1968/2008

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

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 […]

Thousands “Re-enacted” the 1968 walkouts for better schools in LA which occurred 40 years ago this March. Here are articles and photos.

While much attention is focused on Paris and other Western European contexts in the literature and prominent histories of 1968, there were great upheavals that same year throughout the Soviet Union and Eastern Bloc Countries. While I will focus more on the events of the Prague Spring of 68 in later posts on this site, […]