Mass Uprising 1969 in Bangladesh

Around 3:00 pm on Sunday April 11, 1993 a riot started when prisoners returning from recreation time attacked prison guards in cell block L. The guards held the keys to the entire cell block and it did not take long for the prisoners to take full advantage of the keys. Four beaten guards were released within hours of the attack but 8 were retained. The riot was started for many reasons but the most obvious reason was TB testing on Muslims, they do not believe in using needles to take blood or for injections. Soon after the take over of the cell block Warren Tate shut off the power and water in the cell block. A “Death Squad” was formed in the beginning hours of the riot and black prisoners killed 5 white inmates. After this happened the

With no relief in sight from the government or anyone else, people’s anger and resentment grew. The Communist party and other socialist groups saw a swell in their numbers. Labor strikes and protests against the government began to erupt. The most notable of these was the Bonus Army March on Washington. More than

This investigation assesses the New York City Stonewall Riots of 1969, concerning their influence on the rise of the modern gay rights movement, specifically regarding political emergence, social unity, and demographic shifts. The investigation will attempt to answer the following question: To what extent were the Stonewall Riots of 1969 a catalyst for the LGBT social movement in America?

The emergence of the Black Power movements in the early 1960s coincided with the peak of success for the Civil Rights campaign - the legislation of 1964-65. Thereafter, the focus of campaigns had to move the practical issues related to social and economic deprivation, and the ability to exercise the rights that had been gained. By 1968 little had changed, and it is therefore easy to claim that Black Power movements achieved nothing, and in fact had a negative impact on black Americans.

Columbine and Virginia Tech were definitely two of the biggest, but not one of the first mass shootings on school grounds. On August 1, 1966, a mass shooting took place at the University of Texas. A 25 ex-marine named Charles Whitman, who majored in architectural engineering, murdered his mother and wife that morning. Whitman climbed on top of the UT Tower and started firing. “The crime scene spanned the length of five city blocks… and covered the nerve of what was then a relatively small, quiet college town.”

After the execution of King Louis XVI, France was without a monarchy and the new revolutionary government ruled over all. However, the chaos was not even close to being over. As it became apparent that the new government wasn’t universally loved and had enemies within and outside of France, the Reign of Terror began. The Reign of Terror was a series of extreme methods and events the French Revolutionary Government put in motion during the revolution. As armies sent by both Prussian and Austrian monarchies approached the border, and fear rose within the people of France, the government took action.

Although the Revolutionary Army was strong and merciless with their enemies, they ultimately were just adding fuel to the fire- creating more enemies to deal with later down the line. Many citizens died from “the guillotine and the firing squad” which was stated “did justice to more than four hundred rebels” (Document 12). The government justified themselves by blaming the executions on “hostile acts against the state” “conspiracy” and “counter revolutionary opinions” (Document 3), which only led to the French people questioning the reasons and filing complaints. A public opinion report to the government stated, "Bitter complaints already expressed numberless times, were repeated today of the arrest and imprisonment of citizens" (Document 8). Maximilien Robespierre’s former ally, Camille Desmoulins, stated, “Could you make a single man perish on the scaffold without making ten enemies for yourself from his family or his friends?” (Document 6). The French government treated their citizens as inferior and silenced the voices that expressed concern or ideas that went against the government's beliefs. The government had confidence that their ways of running their country was politically correct; however, their politics were just dragging the citizens of France to their tombstones. As a result, it gained the attention from the oppressed citizens of France that decided to take arms against

The rioters looted stores, torched buildings, and beat white people as snipers fired at police and firefighters. Rumors circulated that the police had hit a pregnant woman. One five-year-old boy was killed by sniper fire (www.cnn.com). Incidents like these added fuel to the already raging fire of the riot.

musician was killed by 38 year old Officer Nouman Raja, who was not in uniform and was

During this massacre, they had several chances to take him down in order to end the mayhem. I believe there should have been several consequences for the cops because of their failure to keep themselves and others safe. There may have been a lack of training in this department, which I hope has been fixed. Out of the 28 shots fired by the cops only one hit Rodger in a non fatal location on his body. Rodger took many lives because of a lack of treatment of his illness and lack of prior knowledge to this

On May 4, 1970, Kent State Massacre occurred at the Kent State University in Ohio. Four Kent University students were shot dead, and nine other students were injured during the massacre by Ohio National Guardsmen (Cano, 2010). The massacre was the result of protest going on in the campus premises by the students who showed dissatisfaction about the then President’s decision of attacking Cambodia during the Vietnam War.

The two officers, Ronald and Valerie Wilkson died from several gun shots, stab wounds and both had large cuts on their necks. They too were almost decapitated.

Protests riots in the United States has proven to an issue for both the country’s financial strength and the unity of the nation. With the presence of social injustices, combined with the increased impact of social media propaganda, protests riots are beginning to reach an all time high. Protest riots destroy individual communities and businesses, jeopardizes the safety of others and taints the protest’s cause by resorting to civil disobedience. Action must be done in order to prevent these random acts of violence from continuing after every social hot topic. The goal is not to prevent citizens from protesting; in fact, this should be encouraged. The goal is to change the way the protests are handled from both the citizens and authority perspectives, in order to prevent these protests from escalating into something dangerous.

Start by narrowing the historical literature down into three main schools of thought so you can take a closer look at how social movements are born, why some succeed, and others fail. (Clearly, using a broad brush to paint a simplified scope of the topic, but this will help to centralize the data in a more digestible context.) The main schools of thought in this paper have been grouped in the following types of action: Collective Action, Economic/Political, and Leadership Centered.

May 1968 was the most advanced movement of an exceptional year of struggle that remains a high-point of the post-WWII era. Hopes and possibilities were raised high - yet the revolution never came, even though the idea of revolution (though often limited and confused) was a part of the general ferment and atmosphere in a way that seems extraordinary now, looking back from where we