PPP most ruthless guerrilla fighters of all

Sep 17, 2026 Features / Columnists, The GHK Lall Column

(Kaieteur News) – BBC and other Western media called them irregulars. Unorthodox also sold well. I fuse elements from irregulars and unorthodox to my preference for unpredictable. Guerrilla fighters and stealth operators have still endured. In any study of both, there’s none better than the PPP (old or new).

Take Cheddi Jagan. The Americans cut the floor from under him, dropped him into a deep, dark hole. Though clobbered, he didn’t cry. Never was crushed. He worked the wilderness, travelled the edges, kept his chin up. His fighting spirit never deserted. Despite many electoral defeats. In sum, he laid low; adapted. Changed from a lion to chameleon; won the day.