Category Archives: Berlin Wall

The Quiller Memorandum – Michael Anderson (1966)

Posted on July 1, 2020 by

“The Quiller Memorandum is a 1966 British neo noir eurospy film filmed in Deluxe Color and Panavision, adapted from the 1965 spy novel The Berlin Memorandum, by Elleston Trevor under the name ‘Adam Hall’, screenplay by Harold Pinter, directed by … Continue reading →

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A Small Town in Germany – John le Carré (1968)

Posted on November 13, 2019 by

“I’m still making my way through John le Carré’s oeuvre in chronological order, and so far it has been a surprisingly interesting and enjoyable journey. My most recent stop, A Small Town in Germany, is no exception to this, and … Continue reading →

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Red Army Faction

Posted on October 27, 2019 by

“The Red Army Faction also known as the Baader–Meinhof Group or Baader–Meinhof Gang, was a West German far-left militant organization founded in 1970. Key early figures included Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Horst Mahler and Ulrike Meinhof, among others. Ulrike Meinhof … Continue reading →

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A Small Town in Germany – John le Carre (1968)

Posted on October 16, 2019 by

“The time is seven o’clock on one of those sultry Bonn evenings. The highway dissecting the government district is already lifeless. The residents are at home, watering the geraniums and waiting for daylight to fade so they can drop the … Continue reading →

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Kommune 1

Posted on February 22, 2019 by

“Kommune 1 or K1 was the first politically motivated commune in Germany. It was created on January 12, 1967, in West Berlin and finally dissolved in November 1969. Kommune 1 developed from the extraparliamentary opposition of the German student movement … Continue reading →

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The revolutionary challenge of “the long 1968”

Posted on January 9, 2019 by

Poster by OSPAAAL, the Cuban Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America. “In revolutionary moments, social realities that are hard to see in calmer periods rise to the surface as they are threatened, crumble, forced … Continue reading →

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1970 Polish protests

Posted on December 18, 2018 by

“The Polish 1970 Strikes (Polish: Grudzień 1970, ‘December 1970’) occurred in northern Poland in December 1970. The protests were sparked by a sudden increase of prices of food and other everyday items. As a result of the strikes, which were … Continue reading →

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Ulrike Meinhof

Posted on November 17, 2018 by

Young journalist, around 1964. “Ulrike Marie Meinhof (7 October 1934 – 9 May 1976) was a West German far-left militant. She co-founded the Red Army Faction (Rote Armee Fraktion or RAF) in 1970, after having worked as a journalist for … Continue reading →

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Spy vs. Spy

Posted on October 15, 2018 by

“Spy vs. Spy is a wordless comic strip published in Mad magazine. It features two agents involved in stereotypical and comical espionage activities. One is dressed in white, and the other in black, but they are otherwise identical, and are … Continue reading →

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Decolonizing society: the legacy of 1968

Posted on October 7, 2018 by

Student protesters in Paris, May ’68. “In 1964, students at the University of California at Berkeley staged a sit-in at Sproul Hall to protest campus restrictions on political activism. Shouting through his bullhorn, Mario Savio, the leader of the Free … Continue reading →

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