1968/2008

This article from the Chronicle of Higher Education by Maurice Isserman deals mostly with the relationship between Michael Harrington and Tom Hayden. Harrington famously lambasted Hayden following the release of the “Port Huron Statement” which was an early document of the Students for a Democratic Society. The article also deals with the unintended consequences of […]

Daniel Finkelstein in The Times Online discusses the role of the presidential candidates McCain and Obama in transforming the legacy of ‘68

This was printed in this month’s In These Times.
http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3751/the_ambiguous_legacy_of_68/ 

From Le Monde
In French - but translated from English, so I wonder if the original version is floating around somewhere.

The Columbia student newspaper has assembled a huge interactive feature on the ‘68 student uprising at Columbia. The feature includes a timeline, photo slideshow, videos, and about a dozen articles.

This week’s issue of the New Statesman focuses on 1968. The theme is “The Year That Changed Everything,” with contributions from Peter Wilby, Noam Chomsky, Anna Coote, Eric Hobsbawm, and others.
See: http://www.newstatesman.com/subjects/1968

The Times of India published this Op-Ed by Swapan Dasgupta, in which he follows the lead of French President, Nicolas Sarkozy in saying that the cultural and political legacy of 68 needs to be swept away. It describes a “self-indulgence” of the period that ultimately filled the ranks of the right wing, 40 years later. […]

The middle east wide english news outlet, Dar Hal Hayat, published an op-ed by Elias Harfoush on the legacy og 68. While the text focuses almost entirely on the political legacy in France and England, it ends with an ambiguous message about the effects of 68 throughout the middle east.

The UK’s independent left magazine “Red Pepper” takes on the legacy of 68 in its latest issue: “1968 The Mysterious Chemistry of Social Change.”In this issue, Mike Marqusee argues that the left doesnt need to be nostalgic for 1968.

Here are several articles outlining and remembering the history of the ” Tlatelolco Massacre” that preceded the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. This event reminds us that events like the Olympics rarely occur without bloodshed.

 Tlatelolco Massacre of 1968 left hundreds dead in Mexico 
Upsurge and Massacre in Mexico, 1968 pt.1

Upsurge pt. 2