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The '''Mongoose Gang''' was a  [[private army]] or [[militia]] which operated from 1970 to 1979 under the control of Sir [[Eric Gairy]], the [[List of heads of government of Grenada|Premier]] and later [[Prime Minister of Grenada|Prime Minister]] of [[Grenada]], and head of the [[Grenada United Labour Party]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/COLDgairy.htm|title=Eric Gairy : Biography|accessdate=2013-10-08}}</ref>

(contracted; show full)d the Grenadian police became a more important factor than the state of the economy in generating unrest.<ref name="Meeks2001">{{cite book|author=Brian Meeks|title=Caribbean Revolutions and Revolutionary Theory: An Assessment of Cuba, Nicaragua and Grenada|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WLs0H9cAGLYC&pg=PA142|year=2001|publisher=University of the West Indies Press|isbn=978-976-640-104-7|pages=142–}}</ref>

In November 1974, 10 months after Grenada's independence from [[
United Kingdom|Great Britain]], Bishop's [[New Jewel Movement]] issued a People's Indictment calling for "power to the people" and declaring that "the Gairy Government was born in blood, baptized in fire, christened with bullets, is married to foreigners, and is resulting in death to the people".<ref name="Foran2005">{{cite book|author=John Foran|title=Taking Power: On the Origins of Third World Revolutions|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=szJtXBrr2poC&pg=PA164|date=1(contracted; show full){{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}

[[Category:History of Grenada]]
[[Category:Private armies]]
[[Category:Militias]]
[[Category:Irregular military]]
[[Category:Military units and formations established in 1970]]
[[Category:Political repression]]