Western Civilization II / Unit 18 WC2 1729 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Youth Movement, the New Left, and May 1968
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The idea
The boomers reached universities in unprecedented numbers and split into counterculture and protest. The New Left rejected both Soviet and capitalist injustice and preached liberation. In May nineteen sixty-eight Paris students occupied the Sorbonne, a general strike paralyzed France, and by late June it ebbed. Universities and sexual rules loosened.
In practice
Vietnam, the rallying point.
Where people slip
Anchor-only; no witness treats sixty-eight.
Your place on the trail
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