“THIS THE TIME TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF YOUR GOVERNMENT” (Clement Payne) – THE 1937 LABOUR REBELLION

Venue for all lectures: Queen’s Park Steel Shed
Time for all lectures: 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Sponsors: Barbados Museum & Historical Society, National Cultural Foundation, Insurance Corporation of Barbados Ltd. & University of the West Indies' Department of History & Philosophy

February 07 – Labour on the Move: Global Labour Organisation and Protest in the 1920s and 1930s by Dr. George Belle

February 14 – Seedbed for Protest: Barbados in the 1920s and 1930s by Dr. David Browne

February 28 – The British Caribbean Labour Rebellions: A Synthesis of the Historical Factors by Prof. Pedro Welch

March 6 – Labour Pains in Bridgetown: The 1937 Labour Rebellion by Dr. Henderson Carter

March 13 - “Blackest Week in the Colony’s History”: “More Purposive” Lawless Action in the Country Districts by Prof. Sir Woodville Marshall

March 20 – The Anatomy of Discontent: The Deane and Moyne Commissions by Dr. Aviston Downes

March 27 – Exploiting the Moment: The Emergence of New Political Organisations and a New Political Elite by Robert “Bobby” Morris

April 03 – Transforming “a Frightful Orgy of Hooliganism” into “a National Day of Significance” by Dr. Marcia Burrowes

April 10 – Popular Protest As An Agent of Political Change: Lessons From and For the Caribbean (Panel Discussion)

To watch the lectures online go to http://www.cavehill.uwi.edu/videos/museum.asp