In 1950, Dr Cheddi Jagan began a campaign to transform British Guiana, South America, into a Marxist state, allied with the USSR in the growing Cold War. His failure and the flight of some 500,000 people to North America and Britain are almost forgotten tragedies even among that Diaspora. The Indelible Red Stain, a two-volume blockbuster by Guyanese doctor and political insider, Dr Mohan Ragbeer, tells the story in a masterly way and provides the key to understanding the ruin of Guiana, its bloody race war, and the massive exodus. Ram Jagessar, a Toronto historian, writes, "Dr Mohan Ragbeer...
In 1950, Dr Cheddi Jagan began a campaign to transform British Guiana, South America, into a Marxist state, allied with the USSR in the growing Cold W...
