The New Joint Endeavor for Welfare, Education, and Liberation, or New JEWEL Movement (NJM), was a Marxist–Leninist vanguard party in the Caribbean island nation of Grenada that was led by Maurice Bishop.

[3] The NJM took control of Grenada with a bloodless coup in 1979 and ruled by decree as the People's Revolutionary Government until 1983.

Maurice Bishop, a young lawyer who had returned to Grenada after being educated in England, and Unison Whiteman, the founder of JEWEL, were elected NJM's Joint Coordinating Secretaries.

[6] The party's manifesto was largely drafted by MAP's prominent intellectual, Franklyn Harvey, who had been influenced by the writings of C.L.R.

However, the coalition lost to Prime Minister Eric Gairy's ruling Grenada United Labour Party.

[9] The NJM also worked closely with Cuba to provide assistance to left-wing revolutionary movements around the world, such as the South West African People's Organization (SWAPO) in Namibia and the Farabundo Martí National Liberation Front (FMLN) in El Salvador.

[13] Meanwhile, the NJM ruling party started showing signs of internal dissension as early as July 1982.

According to the recollections of Bishop's press secretary Don Rojas, Coard's reason for resigning was that "he was not satisfied with the style of work and the priorities the Central Committee was addressing itself to.

[5] During the next year, Coard worked behind the scenes "to advance the OREL people within the Central Committee to very influential positions.

[14] After a couple weeks of consideration, Bishop rejected the idea, which precipitated a disastrous sequence of events.

Eventually a military force from Fort Frederick (under Coard’s direction) arrived at the headquarters and fighting broke out.