In another nine days it will be October when we will on the 27th celebrate our 44th year of Independence. We have paid little attention to an important event that happened 44 years before Independence that impacted on and paved the way to Independence. That event was the ‘riots of 1935’, one among many riots and disturbances that rocked some of the Caribbean colonies in the 1930s. Those of St …
Two major events took place in St. Vincent in October, the first was the riots of October 21/22 1935, and the second Independence in 1979. Every year we celebrate Independence with a sense of new-found pride but bypass the 1935 riots although it impacted heavily on the pace with which Adult Suffrage came and ultimately Independence. Not only did the riots stimulate the movement to Adult Suffrage, it also sparked the …
Two major events took place in St. Vincent in October, the first was the riots of October 21/22 1935, and the second Independence in 1979. Every year we celebrate Independence with a sense of new-found pride but bypass the 1935 riots although it impacted heavily on the pace with which Adult Suffrage came and ultimately Independence. Not only did the riots stimulate the movement to Adult Suffrage, it also sparked the …