Protests of 1968 movement, and had been sharply critical of the middle class in many Caribbean countries. Rodney was an avowed socialist who worked with the poor of Jamaica in an attempt to raise their political and cultural consciousness. Protests of 1968 The protests of 1968 comprised a worldwide escalation of social conflicts, predominantly characterized by popular rebellions against military and bureaucratic elites, who responded with an escalation of political repression. In capitalist countries, these protests marked a turning point for the civil rights movement in the United States, which produced revolutionary movements like the Black Panther Party. In reaction to the Tet
Parsee-Muslim riots the fact that the Muslims had failed to submit to the Parsee leaders an authenticated copy of the resolution, despite the Parsees' insistence on it. Parsee-Muslim riots The Parsee-Muslim riots occurred in 1857 in Bombay, and were reprised in 1874 in parts of Gujarat. These marked the beginning of a period of tension in the two communities. The first riot took place over the blurred depiction of the Prophet Mohammed and his appearance in a public print by a Parsee newspaper, "Chitra Gyan Darpan," in October 1851. A second riot took place on February 13, 1874, over an article on