Talk:Eric Williams

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Assessment comments The following comments were left by the assessors: (edit · refresh) I have changed the assessment from Mid to High as per discussion at Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Caribbean/Assessment. Guettarda 06:32, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Substantiation missing

The discount of Eric Williams' proposition needs adequate substantiation. The scholars who are able to disprove Eric Williams' claims need to put up or shut up. srr04

I was of the impression that this was the consensus view; it was taken as fact by History lecturers at the University of the West Indies (Trinidad campus) when I was an undergrad there ~15 years ago. I would like to see some of the sources so I can check them out myself. Guettarda 21:15, 26 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Hmmm,... Good, But,... .

This is on is way to being well done, although there needs to be more stuff concerning his administration. And, in answer to Guettarda, one must be careful to any appeals to authority. Many of those who were members of the UWI were heavily involved in political activity, especially the History, Sociology and Political Science Departments (justifiable political activity, in my opinion: Brinsley Samaroo, James Millette, Derek Walcott, Suruj Rambachan, Sahadeo Basdeo, Lloyd Best Makandal Daaga, etc.)

[edit] Pan Africanist?

I removed Category:Pan-Africanism - I don't think Williams fits that description - source? Guettarda 22:54, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

I dont know most people who talk about black power are pan-Africanist especially if he is from TnT--HalaTruth(ሀላካሕ) 23:07, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

Black Power was a revolt against Williams. Guettarda 03:50, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

wow i didnt know that--HalaTruth(ሀላካሕ) 04:50, 3 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Eric williams the Post-pan Africanist

In a sense he was a Pan Africanist, but a wayward one. He did ascribe to the principles that most Pan Africanists did: Nationalism, Internationalism, Populism,(the bandung solidatrity), the "third-way" politics, Post-colonial Liberalism and so on. However, the tricky nature of West-Indian society was to see him nearly abandoned thoses principles later in his political carrer to the end of his life. --Ishango 04:24, 26 January 2007 (UTC)