1968/2008

In “War, elections, fallen heroes: 1968 echoes in 2008″ Pat Reber recounts the events of 1968, sloppily suggesting that that moment is connected to today.

In April 1968, Columbia University in New York City held massive sit-ins and demonstrations. These events have become legendary in the history of the student movement and Anti-war culture of the late 60s. In “Against 1968 Nostalgia” current Columbia University student David Judd (for the Columbia Spectator) argues against upcoming events to celebrate the legacy […]

In 68, after Martin Luther King Jr, was assassinated over 100 cities in the US had significant revolts or “riots” in poor Black neighborhoods. Those included Chicago and Baltimore. On the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of those events here are a a few articles on the topic:

When Baltimore burned: Four decades after riots […]

There are too many comparisons between Vietnam and Iraq/1968 and 2008 to count (Even though we are trying to track many of them here). This is a little compilation of several articles and blog posts that directly attempt to link the two wars.

Here a pro-military blog attempts to reflect on the connections between the […]

In 1968, fury at the Vietnam war sparked protests and uprisings across the world: from Paris and Prague to Mexico. Tariq Ali considers the legacy 40 years on here in the Guardian.

I wasn’t born in 1968 - but I yearn for its dizzying spirit
by John Harris for The Guardian
Evaluating the Prague Spring or Tet offensive is one thing, but the demise of the left-utopian soul is truly a theme for our times. Read more here.

The World Workers Party, a Marxist-Leninist political party based in the US, recently re-published some reports from their Workers World paper that are from France in May 1968. They are worth checking out here.

Here is a round up of articles on the occasion of the 40th Anniversary of the My Lai Massacre by US Military Officers in Vietnam.

U.S. veterans, Japanese mark 1968 Vietnam massacre
My Lai Massacre in Vietnam Happened 40 Years Ago this Weekend
My Lai: Legacy of a massacre (with archived audio from the BBC’s “My Lai Tapes”
Democracy […]

In “Outside Edge: Heir to the spirit of 1968″ John Thornhill (for the Financial Times) reminds us that in his 2007 bid for office, French President Nicolas Sarkozy vowed to:  “liquidate the inheritance” of 1968, which he blamed for almost all the ills of French society. The candidate argued that 1968 had led to a […]

From the March 14, 2008 Socialist Worker. Lance Selfa argues that the pundits’ too-clever-by-half analogies for this year’s presidential nomination battle are wrong.
The Moderate, a US-centric political pundit blog spurred a lot of online conversation with their recent post about comparing the 08 elections to 68.
The Wall Street Journal on the connections between the 68 […]