Module 05: 1968 — A Generation in Revolt?

Evidence

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Paris

1. Poster: "Capital"
Poster of the revolution

2. Committee for Militant Democracy
Flyer, May 1968

3. "Slogans to Be Spread Now by Every Means"
Occupation Committee of the. . .Sorbonne, May 16, 1968

4. Poster: "The Police Speak to You"
Poster of the revolution

5. Film
May 10, 1968

6. Address to All Workers
Enrages-Situationist International Committee. . ., May 30, 1968

7. "Your Struggle is Ours!"
Movement of March 22, 1968

8. De Gaulle's Response
Televised speech, May 30, 1968

9. Film
Late May 1968

10. Cohn-Bendit Interview
Le Nouvel Observateur, May 20, 1968

11. Interview of Pro-Capitalist Students
Critique of the goals of the revolutionaries

12. "On Guard!"
Cover of the July 1 edition of Action magazine

Prague

13. "The Two Thousand Words"
Manifesto signed by intellectuals and artists, June 17, 1968

14. "The Warsaw Letter"
From Warsaw Pact leaders to Czech officials, July 1968

15. Letter to Breznev
From Czech Communists, August 1968

16. Letter to the People
From Czech leadership, August 21, 1968

17. Photo: "Prague street after the battle for the Radio (17 people killed, 5 wounded)"
After the battle

18. Photo: Soviet Tanks
Tanks in the Czech town of Liberec

19. Photo: Czech Protesters
Students protesting the invasion

20. Cartoon: "A Fairy Tale of Five Brothers"

21. "This is Friendship?"
Leaflet aimed at Soviet occupiers

22. Kvety Magazine Cover
Image of the protesters

23. Poster: "People of Prague!"
After the invasion

24. "Soviet Soldiers and Officers!"
Newspaper by Czechs for Russian occupiers

Chicago

25. Davis-Hayden Paper
Plans for the protest in Chicago

26. Yippie Flyer
Yippie demands

27. Photo: "Make Love Not War"
August 30, 1968

28. Chicago Intelligence Information
Pre-Convention fears of police

29. Photo: Protesters Mocking Police
August 27, 1968

30. Photo: Demonstrators
August 28, 1968

31. Critical Visual Literacy
Photo study

32. Daley's Interpretation
Mayor Daley and police spokesperson Francis Sullivan

33. Interview With a Protester
First-hand account of the events at Grant Park

34. Statistics
Riot data from the Walker report

35. Tom Hayden Testimony
House Committee on Un-American Activities, December 2-3, 1968

36. Lessons From the Chicago Movement
David Dellinger on Chicago 1968