@@panditsharma3058 My Grandfather was one of those IMPORTANT EAST INDIANS and because of my GRANDFATHER you were able to get your DIWALI Holiday.... and my grandfather was Indian and not Hindu. Don't speak ill of Mr. Burnham because my mother vouches for this man she met so many many times. I know how she was insulted by Guyanese (Indians) because of who her father was and the position he held in PNC Government.
You would have most likely died of starvation, malnutrition or dehydration. Dictators are know for being eloquent speakers, comvincing, cunning, delusional, bigoted, corrupt, evil, wicked, nasty, demonic, selfish, useless, racist, heartless, lacks credibility, lacks honesty, lacks decency, very deceptive...
Any people can make a speech action proved different 28 years of dictatorship half the population migrated today the people coming home so action proved different
@@AbdulRaufFawwazKhan lol no wonder Guyanese fighting amongst themselves..back in those days Guyana where well off…just look how well they spoken…now Guyana English is just nonsense..I’m proud Guyanese today leadership is just bullish from both pnc and the ppp
I'm a student- very big fan of politics, history and everything to do with it! Forbes burnham was a very smart man and good ideas but in the end greed took over. I can't deny or any smart person can't deny that he had good ideas. Guyana have a lot of potentials but they must over come greed, racism and foreign minded. They allow everyone to come and take advantage of their resources and people eg brazilians, Chinese, Indians, canadians and Americans. What burnham wanted is for us to sustain ou
Well spoken President, it's sad that many Guyanese focus on the regimented way in which he carried out his leadership. In my opinion he style of leadership is a reflection of the experience as aǹ individual living in British Guiana and the many challenges that came with that. He was much closer to the reliques of slavery and as a result must have had a great drive for national pride. National pride which many lack today. Burnham, like any other President isn't without fault and we surely should try to see the strengths of his leadership.
@@bobbyramnauth2634 You and yours fled to the US because you and others want to overthrow him and his administration and he has not going to have it. So you fled.
Today many look at Burham as a icon. Its unbelievable this man too away the basic rights of human in Guyana. Rigged elections, starvation, killing of political leader Walter Rodney, jailed political leader Jagan.
Really? He should have jail you. What happened to Minister shaw a sitting minister him and his family all murdered and the PPP did not, but open an inquiry for Walter ( which was ok) but what happened to mr. SHAW???
The americans didn't see him as a communist but they saw Jagan as one?!! Socialism is what Jagan looked for. An indian would have never been a full fledged communist. Such a pity the americans had to interfere.
Burnham, indeed, was a superb, polished speaker. But behind those words was the Beelzeub. The man was a virtual authoritative monster! It was all for his own - a sad, long chapter from democracy.
Never his equal! If he was still alive Guyana would be a different place. Has it been so long that we have forgotten....the bread basket of the Caribbean? Truly a Statesman and a Leader. Still to see his equal....regardless! Period!
Since my dad was chief of Surinamese CID or Central Information Service, and Immigration in Nickerie, which is near British Guyana, and visited BG frequently we knew what happened there. The racist Burnham ruined BG and Indians who had the opportunity went abroad. Thousands came to Suriname, went to Canada, USA and some were entitled to enter England. I'm shocked how the blacks are still adoring the criminal racist Burnham. You better study your history...
Mugabe and burnham - pretty much the same type of folk - burnham was lucky he got the USA to support him at the time the US was paranoid against communism - IF Jagan was smart and embraced the american way - Guyana's history would have so different.
The making of a Socialist Nation. Say what the people expect to hear, and when in power do just the opposite. I was there and heard those false promises....and by Divine intervention got out of Guyana before the destruction caused by Nationalization and his "Cooperative Republic" model of change, under this indoctrinated purveyor of Socialist ideals. The over seven hundred million dollars he spirited away to the Swiss Bank did not serve him well, as fate would have it, the horrific medical issues and sufferings he endured, leading to his demise, were appropriate as and by way of retribution. Fifty years later, this demon's legacy still haunts all of Guyana.
