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Commentary Newsday

Jerome Teelucksingh

YESTERDAY was the anniversary of the passing of Basdeo Panday.

He has been described as a politician, activist, trade unionist, actor and lawyer.

Basdeo Panday (– 1 January ) was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian lawyer, politician, trade unionist, economist, actor, and civil servant.

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Basdeo Panday was a Trinidadian and Tobagonian statesman, lawyer, politician, trade unionist, economist, and actor who served as the fifth Prime Minister of.

Basdeo Panday: A Political Biography.

Basdeo Panday: A Political Biography by John Gaffar LaGuerre Review by: Kirk Meighoo Social and Economic Studies, Vol. 51, No. 2 (JUNE ), pp.

He was briefly involved in the Workers and Farmers Party (during ) and subsequently suffered defeat as a candidate in the general election.

The young Panday would later be affiliated with the Democratic Labour Party (DLP).

And in the DLP appointed him as an opposition senator. Many are unaware of the support Panday gave to the Black Power Movement in

During the s, Eric Williams and his government mocked and ridiculed Panday while he was in opposition and head of the All Trinidad Sugar and General Workers’ Trade Union (ATSGWTU).

Panday always drew his swords to battle discrimination.

For instance, on October 2, , Panday, highlighted racism at the launch of the Proceedings of the Conference of the East Indian Diaspora Committee. He revealed the mistrust in the s