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Sixties AlterLinks Topic Index Adventures in Marxism Resource Type: Book Published: 1999 Marshall Berman explores and rejoices in the emancipatory potential of Marxism. The Americana Annual 1967 Resource Type: Book Published: 1967 The Americana Annual 1968 Resource Type: Book Published: 1968 The Americana Annual 1969 Resource Type: Book Published: 1969 The Beginning of an Era On the May 1968 revolt in France Resource Type: Article Published: 1969 Bequests Leaving a social justice legacy Resource Type: Article Published: 2017 Many of us have made working for social justice a lifetime commitment. If you are thinking about leaving a legacy for social justice that will live on, you might want to consider leaving a bequest to Connexions in your will. Berkeley at War: The 1960s Resource Type: Book Published: 1989 The Berkeley Student Revolt Facts and Interpretations Resource Type: Book Published: 1965 An anthology of writings on the Berkely student revolt of 1964. Break Their Haughty Power Resource Type: Website Articles on capitalism, socialism, and revolution, from a left-Marxist perspective. The Canadian Student Movement in the Sixties: Three case studies PhD Thesis, University of Alberta, 2009 Resource Type: Article Published: 2009 The Case for Grassroots Archives Resource Type: Article Published: 2012 Grassroots archives play a valuable role in what has been called "the battle of memory". People's history projects such as grassroots archives preserve and share stories of resistance, hidden histories, and alternative visions. Chicago '68 Resource Type: Book Published: 1988 A vivid history of the political and social movements of that turbulent time, when the power structure felt itself threatened by social movements that rejected much of what it stood for. Children of Privilege Student Revolt in the Sixties Resource Type: Book Published: 1984 The Children's Crusade The Story of the Company of Young Canadians Resource Type: Book Published: 1970 Cohn-Bendit, Daniel Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article Political activist and politician, active in France and Germany. A student leader during the May 1968 revolt in France. (Born 1945). Community and Organization in the New Left, 1962 - 1968 The Great Refusal Resource Type: Book Published: 1982 Connexions Digest Issue 50 - December 1989 - A Social Change Sourcebook Resource Type: Serial Publication (Periodical) Published: 1989 Counterculture Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article Sociological term used to describe the values and norms of behavior of a cultural group, or subculture, that run counter to those of the social mainstream of the day. Counterculture of the 1960s Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article A cultural movement that mainly developed in the North America and England and spread throughout much of the western world between 1960 and the mid-1970s as a reaction against the political conservatism and social repression of the 1950s. Democracy is in the Streets From Port Huron to the Siege of Chicago Resource Type: Book Published: 1987 A thoughtful and evocative history of the American New Left in the 1960's, looking critically but sympathetically at the struggles and passions of that period. European Communist Parties and '68 Resource Type: Article Published: 2018 One effect of the May 1968 uprisings was to highlight and/or hasten the split between communist parties and social movements in Europe. An Execution in the Family One Son's Journey Resource Type: Book Published: 2003 A memoir by the son of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, who were executed in 1953 after being convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. Fire in the Streets America in the 1960s Resource Type: Book Published: 1980 A political and cultural history of each year of the 1960's, focusing on one person to exemplify the year. Activist John Lewis is used to emphasize the Civil Rights movements heating up in 1960; Clark Kerr and the Berkeley "free speech movement" characterize 1964. Framing the Sixties Corporate Media Shadows and the 1960s Resource Type: Article Published: 2010 What Really Happened to the 1960s is a look at the role the media played in the presentation and interpretation of the struggles of the 1960s. Simultaneously, it is a consideration of the meaning of democracy in a society where the media is owned by corporations and elites who consider democracy antithetic to their hegemony. Free Speech Movement Archives Resource Type: Website Documenting the history of the 1960s Free Speech Movement at Berkeley. Free Speech Movement (Berkeley) Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article A student protest which took place during the 1964-1965 academic year on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley after student activists, some of whom had traveled with the Freedom Riders and worked to register African American voters in Mississippi in the Freedom Summer project, set up information tables on campus and solicited donations for civil rights causes, in violation of university policy. Freedom rides Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article Freedom Riders were Civil Rights activists who rode on interstate buses into the segregated southern United States. French Revolution 1968 Resource Type: Book Published: 1968 Seale and McConville set out to relate what happened during the May 1968 revolt in France, to set the explosion in its context of French politics, and to single out what they take to be the original and creative features of the situation. Harvey Richards Media Archive Movement