Time It Was: 1968 Around the World

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Demonstrations in Helsinki, Finland.

Helsinki Demonstrations

Demonstrations in Helsinki, Finland over the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in August 1968.

Barricades in Bordeaux, France in May 1968.

Barricades in France

Barricades in Bordeaux, France in May 1968.

Riots in Båstad, Sweeden in 1968.

Båstad Riots

Riots in Båstad, Sweeden in 1968.

Striking factory workers in southern France with a sign reading 'Factory Occupied by the Workers' in June 1968.

French Strike

Striking factory workers in southern France with a sign reading “Factory Occupied by the Workers” in June 1968.

Martin Luther King, Jr. immediately after he was shot in 1968.

King Assassination

Martin Luther King, Jr. immediately after he was shot in 1968.

The army occupying the Plaza de la Constitución in Mexico City.

Plaza de la Constitución

The army occupying the Plaza de la Constitución in Mexico City during student protests in August 1968.

Soldiers on a street near a central plaza in Mexico City in September 1968.

Mexican Soldiers

Soldiers on a street near a central plaza in Mexico City in September 1968.

Norma Enriqueta Basilio running to light the Olympic cauldron.

Norma Enriqueta Basilio

Norma Enriqueta Basilio running to light the Olympic cauldron.

Olympics Logo

An hand painted version of the logo for the 1968 Summer Olympics.

A meeting of graduate students in August 1968 in Mexico.

Student Meeting

A meeting of graduate students in August 1968 in Mexico.

Students protesting in September 1968.

Everything Is Possible in Peace

Students protesting in September 1968 with one student’s sign reading: Everything is possible in peace.

Students demonstrating in August 1968 in Mexico.

Ciencias

Students demonstrating in August 1968 in Mexico.

A teacher speaking with soldiers as students demonstrate in the background in July 1968 in Mexico.

Student Demonstrations

A teacher speaking with soldiers as students demonstrate in the background in July 1968 in Mexico.

Close up on the detail of the main Olympic Stadium for the 1968 games.

Olympic Stadium

Close up on the detail of the main Olympic Stadium for the 1968 games.

Student Protest Poster

A student protester poster referencing the logo design of the 1968 Olympics and military oppression.

Mexico 68 Dove

Student protesters’ adaptation of the Olympic logo with a knife through a dove.

Student protesters on a burned-out bus in July 1968.

Burned Bus

Student protesters on a burned-out bus in July 1968.

A tank and soldiers meeting student protesters on the Plaza de la Constitución in August 1968.

Plaza de la Constitución

A tank and soldiers meeting student protesters on the Plaza de la Constitución in August 1968.

Elena Poniatowska’s 1975 work, La Noche de Tlatelolco.

La Noche de Tlatelolco

Elena Poniatowska’s 1975 work, La Noche de Tlatelolco.

The 1988 film Rojo Amanecer.

Rojo Amanecer

The 1988 film Rojo Amanecer.

A memorial to the Tlateloco Massacre in Plaza of the Three Cultures.

Tlatelolco Memorial

A memorial to the Tlateloco Massacre in Plaza of the Three Cultures.

The 2013 film Tlatelolco: Verano del 68.

Tlatelolco: Verano del 68

The 2013 filmTlatelolco: Verano del 68.

The symbol for the Tlatelolco Metro Stop.

Tlatelolco Metro Stop

The symbol for the Tlatelolco Metro Stop.

Colección M68: Ciudadanías en Movimiento

The logo for the “Colección M68: Ciudadanías en movimiento” initiative.

A poster for the '50 Years, Tlatelolco, and ‘68 in 2018' conference.

50 Years, Tlatelolco, and ‘68 in 2018

A poster for the “50 Years, Tlatelolco, and ‘68 in 2018” conference.

Centro de Memoria del 1968.

Centro de Memoria del 1968

Centro de Memoria del 1968, the cultural center across the street from the site of the Tlatelolco massacre and the center of commemorative activity in Mexico City (Photo by Elena Albarran).

U.S. Marines in the ancient imperial capital of Vietnam.

Tet Offensive

U.S. Marines in the ancient imperial capital of Vietnam, Huế, during the Tet Offensive.

Richard Nixon giving his 'victory' sign at a 1968 campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon giving his “victory” sign at a 1968 campaign rally in Pennsylvania.

A 1964 protest against housing discrimination in Seattle, Washington.

Fair Housing Protest

A 1964 protest against housing discrimination in Seattle, Washington.

President Lyndon Johnson with members of the Kerner Commission in 1967.

Kerner Commission

President Lyndon Johnson with members of the Kerner Commission in 1967.

U.S. athletes Tommie Smith (gold) and John Carlos (bronze) raised fists during the playing of the U.S. national anthem.