all of you people are far from reality this man was the best thing that ever happen to guyana.all he wanted us to do is to be an independent nation and work together and use our natural resources that we have but some people didnt see it like that all they wanted was that junk food that was imported into ur country.all he wanted us to do is farm more and work hard but poepel didnt wanted to do that.he just wanted us to hustle hard and build the country.who ever say guyana is poor u not guyanese
jimmy chungah: The Burnham era, on the contrary, brought more socio-economic decline and harships to especially the Africans who have been (and are) the major buying consumers of scarce but necessary items; necessary items which were sold illegally, and very costly by business merchants who were able to smuggle in those scarce but necessary items from Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil. These merchants profited immensely during the Burnham era by selling, very expensively, the cheaply-smuggled grocery from the abovementioned neighboring countries. One noted PLUS during the Burnham era was FREE EDUCATION from NURSEY to UNIVERSITY: Diplona/Associates, Bachelors/Baccalaureate, Masters and Professional Degrees. FREE without regards to "race" or political affiliations - EDUCATION! Freedom of Worship amongst Hindus, Muslims and Christians were preserved, as well as permission to assemble and protest - despite the assassination in Guyana of Dr. Walter Rodney, African world-renowned professor, author and co-leader of the Working People's Alliance.
Such captivating speech but inhumane actions to his fellow country man, a classic example of deception that is the hallmark of a dictator , that is the man that I remember forbes burham. Why a dictator? Well none of his policies were democratic in nature that leaves us with him being either a communist or a dictator. Well a communist looks after the needs of its people but you have to work for the state at any cost.Burham did not look after the needs of his people but yet the citizens of guyana had work for the state at any cost.Thats why I refer to him as a dictator.
What craziness is this Forbes Burnham was the best politician who walked here in Guyana his policies were and is relevant even today. The most evil politician to walk here is one Barrat jagdeo
@@mrrreddy8067 Thanks for your comment, is shows that BJ should not lead any nation. I have a problem with the drugs, because I live in Guyana and see the craziness he had the country in. Black people amt afraid of him we are afraid for GUYANA.
After assuring the Indians citizens that they have much to hope for, it is quite interesting what was transpired and became embedded in our society by 1985. The similarities between Gairy and Burnham !
First and I hope last dictator .Granger is a student of Burnham.If he is allowed to carry out his rigging we will suffer and starve like in Burnham days. God took him early because of the horrendous things this man did.
Guyanese lack of education prevented most of them from understanding the politics at the time… And yes, because he was black the Indians did not like that either. However, it was not a one sided clear cut racist thing… Indians who were PPP were forced to change to PNC in order to get a ‘good’ job and not be harassed by the PNC (who were mainly blacks)… these converts lived more comfortably than others who did not change parties.
URLOVED247 :In Guyana, East Indians and Africans - both of whom are black skinned; no significant so-called white. In street parlance, one says, "black and coolie" - colloquialisms. East Indians of Hindu and Muslim religious faiths with Indian and Pakistani Heritages respectively; n'est pas? Africans with African Ancestry, Portuguese with Portuguese Heritage, and so on...
Burnham was all talk and no walk.He used his good education for evil things. The Indian Immigration Funds were confiscated and used to build the National centre for which no Indians benefited. A little show now and again.The Belfield State house and lands were stolen from an Indian family and his lordship built helicopter landing strip there.He thought he would live forever.God cut him down at 61 years which was pretty young.God doesn't like ugly.
Eloquent speech indeed… and he was already criticizing Indians. Most Indians complained that Burnham was destroying the country - which was true… But guess what? What you focus on expands! To this day people are still complaining… proof from the comments below!
This is always my president and my mentor I grew up under him but others have strayed from his path even stubborn GRANGER who vex over my comment surely loose .
@William Moore Giving the chinese land for harvesting Timber, and giving the Russian land to harvest out resources is not selling out Guyana its foreign investments. Who in Guyana with the money, skills and equipment to harvest our Timber? Learn economics and don't make a fool of yourself
Breezafun - If he had lived any longer you must understand we would have been like North Korea without the Nukes and a powerful army but with alot of starvation,deprivations zero press freedom and an opposition that would have been obliterated. Another example would be to compare Mugabe's Zimbabwe.. these are two classic examples on how the country would have been. You need to understand Forbes Burnham never won a single election fairly in Guyana.. in 1964 the UF helped him into power.