Photographer of the 1960s Resource Type: Website The Harvey Richards Media Archive contains a treasure of images of the political and social upheavals of the 1960s on the west coast and of the devastating impact of capitalist resource exploitation in western forests, among other subjects. Hippies Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article A subculture which was originally a youth movement that began in the United States during the early 1960s and spread around the world. Human Be-In Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article A happening in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the afternoon and evening of January 14, 1967 I Ain't Marchin' Anymore Resource Type: Book Interview with Ulli Diemer Resource Type: Article Published: 1990 Jeff Orchard interviews Ulli Diemer about socialism, capitalism, life, and social change. Introduction: Time, Age, Myth: Towards a History of the Sixties Resource Type: Book Published: 2012 Published in Debating Dissent: Canada and the Sixties, Lara Campbell, Dominique Clement, and Greg Kealey, eds. Toornto; Buffalo; London: University of Toronto Press, 2012 Is that an archive in your basement... or are you just hoarding? Sources News Release Resource Type: Article Published: 2012 Are you an 'accidental archivist'? Have you been saving the publications and documents produced by the social justice projects you've been involved in? Then Connexions would like to hear from you. The Italian Long ’68 Resource Type: Article Published: 2018 Taddeo describes how the charateristics of 1968 continued in Italy passed 1968 and his subsequent participation in various movements. He explains that with the struggles of 1977 and the repression that followed, one can say that the social ferment begun in Italy in 1968 had exhausted itself. The Joy of Revolution Resource Type: Book Published: 2007 Knabb says "What is needed, I believe, is a worldwide participatory-democracy revolution that would abolish both capitalism and the state. This is admittedly a big order, but I'm afraid that nothing less can get to the root of our problems. It may seem absurd to talk about revolution; but all the alternatives assume the continuation of the present system, which is even more absurd." Long March, Short Spring The Student Uprising at Home and Abroad Resource Type: Book Published: 1969 An examination of the world student rebellions of the late 1960s. The Long Revolution Resource Type: Book Published: 1965 Long Way From Home The story of the Sixties generation in Canada Resource Type: Book Published: 1980 An account of the upheavals and transformations experienced by those who came of age in the 1960s, a time when international currents of change intersected with specifically Canadian events and circumstances. Looking for Democracy Resource Type: Article Published: 1989 Instead of sitting on the sidelines congratulating ourselves on how wonderfully free and democratic we are, we should be pressing for a radical democratization of our own society. The Mandate of Heaven Marx and Mao in Modern China Resource Type: Book Published: 1978 China’s transformation from a poor country devastated by war into a major world power is a modern legend. But how did this change come about? What are the real living conditions of the peasants and workers? Why, when apparently united in their beliefs, are Russia and China enemies? And why, if Mao is right, must Marx be wrong? Using publications from the People’s Republic and his own extensive research, Nigel Harris has written a serious critique of the history, aims and actions of the communist Party in China. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article Large political rally that took place in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963 at which Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech advocating racial harmony at the Lincoln Memorial. Marx in 1968 in France Resource Type: Article Published: 2018 In a personal essay, Coleman describes his personal experiences in France from 1966-1968. He highlights significant number of Marxists teaching in both high schools and secondary settings. Furthermore, he discusses how the working class perceived in the Marxist far left, Trotskyist and Maoist press before May 1968. Marx in 1968: Report on a Journey Resource Type: Article Published: 2018 Harvey Goldman discusses his intellectual jounrey during the 1960s in relationship to Marism. As a member of SDS, Goldman was engaged actively in student activism. Marx and Marxism in Berkeley in 1968 Resource Type: Article Published: 2018 Setting context by describing the early twentieth century political landscape in Berkeley, Goldner continues to describe his experince as a student at UC Berkeley by discussing local, national and international contexts for my encounter with Marx in Berkeley, 1968. A Marxist History of the World part 99: 1968 - the long sleep ends Resource Type: Article Published: 2012 The long sleep of the post-war period was brought to an end in 1968, as revolts erupted across the developed world. Mass Media in the Making and Unmaking of the New Left Resource Type: Book Published: 1980 An analysis of the media's prediliction for "politics of confrontation" in America in the late 60's. He focuses on how the media distorted the anti-war movement. May 1968 Graffiti Resource Type: Article Published: 1968 "Don't consume Marx, live him." Merry Pranksters Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article Group of people who formed around American author Ken Kesey in 1964 and who promoted the use of psychedelic drugs. Montreal revolutionaries, Canadian security and race: An interview with author David Austin