A historical discussion and overview of the year 1968, a year that saw unrest and public discontent with various political and economic injustices on all continents. A time in which national identities and political morality were redefined in several countries, the late 1960s and early 1970s saw a surge in political activism, from the anti-discrimination movements in the United States to the "Years of Lead" in Italy.

Table of contents:
00:00 - Intro
00:35 - The United States
01:45 - West Germany
03:05 - France
10:00 - Czechoslovakia
15:15 - Rest of the World

Reading List:
Fichter, Tilman; Lönnendonker, Siegward. "Geschichte des SDS. Der Sozialistische Deutsche Studentenbund 1946-1970" (1977)
Kurlansky, Mark. "1968: The Year That Rocked The World" (2004)
Ling, Peter. "Martin Luther King, Jr" (2002)
Schneider, Eleonora. "Prager Frühling und samtene Revolution: soziale Bewegungen in Gesellschaften sowjetischen Typs am Beispiel der Tschechoslowakei" (1994)
Weisenfeld, Ernst. "Geschichte Frankreichs seit 1945: von de Gaulle bis zur Gegenwart" (1997)
Wickert, Ulrich. "Frankreich" (2013)

Music used in this video:
Peter Oundjian: "Oh Canada"
US Army Concert Band: "Star-Spangled Banner"
Musikkorps der Bundeswehr: "Deutschlandlied"
Bolshoi Theatre: "The Internationale"
French Military Orchestra: "La Marseillase"
Andreas Waldetoft: "Countryside"
Jonatan Järpehag: "Jonny Comes Marching Home"
Andreas Waldetoft: "Dangerous to Others"
Andreas Waldetoft: "Set for Departure"
Andreas Waldetoft: "We are Free"
Andreas Waldetoft: "Soviet Victory"
London Army Band: "God save the Queen"
Andreas Waldetoft: "1936"

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