Human Rights Salute

U.S. athletes Tommie Smith (gold) and John Carlos (bronze) raised fists during the playing of the U.S. national anthem in “a cry for freedom” along with Australian athlete Peter Norman (silver) who like Smith and Carlos wore a badge for an organization protesting racism in sports.

The theatrical poster for the Night of the Living Dead.

Night of the Living Dead

The theatrical poster for the Night of the Living Dead.

John Gordon Mein, the American ambassador to Guatemala.

John Gordon Mein

John Gordon Mein, the American ambassador to Guatemala.

A 1967 protest against the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C.

Vietnam War Protest

A 1967 protest against the Vietnam War in Washington, D.C.

A soldier standing guard in Washington, D.C. after riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Washington, D.C. Riots

A soldier standing guard in Washington, D.C. after riots following the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in April 1968.

An edited volume explaining why crises erupted almost simultaneously around the world.

1968: The World Transformed

An edited volume explaining why crises erupted almost simultaneously around the world.

Huey P. Newton.

Huey P. Newton

Huey P. Newton, the Black Panther Party for Self Defense’s Minister of Defense in 1967.

A 1968 campaign poster for George Wallace’s presidential campaign.

It Takes Courage

A 1968 campaign poster for George Wallace’s presidential campaign.

A Chicago sign as part of Mayor Richard J. Daley’s campaign for a cleaner Chicago in 1968.

Law Abiding

A Chicago sign as part of Mayor Richard J. Daley’s campaign for a cleaner Chicago in 1968.

A U.S. stamp issued in 1968.

Law and Order

A U.S. stamp issued in 1968.

Demonstrators marching on behalf of the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington, D.C. in 1968.

Poor People’s Campaign

Demonstrators marching on behalf of the Poor People’s Campaign in Washington, D.C. in 1968.

A button for the Youth International Party.

Yippie!

A button for the Youth International Party, a radical, youth-oriented, countercultural offshoot of the free speech and anti-war movements of the 1960s.

A 1968 anti-war march in Chicago ahead of the Democratic National Convention.

Anti-War Protest

A 1968 anti-war march in Chicago ahead of the Democratic National Convention.

Student protesters at the Berlin Institute of Technology in May 1968.

Berlin Institute of Technology Protest

Student protesters at the Berlin Institute of Technology in May 1968.

Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauβ in 1956.

Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauβ

Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauβ in 1956.

Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in 1965.

Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer

Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer in 1965.

A 1965 poster for the Christian-Democratic Union with Kurt Georg Kiesinger.

Christian-Democratic Union

A 1965 poster for the Christian-Democratic Union with Kurt Georg Kiesinger.

Social Democratic Party

The logo of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.

Protesters in Hamburg in 1968.

Hamburg Protest

Protesters in Hamburg in 1968.

A 1967 state reception for the Shah of Iran in West Germany.

State Visit

A 1967 state reception for the Shah of Iran in West Germany.

Protestors in 1967 at the Schöneberg Town Hall in Berlin.

Student Revolt

Protestors in 1967 at the SchönebergTown Hall in Berlin.

Protesters in front of a university building with a sign reading 'we are mourning for Benno Ohnesorg.'

Benno Ohnesorg Demonstration

Protesters in front of a university building with a sign reading “we are mourning for Benno Ohnesorg.”

Students of Christian-Albrechts University protesting the death of Benno Ohnesorg.

Benno Ohnesorg Protest

Students of Christian-Albrechts University protesting the death of Benno Ohnesorg with a sign reading “shot in the back of the head—self-defense?”

Rudi Dutschke at an Anti-American protest in 1968.

Rudi Dutschke

Rudi Dutschke at an Anti-American protest in 1968.

Policemen beating a demonstrator in 1967.

Policemen Beating a Demonstrator

Policemen beating a demonstrator in 1967.

Harun Farocki in 2013.

Harun Farocki

Harun Farocki in 2013.

Red Army Faction Logo

The logo of the Red Army Faction.

The gravesite of Holger Meins in Hamburg-Stellingen.

Holger Meins Gravesite

The gravesite of Holger Meins in Hamburg-Stellingen.

A commemorative relief for Benno Ohnesorg in Berlin.

“Death of a Protestor”

A commemorative relief for Benno Ohnesorg in Berlin.

The gravesite of Rudi Dutschke in Berlin.

Rudi Dutschke

The gravesite of Rudi Dutschke in Berlin.

The Springer Press Building next to the Berlin Wall in 1977.

Springer Press

The Springer Press Building next to the Berlin Wall in 1977.

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David Steigerwald, Elena Albarran, John E. Davidson , "Time It Was: 1968 Around the World" , Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective

August, 2018

https://origins.osu.edu/article/1968-global-U.S.-Mexico-Germany-Tlatelolco-Spiegel.