below is a small colllection of articles by Dr. Cheddi Jagan. View the entire colllection: Listing of Current Documents by Dr. Cheddi Jagan in CJRC Archives

A collection of articles written by Dr. & Mrs. Jagan on the Independence issues of British Guiana

Cheddi Jagan  - Opposition Leader (1964-1992)

U.S on Trial in Guiana (1965)
Aid with Strings - Feb. 2, 1965 (Straight talk)
U.S. Dirty Vietnam War - Straight Talk - Feb 1965
Guiana's Struggle Against Fascism and Racism - 1965
Open Letter to Anthony Greenwood, Secretary of State for the Colonies - April 30, 1965
Speech in House of Assembly re: Rice Marketing Bill - May 22, 1965
Kashmir Another Cold War Victim - Sept. 12, 1965
Independence and the Future - Dec 1965
Independence Yes! Celebrations No! - April 1966
Independence - Our 5 Demands - May 1966 
Interview by Peter Reynolds - Canadian Broadcasting Co. - May 1966
Growing Up  - 1966 (1st chapter of "The West on Trial")
Speech in the National Assembly on May 26, 1966 (Independence Day)
The Struggles of the PPP for Guyana's Independence - May 1966
The Caribbean Free Trade Area (Straight talk) - Dec. 25, 1966
Alliance for Progress - April 9, 1967
Aid and Independence (Straight talk) - May 25, 1967
How Washington interfered and the Labour leaders changed their minds about Guyana 1967
CIA Controls the Trade Unions - 1967
Oil and Profits (Straight talk) - June 25, 1967
Anglo-American Intrigue (Straight talk) - July 2, 1967
Exploding Ghettoes (Straight talk) - Aug. 6, 1967
Message to Amerindian Association - Sept. 1967
The Coalition Exposed - 1967
CIA and the Trade Unions in Guyana - 1967
Reply to Questions put by Carlos Castilho - Manchete Magazine - 1968
CIA And PNC Created The Violence 1968
Trade, Aid and Debts - Feb 18, 1968
Speech in National Assembly on the Issue of Venezuelan Decree of the Sea - July 17, 1968 
Address to PPP 15th Congress - 1968  
Cheddi Jagan Says Independence Betrayed -1968
Independence to Neo-colonialism (Straight talk) - 1968
Is Guyana to be Another Vietnam (1968)
Tribute to Mahatma Gandhi - 1969
Christmas Message from Dr. Cheddi Jagan - 1970's
Speech in National Assembly on Republic Day - February 23, 1970   
Lenin and Our Time - Feb 1970
The February Revolt - 1970  
Discrimination and Corruption - an Address at Symposium at UG - 1971
Statement on Racial Discrimination in Guyana - March 20, 1971
Guyana A New Stage - 1971 
Speech on Angela Davis - Jan 20,1972
Guyana and Non-Alignment - Feb 16, 1972
Poverty - Cause and Cure in Developing Countries - March 1972
Floods and Agriculture - 1972
Fight for Decent Standards - April 1972 
Salute to Paul Robeson - 1973
Grave Problems Facing the People - March 1973
LDC's - A Colony Within a Semi-colony  (Straight talk) - April 15, 1973
PPP's Foundations for Progress Destroyed by PNC - June 17, 1973
Burnham Rules by Force and Fraud in Guyana - July 1, 1973
Army Intervention Not Election - July 27, 1973
The Fascist Coup in Chile - 1973
Virtual Army Coup in Guyana - 1973
The Future as Seen after 25 Years of Parliamentary Struggle - 1973
Strategy for Economic and Social Development - 1972-73
Conversations with Allende - Straight Talk - 1973  
The Army - A New Stage in Guyana's Politics - July 1973
18th PPP Congress - Address to - on behalf of PPP General Council - Aug 1974
Guyana Faces new struggle against the ruling elite - October 1973
Guyana - Conversation with Cheddi Jagan - Interview - Printed in "Tricontinental" May 1974
Letter to Sunday Argosy
Press Statement Re. Police Search of Home - Aug 1974
Statement by Guyana Peace Council - April 26, 1974
The Caribbean and Centres of International Power - Oct 21-25, 1974