..."The East Indians are important; the Africans are important... "
The dictator that reduced Guyana to bankruptcy
@@panditsharma3058 My Grandfather was one of those IMPORTANT EAST INDIANS and because of my GRANDFATHER you were able to get your DIWALI Holiday.... and my grandfather was Indian and not Hindu. Don't speak ill of Mr. Burnham because my mother vouches for this man she met so many many times. I know how she was insulted by Guyanese (Indians) because of who her father was and the position he held in PNC Government.
Exceptional speech by a world class Orator. A true visionary and remarkable leader of his country.
Oh my word. I wasn’t yet born when he was president but i yarn to have a president who speaks so eloquently.
And he became a racist bigoted dictators. He was worst than the white slave masters.
His eloquent speech did nothing for the people of Guyana. He was a brutal dictator at best.
Yarn? You want to sleep?
You would have most likely died of starvation, malnutrition or dehydration. Dictators are know for being eloquent speakers, comvincing, cunning, delusional, bigoted, corrupt, evil, wicked, nasty, demonic, selfish, useless, racist, heartless, lacks credibility, lacks honesty, lacks decency, very deceptive...
Any people can make a speech action proved different 28 years of dictatorship half the population migrated today the people coming home so action proved different
The lies…he was a true leader to is afro Guyanese..I wish I was born when he was leader…
You gonna dwell in the past and just remember 28 years of dictator ship. This is 2024 move on 😂. It's a different time.
@@AbdulRaufFawwazKhan lol no wonder Guyanese fighting amongst themselves..back in those days Guyana where well off…just look how well they spoken…now Guyana English is just nonsense..I’m proud Guyanese today leadership is just bullish from both pnc and the ppp
What a beautiful voice
What a well spoken statesman I grew up in Guyana during his reign
Me too, I visited his home in Belfield two with my father.
There will never be another President like President Forbes Burnham.
never say never.....in politics, war and love.
Hopefully! Never!
Cheddar throw down the gauntlet in parliament , banned from speaking,but was horse riding with Burnham the following week end at Belbaag
Someone help who voice is this
What an evil man who ruined Guyana.
I'm a student- very big fan of politics, history and everything to do with it! Forbes burnham was a very smart man and good ideas but in the end greed took over. I can't deny or any smart person can't deny that he had good ideas. Guyana have a lot of potentials but they must over come greed, racism and foreign minded. They allow everyone to come and take advantage of their resources and people eg brazilians, Chinese, Indians, canadians and Americans. What burnham wanted is for us to sustain ou
Yep
Well spoken President, it's sad that many Guyanese focus on the regimented way in which he carried out his leadership. In my opinion he style of leadership is a reflection of the experience as aǹ individual living in British Guiana and the many challenges that came with that. He was much closer to the reliques of slavery and as a result must have had a great drive for national pride. National pride which many lack today. Burnham, like any other President isn't without fault and we surely should try to see the strengths of his leadership.
This DICTATOR starve the guyanese nation
So true
@@bobbyramnauth2634 And you still survived. Please explain starvation?
@@yahwehloveme6819 I fled to the USA bitch
@@bobbyramnauth2634
You and yours fled to the US because you and others want to overthrow him and his administration and he has not going to have it. So you fled.
Great that’s all that needs to be said. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
This generation will make the change Guyana needs :)..and haters gonna hate ;p
What a great leader…😍😍😍 what Guyana 🇬🇾 needs now..
Today many look at Burham as a icon. Its unbelievable this man too away the basic rights of human in Guyana.
Rigged elections, starvation, killing of political leader Walter Rodney, jailed political leader Jagan.
Roberts lopez You know what your problem is? You’re not Guyanese!
Really? He should have jail you. What happened to Minister shaw a sitting minister him and his family all murdered and the PPP did not, but open an inquiry for Walter ( which was ok) but what happened to mr. SHAW???
The americans didn't see him as a communist but they saw Jagan as one?!!
Socialism is what Jagan looked for. An indian would have never been a full fledged communist. Such a pity the americans had to interfere.
I was a little school girl in Guyana west indies when Forbes was president. My first time hearing him speak
Burnham suffer guyana for 20 years
Say one thing, mean another.
Burnham, indeed, was a superb, polished speaker. But behind those words was the Beelzeub. The man was a virtual authoritative monster! It was all for his own - a sad, long chapter from democracy.
