The year 1968 witnessed one of the great upheavals of the twentieth
century, as social movements shook every continent. Across the Global
North, people rebelled against post-war conformity and patriarchy,
authoritarian education and factory work, imperialism and the Cold
War. They took over workplaces and universities, created their own
media, art and humour, and imagined another world. The legacy of 1968
lives on in many of today's struggles, yet it is often misunderstood
and caricatured.
Voices of 1968 is a vivid collection of original texts from the
movements of the long 1968. We hear these struggles in their own
words, showing their creativity and diversity. We see feminism, black
power, anti-war activism, armed struggle, indigenous movements,
ecology, dissidence, counter-culture, trade unionism, radical
education, lesbian and gay struggles, and more take the stage.
Chapters cover France, Czechoslovakia, Northern Ireland, Britain, the
USA, Canada, Italy, West Germany, Denmark, Mexico, Yugoslavia and
Japan. Introductory essays frame the rich material - posters,
speeches, manifestos, flyers, underground documents, images and more -
to help readers explore the era's revolutionary voices and ideas and
understand their enduring impact on society, culture and politics
today.
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Documents from the Global North
Product details
ISBN
9781786803450
Published
2018
Edition
1. edition
Publisher
Pluto Press
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Author