How I Came to Know Lenin - 1975  
Address at Conference of Communist Parties of L.A. & Caribbean - June 9-13, 1975
Address to 25th Anniversary Conference of PPP -On Critical Support - August 3, 1975
Critical Support - Straigth Talk - September 14, 1975 
Letter to L.F.S. Burnham - December 11, 1975
Trade Unions and National Liberation - October 1976  
Report to 19th PPP Congress - July 31, 1976
World Peace Council in Mainstream of History - 1977
Letter to Delegates of 2nd Assembly of Caribbean Council of Churches - Nov 16, 1977
Broadcast on July 15, 1978
Speech on Receipt of Order of Friendship at Kremlin on December 20, 1978
Cheddi Raps with University Students
Imperialists Reactivating the Cold War
New Constitution Ushers in Creeping Dictatorship in Guyana
Budget (1980) Speech
Alternative Models of Caribbean Economic Development and Industrialization - May 1980
Notes by Cheddi Jagan on Dr. Rodney's Funeral - June 1980
New Constitution Entrenches Burnham's Personal Dictatorship
Address at Seminar/Conference sponsored by "Problems of Peace and Socialism"
Letter to Venezuelan Friends
Address at the Commemoration of the 52nd Birth Anniversary
of Martin Luther King, Jr. - January 15, 1981
Letter to Editor Guyana Chronicle - July 2, 1981
The Guyana-Venezuela Border Row - 1981
Non-Alignment as a Viable Alternative for Regional Cooperation - March 15-19, 1982
The Caribbean Basin Plan - 1982
Message From Dr. Cheddi Jagan on Eid-Al-Fitr
Nationalism: Progressive and Reactionary - 1980's
Unmasking Enemies of the Guyanese People - 1983
 Address to Congress of Peace & Life Against Nuclear War - June 1983
Speech in National Assembly on Grenada - Oct 1983
PPP and the Role of the Private Sector - 1985
PPP Election Broadcast - November 19, 1985 
US Militarisation of Caribbean and Long-term Stability - 1985
PNC Control Leads to Fraud (Straight talk) - Jan 12, 1986
An Electoral Farce (Straight talk) - Jan 26, 1986
Interview with BBC - 20th Independence Anniversary - May 1986
Radio Interview with Sita Mohammed -20 Years of Independence - May 1986
The Working Class and Today's Problems- October 8-9, 1986
Speech by Cheddi Jagan at Freedom House Reception (December 18, 1987)
Speech by Cheddi Jagan at Parliament to Mark His 40 years Entry in Parliament - Dec 1987
Regan's Militarisation Plans rejected - 1987
Open Letter to Delegates - Non-Aligned Movement - 1987
Capitalism in Deep Crisis - 1987
Nelson Mandela - A Life of Dedication - 1988
Education in Crisis (Straight talk) - Jan 13, 1988
Israel Must Stop Slaughter of Palestinians (Straight talk) - March 13, 1988
Poverty: Cause and Cure - April 1988
Corruption - A Way of Life (Straight talk) - May 1, 1988
Race, Class and Nationhood: The Indo-Guyanese Experience
by Cheddi Jagan - May 1988
The Revolutionary Thinking of Che Guevara - June 8-11, 1988
Address at Conference on 150th Anniversary of East Indians - July 1988
Race, Class and Nationhood: The Afro-Guyanese Experience
by Cheddi Jagan and Moses Nagamootoo - August 1988
Nelson Mandela -A Life of Dedication (Straight talk) - Oct 2, 1988
Address at International Conference at Harvard University - Nov 11-13, 1988
Open Letter to Commissioner of Police - Dec 1988
Roots of Hunger - 1989
The Plunder of Bauxite (Straight talk) - June 16, 1989
May Day 1989 Speech - May 1, 1989
Speech on Receipt of Franz Fanon Freedom Award - Sept 1, 1989
Tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru - Nov 13, 1989
Budget Speech 1990 - Read by Janet Jagan because Dr. Jagan was not allowed to speak in Parliament
May Day Speech at TUC Rally - 1990 
Building a Beautiful and Prosperous Guyana - June 12, 1992
Looking for the Way Forward - 1992