1968/2008

chicagotribune.com - NATION
Times, faces change; struggle remains
New generation of activists re-form 1960s Students for a Democratic Society
By Leora Falk
Washington Bureau
July 31, 2007
WASHINGTON
In the newspaper photographs, they are frozen in time confronting police, taking to the streets, staging teach-ins and leading universitywide strikes. Now gray-haired, these members of the original Students for a Democratic
Society are teachers, […]

Below is an announcement for another interesting discussion event hosted by the  http://www.49underground.org that identifies the “ruptures” related to 1968 as a significant historical moment in the development of free-market fundamentalist thought/policy.  
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Critical Responses to the Neo-Liberal/Post-Modern Era Part 1
Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 6:30-9:30 PM
The News and Letters Office
36 S. Wabash, Room 1440
Chicago IL, 60603 […]

The 49th Street Underground is a local anti-capitalist reading group that has been doing an excellent job in recent years surveying challenging questions and histories related to the contemporary left. This series they have been doing about the Soviet Union is really important, because they are showing that they need to have a clear understanding […]