Dave Bhoj SO?!
Dave Bhoj you don’t want to know why he adopted that style. Please listen to the first part of this speech
I always love that intellectual Educated man did read from any paper thatnwas within him as a father of this Nation
Did not read from any paper
True
Never his equal! If he was still alive Guyana would be a different place. Has it been so long that we have forgotten....the bread basket of the Caribbean? Truly a Statesman and a Leader. Still to see his equal....regardless! Period!
DICTATOR WHO WAS WILLING TO FEED THE CARIBBEAN WITH RICE FLOUR BREAD ,
@@bobbyramnauth2634 And you survived! Guess what?? Rice flour is still selling.
Since my dad was chief of Surinamese CID or Central Information Service, and Immigration in Nickerie, which is near British Guyana, and visited BG frequently we knew what happened there. The racist Burnham ruined BG and Indians who had the opportunity went abroad. Thousands came to Suriname, went to Canada, USA and some were entitled to enter England. I'm shocked how the blacks are still adoring the criminal racist Burnham. You better study your history...
Mugabe and burnham - pretty much the same type of folk - burnham was lucky he got the USA to support him at the time the US was paranoid against communism - IF Jagan was smart and embraced the american way - Guyana's history would have so different.
So true Bro.
The making of a Socialist Nation. Say what the people expect to hear, and when in power do just the opposite. I was there and heard those false promises....and by Divine intervention got out of Guyana before the destruction caused by Nationalization and his "Cooperative Republic" model of change, under this indoctrinated purveyor of Socialist ideals. The over seven hundred million dollars he spirited away to the Swiss Bank did not serve him well, as fate would have it, the horrific medical issues and sufferings he endured, leading to his demise, were appropriate as and by way of retribution. Fifty years later, this demon's legacy still haunts all of Guyana.
all of you people are far from reality this man was the best thing that ever happen to guyana.all he wanted us to do is to be an independent nation and work together and use our natural resources that we have but some people didnt see it like that all they wanted was that junk food that was imported into ur country.all he wanted us to do is farm more and work hard but poepel didnt wanted to do that.he just wanted us to hustle hard and build the country.who ever say guyana is poor u not guyanese
jimmy chungah:
The Burnham era, on the contrary, brought more socio-economic decline and harships to especially the Africans who have been (and are) the major buying consumers of scarce but necessary items; necessary items which were sold illegally, and very costly by business merchants who were able to smuggle in those scarce but necessary items from Suriname, Venezuela, Colombia and Brazil.
These merchants profited immensely during the Burnham era by selling, very expensively, the cheaply-smuggled grocery from the abovementioned neighboring countries.
One noted PLUS during the Burnham era was FREE EDUCATION from NURSEY to UNIVERSITY: Diplona/Associates, Bachelors/Baccalaureate, Masters and Professional Degrees.
FREE without regards to "race" or political affiliations - EDUCATION!
Freedom of Worship amongst Hindus, Muslims and Christians were preserved, as well as permission to assemble and protest - despite the assassination in Guyana of Dr. Walter Rodney, African world-renowned professor, author and co-leader of the Working People's Alliance.
Junior, it’s very sad to see we have people with your mentality in Guyana today.
Last time I checked Hennessy and coke a cola wasn’t Guyanese made. Lol
I ain't care ,I ain't want no blackman rule me
Did you like rice flour and cassareep everyday?????
I love to listen to him speak. I have watched all the videos with him. He was a great speaker, leader and president of our beloved country, Guyana.
@badboymontoya Eloquently uttered!
He created an Exidous of Guyanese,,,The same is Evident.
God bless you very well speech😅
One of the worst rigga ever existed.
Such captivating speech but inhumane actions to his fellow country man, a classic example of deception that is the hallmark of a dictator , that is the man that I remember forbes burham. Why a dictator? Well none of his policies were democratic in nature that leaves us with him being either a communist or a dictator. Well a communist looks after the needs of its people but you have to work for the state at any cost.Burham did not look after the needs of his people but yet the citizens of guyana had work for the state at any cost.Thats why I refer to him as a dictator.
What craziness is this Forbes Burnham was the best politician who walked here in Guyana his policies were and is relevant even today. The most evil politician to walk here is one Barrat jagdeo
Burnham was a socialist ideologist
@@jamelaahamad515 the thing is socialism requires perfect humans, and humans are not perfect.
