Hugh Shearer October 1968 when his government banned the historian, Walter Rodney from re-entering the country. On 16 October a series of riots, known as the Rodney Riots broke out, after peaceful protest by students from the University of the West Indies campus at Mona, was suppressed by police; rioting spreading throughout Kingston. Shearer stood by the ban claiming that Rodney was a danger to Jamaica, citing his socialist ties, trips to Cuba and the USSR, as well as his radical Black nationalism. Shearer was generally uncomfortable with notions of pan-Africanism or militant black nationalism. He was also insecure about the stability
Rodney Ardern with "Team SEB" and the 2005–06 event on "Pirates of the Caribbean". Ardern was a member of Alinghi when they won the 2003 America's Cup and defended the 2007 America's Cup. He was part of their 2008 IShares Cup victory and was the pitman on "Alinghi 5" when it lost the 2010 America's Cup. He then joined Team Origin just before the team was disbanded in October 2010. He then joined Artemis Racing and sailed with them in the Extreme Sailing Series and the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup. Rodney Ardern Rodney Ardern is a New Zealand sailor who has competed