Resource Type: Article Published: 2013 Recently, Montreal writer David Austin published Fear of a Black Nation: Race, Sex, and Security in Sixties Montreal, a groundbreaking work that details the significant breadth and scope of Black Power activism in Montreal in the 1960s and 1970s. My Experiences in 1968 in Working-Class Turin Resource Type: Article Published: 2018 Lepore recounts his experiences growing up in 1968 in working class Turin. He highlight the influence of the newspaper, Lotta Comunista, its developed Marxist approach and his subsequent involvement with, and then commitment to, that group. Never had it So Good A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles Resource Type: Book Published: 2005 The New Left A Collection of Essays Resource Type: Book Published: 1969 Essays from participants in the American New Left of the 1960s. New Left Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article Left-wing movements in different countries in the 1960s and 1970s . The New Left in Canada Resource Type: Book Published: 1970 A book of essays on the 1960s New Left in Canada, by members of the New Left. The New Left Reader Resource Type: Book Published: 1969 An anthology of writings from the 1960s New Left. The New Radicals A Report with Documents Resource Type: Book Published: 1966 An analytical portrait of the young radical activists who have repudiated traditional liberalsim and who seek a new vision of American through civil rights, university reform, and anti-war and anti-poverty activities. The New Student Left An Anthology Resource Type: Book Published: 1967 A collection of essays by active participants in the 1960s student movement on American college campuses. Obsolete Communism The Left-Wing Alternative Resource Type: Book Published: 1969 An account of the May 1968 uprising in Paris, positing a left radical alternative to the encrusted beliefs of the old left and the right. A comment on power, on bureaucracy, and on the paths to liberation. On Being Watched in the 60s When Police Power was Embraced as a Form of Government Resource Type: Article Published: 2013 There would seem to be the notion that the Sixties were the product of immaculate conception. In fact, they were more an act of conversion, conversion of the isolated, unfocussed, dispersed and inarticulate alienation of the 1950s into a mass movement with common language, direction, and rules. A post-affluence critique Resource Type: Article Published: 1973 Post-Scarcity Anarchism by Murray Bookchin (Ramparts Press, 1971) reviewed by Jeremy Brecher Root & Branch No. 4 (1973), pp. 7-22. Protests of 1968 Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article The Protests of 1968 consisted of a worldwide series of protests, largely led by students and workers. The 'Radical trip' of the the Canadian Union of Students, 1963-69 Resource Type: Article Published: 2009 MA Thesis, Trent University, 2009 Radical White Workers During the Last Revolution Resource Type: Article Published: 2017 The long-lost story of anti-racist, radical white working class activism has been restored by Amy Sonnie and James Tracy in their invaluable book: Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times. Reflections on the Revolution in France: 1968 Resource Type: Book Published: 1970 In May 1968 France was on the threshold of something entirely new. In this 'pre-revolutionary situation' nothing went unquestioned. The writers, trade unionists and students who contribute to this volume all believe our future is foreshadowed in the events of May. And they explain why, after this shock to a regime of seemingly impregnable strength, things can never be the same again. Reinterpreting 1968: Mythology on the Make Resource Type: Article Published: 1988 Resources from Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and related groups and activities Resource Type: Website a listing of the major memoirs written about Students for a Democratic Society, and a link to one major collection of the documents written at the time in PDF format. Response to May '68 Revisited Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 "May '68 was another step in the modernization of French capitalism." So was 1789, but it was a lot more too. Revolution for the Hell of It Resource Type: Book Published: 1968 The Revolution Game The Short Unhappy Life of the Company of Young Canadians Resource Type: Book Published: 1970 A historical overview of the Company of Young Canadians. Revolutionary Nonviolence Essays by Dave Dellinger Resource Type: Book Published: 1971 Dellinger says that "those of us who oppose the violence of the status quo and reject the violence of armed revolt and class hatred bear a heavy responsibility to struggle existentially to provdew nonviolent alternatives." Dellinger's essays attempt to explore those alternatives. Rochdale The Runaway Collage Resource Type: Book Published: 1987 Toronto's Rochdale College began as an experiment in living and learning, and ended as a symbpl of the flower-child Sixties, a financial and social controversy. Sharpe tells the story of the college's seven-year rise and fall. Root and Branch: The political origins of the 1960s New Left and the Future Resource Type: Article The new left in the 1960s sought to redefine the revolutionary project. The need for a such a redefinition became evident to a new generation of activists when it appeared that the old left socialist tradition lacked the practice or the theory appropriate for the complete transformation of advanced industrial/technological societies. Essay available in the book "Dissidence: Essays Against the Mainstream." Seeds of Fire A People's Chronology Resource Type: Article Published: 2017 Recalling events that happened on this day in history. Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence. Situationist International Anthology Resource Type: Book Published: 2006 A selection of Situationist writings. The Sixties Papers: Documents of a Rebellious Decade Resource Type: Book Published: 1984 The 60s without Apology Resource Type: Book Published: 1984 The Sixties Years of Hope, Days of Rage Resource Type: Book Published: 1987 One of the best books on the Sixties in the U.S., bringing to life the political and cultural currents, including especially the music, which raged during that decade, and setting them in historical context. '68: The Year of the Barricades Resource Type: Book Published: 1988 Caute's book looks at the explosive year 1968 (while situating it in the context of what had led up to it). One of the great strengths of this excellent book is that it looks at what was happening around the world. Smoking Typewriters The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America Resource Type: Book Published: 2011 Describes the emergence of an underground press in the 1960s. Writers and participants reflected the spirit of cultural and political protest and encouraged the development of the New Left's highly democratic "movement culture". Socialism and Revolution Resource Type: Book Published: 1973 Representative democracy in every industrially advanced country is in a state of profound crisis. But we have been accustomed for so long to accept democracy in the form of its outward appearances and parliamentary institutions that its decay often does not become apparent to us until those institutions have been either brushed aside or reduced to a purely decorative role. The Sociology of Political Sects Four sects in Toronto in 1968-1969 Resource Type: Article Published: 1972 PhD Thesis, University of Toronto, 1972 Storming Heaven 1968 Revisted Resource Type: Article Published: 2008 The eruptions of 1968 challenged the power structures north and south, east and west. Countries in each continent were infected with the desire for change. Hope reigned supreme. Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article One of the principal organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. Student Protest The Student Radical in Search of issues....or, please don't shoot the Piano Player Resource Type: Book Published: 1968 Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History Resource Type: Book Published: 2008 The History of SDS as You've Never Seen It Before. Captures the idealism and activism that drove a generation of young Americans to try to transform the world. Summer of Love Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article The summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people converged on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco. Thinking about the Sixties 1960-1967 Resource Type: Article Published: 2006 Tlatelolco massacre Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article A government massacre of student and civilian protesters and bystanders that took place during the afternoon and night of October 2, 1968 in Mexico City. Turn on tune in - hippie photos unseen for decades Resource Type: Article Published: 2016 A recent visit to the Chronicle's basement archives to look for hippie-related photos paid off with some wonderful images that have not been seen in several decades. Many of them were taken in San Francisco and the Bay Area. Uncovering the Sixties Life and Times of the Undergound Press Resource Type: Book Published: 1985 A book about the Sixties and how they were recorded by radical participants. It traces how movements and communities convinced that their news did not fit into the agenda of mainstream media covered themselves in print. Underground press Connexipedia Article Resource Type: Article Independently published and distributed underground papers associated with the counterculture of the late 1960s and early 1970s in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, and other western nations. Underground Times Resource Type: Book Published: 1989 The story of Canadian 'underground' newspapers of the 1960s. An Unrepentant '68er's Life Book Review Resource Type: Article Published: 2018 Review of an autobiographical book by May 1968 figure Daniel Bensaïd. Up Against the Ivy Wall Resource Type: Book We Are Everywhere Resource Type: Book Wobblies & Zapatistas Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and Radical Theory Resource Type: Book Published: 2008 Wobblies and Zapatistas offers readers an encounter between two generations and two traditions. Staughton Lynd and Andrej Grubacic meet in dialogue in an effort to bring together the anarchist and Marxist traditions, to discuss the writing of history by those who make it, and to remind us of the idea that 'my country is the world'. Woodstock The Oral History Resource Type: Book Published: 1989 Worker-Student Action Committees France May '68 Resource Type: Book Published: 1969 An account of the May-June 1968 events in Paris. The authors state that "our intention is not to 'clarify' the sequence of events which took place in France in order to make possible a ritual repetition of these events, but rather to contrast the limited views we had of the events at the time we were engaged in them, with the views we have gained from further action in different contexts." Worldwide "Moment of Madness" Resource Type: Article Published: 2018 A look at 1968 a legendary year in history. Analysis of how student- and worker-led revolts played out in different parts of Europe.

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