12 May 2008

Audio File: 1968 – Year of Revolution (part 1)

Forty years ago the world was experiencing upheaval on a world scale that hadn't been seen for a generation. In the US opposition to the war in Vietnam gathered momentum, as it did in Britain. In Pakistan revolution was on the order of the day, and in Czechoslovakia we saw the Prague spring and Soviet Invasion. In May there was the glorious rising of the French working class, that saw 10 million workers down tools in a general strike.

Forty years ago the world was experiencing upheaval on a world scale
that hadn’t been seen for a generation. In the US opposition to the war
in Vietnam gathered momentum, as it did in Britain. In Pakistan
revolution was on the order of the day, and in Czechoslovakia we saw
the Prague spring and Soviet Invasion. In May there was the glorious
rising of the French working class, that saw 10 million workers down
tools in a general strike.

This weekend Socialist Appeal held a day
school in London on the events of 1968. In this first session Fred
Weston of the marxist.com editorial board talks on the Hot Autumn in
Italy.

The Hot Autumn – part 1

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The Hot Autumn – part 2

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