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Any society without protestors is heading straight for slavery

Aug 29, 2012 Letters

 

Dear Editor,
So the police have saved Guyana from dangerous people by breaking down the tents of the People’s Parliament.
A country needs people who will set aside some of their time to keep issues like the lost lives at Linden before the eyes of the public and the world. The Enmore martyrdom happened in 1948 when I was 23 and most of us still honour them and celebrate their protest. I know some new thinking says they looked for it or they were lawbreakers.  Martyrs and battered women are my holy cows. I join with all who remind the rest of us about the injustice they have suffered and the loss to their loved ones.
The police acted because the symbol of remembering and reminding the public was having its effect.
Very often the inactive public will fall into two, perhaps three or more groups. There are those who when they know the reason for a protest will quietly agree, although they feel they are not ready for that kind of action, or that it is not for them.
Others, very nice, but also very dumb will “suck” their teeth and mutter,” They ent got nothing to do I wish the place can flood!”
At home in Guyana we used to call it “bad talking;”  “washing their mouth on people”
Few columnists draw the attention of readers to the importance of what protestors are doing.
Are we hypocrites that honour Cuffy and Akara, and Accabreh, and  Damon  the martyrs of the indenture riots  and protestors like Nana Culley and Halima, but hold back from  recognising protestors  of our own time? Why? Because we are not afraid any more of the past oppressors, but we are afraid of the present oppressors.
Those who protest in the cause of justice or in a just cause are the soul of the people. You do not have to agree with them. You may not be able to join them. But be sure that any society without protestors and those who insist on full justice and respect for all, and refuse to shut up when ordered, is heading straight for slavery.
Eusi Kwayana

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