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Bequests: Leaving a social justice legacy Article 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 ... The Berkeley Student Revolt: Facts and Interpretations Lipset, Seymour Martin; Wolin, Sheldon S. (ed.) Book 1965 An anthology of writings on the Berkely student revolt of 1964. Canada's 1960s: The Ironies of Identity in a Rebellious Era Palmer, Bryan D. Book 2008 A history of social movements of the 1960s, including Canada’s student and anti-war movements, the rise of women’s liberation, labour agitation, and Quebec’s independence movement. The Case for Grassroots Archives Diemer, Ulli Article 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 historie... Chicago '68 Farber, David Book 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. Cohn-Bendit, Daniel: Connexipedia Article Article Political activist and politician, active in France and Germany. A student leader during the May 1968 revolt in France. (Born 1945). Connexions Digest: Issue 50 - December 1989 - A Social Change Sourcebook Serial Publication (Periodical) 1989 Counterculture: Connexipedia Article 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 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 conservati... Democracy is in the Streets: From Port Huron to the Siege of Chicago Miller, James Book 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. Didn't See The Same Movie: Review of Max Elbaum, Revolution in the Air: Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che. Goldner, Loren Article 2003 An Execution in the Family: One Son's Journey Meeropol, Robert Book 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 Viorst, Milton Book 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... Framing the Sixties: Corporate Media Shadows and the 1960s Jacobs, Ron Article 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 ... Free Speech Movement Archives Website Documenting the history of the 1960s Free Speech Movement at Berkeley.
Free Speech Movement (Berkeley): Connexipedia Article 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... Freedom rides: Connexipedia Article Article Freedom Riders were Civil Rights activists who rode on interstate buses into the segregated southern United States. Freedom Summer McAdam, Doug Book 1990 An analysis of the 1964 Freedom Summer movement and the myths surrounding the campaign and 60s activism in general. French Revolution 1968 Seale, Patrick, & McConville, Maureen Book 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 a... Harvey Richards Media Archive: Movement Photographer of the 1960s 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 i... Hippies: Connexipedia Article 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 Article A happening in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the afternoon and evening of January 14, 1967 The Imagination of the New Left: A Global Analysis of 1968 Katsiaficas, George Book 1987 Brings to life the social movements and events of the 1960s that made it a period of world-historical importance: the Prague Spring; the student movements in Mexico, Japan, Sri Lanka, Italy, Yugoslavi... Interview with Ulli Diemer Diemer, Ulli; Orchard, Jeff Article 1990 Jeff Orchard interviews Ulli Diemer about socialism, capitalism, life, and social change. Introduction: Time, Age, Myth: Towards a History of the Sixties Campbell, Lara; Clement, Dominique Book 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 Article 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 Joy of Revolution Knabb, Ken Book 1997 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 l... Long March, Short Spring: The Student Uprising at Home and Abroad Ehrenreich, Barbara, Ehrenreich, John Book 1969 An examination of the world student rebellions of the late 1960s. Long Way From Home: The story of the Sixties generation in Canada Kostash, Myrna Book 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 circum... Looking for Democracy Diemer, Ulli Article 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 Harris, Nigel Book 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 wo... March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Connexipedia Article 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 Me... A Marxist History of the World part 99: 1968 - the long sleep ends Faulkner, Neil Article 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 Gitlin, Todd Book 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. Merry Pranksters: Connexipedia Article 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 Christoff,Stefan Article 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 Powe... The New Left: A Collection of Essays Long, Priscilla (ed.), Introduction by Staughton Lynd Book 1969 Essays from participants in the American New Left of the 1960s. New Left: Connexipedia Article Article Left-wing movements in different countries in the 1960s and 1970s . The New Left at 40: Legacy and Continuity Roussopoulos, Dimitrios (ed.) Book 2007 A collection of memoirs and commentaries. The New Left in Canada Roussopoulos, Dimitrios Book 1970 A book of essays on the 1960s New Left in Canada, by members of the New Left. The New Radicals: A Report with Documents Jacobs, Paul; Landau, Saul Book 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-po... The New Student Left: An Anthology Cohen, Mitchell; Hale, Dennis Book 1966 A collection of essays by active participants in the 1960s student movement on American college campuses. New World Coming: The Sixties and the Shaping of Global Consciousness Dubinsky, Karen; Krull, Catherine; Lord, Susan; Mills, Sean; Rutherford, Scott Book 2009 The 1960 Sit-ins in Context Oppenheimer, Marty Article 2010 The Civil Rights Movement that we associate with the 1960s was the culmination of a vast set of social and economic changes. The tradition of Black struggle itself, going back to the very beginnings o... Obsolete Communism: The Left-Wing Alternative Cohn-Bendit, Daniel; Cohn-Bendit, Gabriel Book 1968 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 libera... On Being Watched in the 60s: When Police Power was Embraced as a Form of Government Smith, Sam Article 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 inarti... Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity Berg, Daniel Book 2005 Based on interviews with former Weather Underground members, as well as with civil rights activists, Black Panthers, Young Lords, and others. A post-affluence critique Brecher, Jermey Article 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 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 Nesbitt, Douglas James Article 2009 MA Thesis, Trent University, 2009 Radical White Workers During the Last Revolution Moser, Richard Article 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 ... Reflections on the Revolution in France: 1968 Posner, Charles (Editor) Book 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 vol... Resources from Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and related groups and activities 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 Birchall, Ian Article 2016 "May '68 was another step in the modernization of French capitalism." So was 1789, but it was a lot more too. The Revolution Game: The Short Unhappy Life of the Company of Young Canadians Daly, Margaret Book 1970 A historical overview of the Company of Young Canadians. Revolutionary Nonviolence: Essays by Dave Dellinger Dellinger, Dave Book 1970 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 non... Rochdale: The Runaway Collage Sharpe, David Book 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... Seeds of Fire: A People's Chronology Diemer, Ulli Article 2012 Recalling events that happened on this day in history. Memories of struggle, resistance and persistence. The Situationists and the Occupation Movements (1968/2011) Knabb, Ken Article 2011 In what ways does the Occupy movement of 2011 resemble the French Situationists of the 1960s? The Sixties Papers: Documents of a Rebellious Decade Albert, Judith Clavir; Albert, Stewart Edward (eds.) Book 1984 The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage Gitlin, Todd Book 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 c... '68: The Year of the Barricades Caute, David Book 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 aro... Smoking Typewriters: The Sixties Underground Press and the Rise of Alternative Media in America McMillian, John Book 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 de... Socialism and Revolution Gorz, Andre Book 1967 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... The Sociology of Political Sects: Four sects in Toronto in 1968-1969 O'Toole, Roger Laurence Article 1972 PhD Thesis, University of Toronto, 1972 Storming Heaven: 1968 Revisted Ali, Tariq Article 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 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 McGuigan, Gerald F. Book 1968 Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History Pekar, Harvey; Buhle, Paul Book 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 Article The summer of 1967, when as many as 100,000 people converged on the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco. Tlatelolco massacre: Connexipedia Article 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 Bragman, Bob Article 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 Fr... Uncovering the Sixties: Life and Times of the Undergound Press Peck, Abe Book 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 t... Underground press: Connexipedia Article 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. We are the Student Movement?: Remembering the Rise and Fall of the Canadian Union of Students 1965-1969 Hurl, Chris; Walby, Kevin Article 2010 What Really Happened to the 1960s: How Mass Media Culture Failed American Democracy Morgan, Edward P. Book 2010 A historical overview, critical analysis, and appraisal of the 1960s. Drawing upon historical and media studies, theories of capitalism and democracy, and in-depth study of the era's social movements,... Wobblies & Zapatistas: Conversations on Anarchism, Marxism and Radical Theory Lynd, Staughton; Grubacic, Andrej Book 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 Mar... Worker-Student Action Committees France May '68 Gregoire, R.; Perlman, F. Book 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 repetiti... Connexions Directory of Groups & WebsitesAK Press AK Press is a worker-run collective that publishes and distributes radical books, visual and audio media, and other mind-altering material. We're small: a dozen people who work long hours for short mo... Bureau of Public Secrets Articles from a Situationist perspective.
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The Canadian Student Movement in the Sixties: Three case studies PhD Thesis, University of Alberta, 2009 Lexier, Roberta Sharon Article 2009 (Why) Did the Sixties Fail? Hayley, Ron Article 1986 A brief examination of the social movements of the 1906s, and the underlying contradictions which led them to be unsuccessful. |
