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Chapters: Gombey Liberation Party, United Bermuda Party, Progressive Labour Party, Bermuda Democratic Alliance, List of Political Parties in Bermuda. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Gombey Liberation Party (GLP) is a grassroots political party in Bermuda that contested the 2003 general election. The party did not contest the subsequent 2007 election and seems to be defunct, having never attained a seat in the Bermuda Parliament. 24 year old artist and musician Gavin Sundjata Smith, the only known member, created the GLP with the assistance of his brother Corin, a former member of the youth wing of the Progressive Labour Party and future United Bermuda Party candidate, and used the name of a type of local dancer, the Gombey, to attract interest in the party. Under the slogan, "The Power of One", the GLP's political platform directed towards the Bermudian youth revolved around removing the remnants of colonialism and British influence from Bermuda. Much of this influence comes in the form of the Governor of Bermuda, whom Smith claimed was consolidating his power backed by a conservative neo-colonial movement over the Bermuda Police Service, the Bermuda Regiment and the legal and banking systems. GLP intended to use "therapeutic" instead of "adversarial" measures to attain its goals, including civic engagement and a balance between "grassroots values" and "establishment priorities": Grassroots values Establishment priorities Other goals included the rejuvenation of local culture through the establishment of "culture centres" on several derelict site. More ambitious proposals included relocating the Bermuda International Airport and redeveloping St. George's historic forts for a variety of purposes, as well as initiating truth and reconciliati...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=7684765 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Journal, published by Royal Geographical Society on November 1, 1995. The length of the article is 8024 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the author: KEY WORDS: Colonialism, dependent territories, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha, Bermuda, Turks and Caicos Islands.

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Title: Economic and political prospects for the British Atlantic Dependent Territories.
Author: Stephen A. Royle
Publication: The Geographical Journal (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 1995
Publisher: Royal Geographical Society
Volume: v161Issue: n3Page: p307(15)

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