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The Student Movement: A 1960s Perspective
An overview of 1960s student activism worldwide, from Berkeley in 1964 to Kent State in 1970, with the causes behind it and a clear timeline of key events.
Society, Economy and Daily Life
Student Movement and New Left
The ideas, groups and campuses of the 1960s student and New Left movements.
The 1967 Student Movement: Protests and Activism on Campus
American campus protest in 1967: recruiter and Dow Chemical demonstrations, ROTC and class-rank draft disputes, and the legacy of Berkeley's Free Speech Movement.
The Rise of the New Left in the US: A Year of Radical Politics
How Students for a Democratic Society grew from the 1962 Port Huron Statement to a radical force by 1967, and how SNCC's turn to Black Power split the left.
The Rise of the New Left: A Year of Radical Politics
Where New Left ideas came from: C. Wright Mills, Marcuse, the Frankfurt School and Fanon, and the movement's break with Soviet communism and liberal consensus.
The Student Movement: A 1960s Perspective on Education and Activism
What 1960s students wanted from universities: relevant courses, an end to in loco parentis rules, a say in governance, with Berkeley, Berlin and Nanterre.
The Student Movement: A Year of Activism and Protest
A month-by-month timeline of student unrest in 1967, from Italian occupations and the Berlin shooting to Tokyo's Haneda clash and the autumn protests.
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