The legacy of 1968 is about the future of a united Europe and the left.
"My hope is that now men will once again
put at the forefront of their personal agenda the unlearning of dysfunctional
masculinity that will expunge the power and control mandate."
How conservatives won the counter-revolution after 1968—and how they might lose.
There was nearly society-wide consensus that as a power, the communist
party could create a more democratic and humane society than those in western
liberal capitalism.
In the burgeoning literature on the populist right, smouldering resentment has so far not been sufficiently appreciated and expressed.
We must
grasp relations between politics, society and the economy more precisely, by appropriating
the information and conceptual wealth in the entire spectrum of investigation
into the institutionalized public realm.
The radical newspaper Black Dwarf burst onto the scene in 1968 with an iconic cover. It didn't last but its spirit lives on.
The events of 1968 have been stripped of their meaning and are now more a symbol of capitulation than revolution. Accepting this is the first step to making its legacy relevant again. RU
