Walter Rodney Riots, resulting in six deaths and causing millions of dollars in damages. The riots which started on 16 October 1968 triggered an increase in political awareness across the Caribbean, especially among the Afrocentric Rastafarian sector of Jamaica, documented in Rodney's book "The Groundings with my Brothers" published by Bogle-L'Ouverture Publications in 1969. In 1969, Rodney returned to the University of Dar es Salaam, where he served as a Professor of History until 1974. Rodney became a prominent Pan-Africanist, and was important in the Black Power movement in the Caribbean and North America. While living in Dar es Salaam he was
October 2000 events October 2000 events The October 2000 events were a series of protests in Arab cities and towns in northern Israel in October 2000 that turned violent, escalating into rioting by Israeli Arabs throughout Israel, which led to counter-rioting by Israeli Jews and clashes with the Israel Police and ending in the deaths of 13 Arab demonstrators. Most of the Israeli riots took place towards the end, between 7–9 October. The Or Commission was established to investigate the police response to the rioting. Israeli media outlets refer to the episode as "אירועי אוקטובר 2000" - the "October 2000 events" while Arab