Sherwin Benjamin, black people scared of Jagdoe bad bad eh? Lol
@@mrrreddy8067 Thanks for your comment, is shows that BJ should not lead any nation. I have a problem with the drugs, because I live in Guyana and see the craziness he had the country in. Black people amt afraid of him we are afraid for GUYANA.
After assuring the Indians citizens that they have much to hope for, it is quite interesting what was transpired and became embedded in our society by 1985.
The similarities between Gairy and Burnham !
Wow
first and last true leader of guyana...R.I.P
Fucking DICTATOR
@@bobbyramnauth2634 so what
@@bobbyramnauth2634 expound on your statement
First and I hope last dictator .Granger is a student of Burnham.If he is allowed to carry out his rigging we will suffer and starve like in Burnham days.
God took him early because of the horrendous things this man did.
@@bubujooestes1499
I guess Cheddi Jagan must have been more worst.
LEADER OF ALL LEADERS..
He was a dictator and brutal to the East Indian, best in his speech but does not do want he said.
Guyanese lack of education prevented most of them from understanding the politics at the time…
And yes, because he was black the Indians did not like that either.
However, it was not a one sided clear cut racist thing…
Indians who were PPP were forced to change to PNC in order to get a ‘good’ job and not be harassed by the PNC (who were mainly blacks)… these converts lived more comfortably than others who did not change parties.
URLOVED247 :In Guyana, East Indians and Africans - both of whom are black skinned; no significant so-called white.
In street parlance, one says, "black and coolie" - colloquialisms.
East Indians of Hindu and Muslim religious faiths with Indian and Pakistani Heritages respectively; n'est pas?
Africans with African Ancestry, Portuguese with Portuguese Heritage, and so on...
He referred to himself as African, Guyanese African.
Renember he was a native of Guyana, not of United States.
That's happening now omg
Can this speech be played on social media platforms often
Burnham was a great leader
Burnham was all talk and no walk.He used his good education for evil things.
The Indian Immigration Funds were confiscated and used to build the National centre for which no Indians benefited. A little show now and again.The Belfield State house and lands were stolen from an Indian family and his lordship built helicopter landing strip there.He thought he would live forever.God cut him down at 61 years which was pretty young.God doesn't like ugly.
Eloquent speech indeed… and he was already criticizing Indians.
Most Indians complained that Burnham was destroying the country - which was true…
But guess what? What you focus on expands!
To this day people are still complaining… proof from the comments below!
This is always my president and my mentor I grew up under him but others have strayed from his path even stubborn GRANGER who vex over my comment surely loose .
A good history of what happened was written by CBJ himself.
💋😍😘nothing but love and respect ! The cast break when you were manifested here. Haven’t seen another like you.FWP
Let’s hope we never will.
The greatest of all time LFSB a man of integrity and loved by all.
make me want to puke
A man and President for all Guyanese. RIP
Yeah for all Guyanese except for East Indians. Screw him and his legacy.
such evil - this man
whiteliketar , such a fool you are. You had 28years of the PPP- it was good for you I guess.
@William Moore
Giving the chinese land for harvesting Timber, and giving the Russian land to harvest out resources is not selling out Guyana its foreign investments.
Who in Guyana with the money, skills and equipment to harvest our Timber?
Learn economics and don't make a fool of yourself
A true leader
This crook spoke the Oxford's english.
Breezafun - If he had lived any longer you must understand we would have been like North Korea without the Nukes and a powerful army but with alot of starvation,deprivations zero press freedom and an opposition that would have been obliterated. Another example would be to compare Mugabe's Zimbabwe.. these are two classic examples on how the country would have been. You need to understand Forbes Burnham never won a single election fairly in Guyana.. in 1964 the UF helped him into power.
GENIOUS
All style, Zero substance!
Great orator my ass. He trying to sound British. That is no Guyanese accent.
He was schooled in England what do expect.
I know dumbass Ali and many more in the PPP wish if they were as smart as him or can articulate themselves as he did. What a brilliant man. 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
He was a trained English Debator and law student in England. Its not fake.
God didn't kill him, god would have let him rule forever
He gave him throat cancer instead.