“I HAVE always associated myself with the ideology of the working class, and I have led a strong working-class party for the past 47 years. Different people see and call working-class ideology by different names. But what was important were the concrete historical conditions in Guyana and the creation of a programmatic platform that caters to the needs of the working class. In many ways, we were different from the mould in which many people placed us…for me Marxism neither was nor is a dogma, but a scientific guide to action. It gave me strong ethical beliefs in social justice, particularly in helping the poor, the underprivileged and the exploited.” – Dr. Cheddi Jagan, February, 1997.