Category Archives: Berlin Wall

West German student movement

Posted on June 2, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Protest march in 1968 West Germany. “The West German student movement or sometimes called the 1968 movement in West Germany was a social movement that consisted of mass student protests in West Germany in 1968; participants in the movement would … Continue reading →

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“You Are Sometimes in the Trance of What Is Beyond You”: Upheaval, Incantation and Ed Dorn in the Summer of 1968

Posted on May 12, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“I. Love in the Time of Barricade:  When the radical students at the University of Essex, in Colchester, England, voted to dismantle the structures of established power at their university in May 1968, they took up a continental, if not … Continue reading →

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Spy film

Posted on March 25, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

From Russia with Love (1963) “The spy film genre, also known sometimes as an espionage film, deals with the subject of fictional espionage, either in a realistic way (such as the adaptations of John le Carré) or as a basis … Continue reading →

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Gruppe SPUR

Posted on March 4, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

1957: German painters Heimrad Prem, Helmut Sturm, and Hans-Peter Zimmer and the sculptor Lothar Fischer “Gruppe SPUR was an artistic collaboration formed by the German painters Heimrad Prem, Helmut Sturm and Hans-Peter Zimmer and the sculptor Lothar Fischer in 1957. … Continue reading →

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International Times Archives – Voice of the British underground

Posted on February 11, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The International Times, or IT as it was known, was an underground newspaper launched in London in 1966 with a gig headlined by Pink Floyd. Founded by John Hoppy Hopkins, Barry Miles, Jim Haynes, playwright Tom McGrath and others, IT … Continue reading →

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“Barbed Wire Sunday”

Posted on August 13, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

On August 13, 1961, the National People’s Army of the German Democratic Republic began constructing the Berlin Wall “At midnight on this day in 1961, units of the East German army began to close the border between East and West … Continue reading →

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Leni Sinclair

Posted on July 21, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Photographer Leni Sinclair, cofounder of the Detroit Artists Workshop and the White Panther Party. “Leni Sinclair, born Magdalene Arndt, is an American photographer and radical political activist who lives in Detroit. She has photographed rock and jazz musicians since the … Continue reading →

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The Day of the Jackal – Frederick Forsyth (1971)

Posted on June 22, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Day of the Jackal (1971) is a thriller novel by English author Frederick Forsyth about a professional assassin who is contracted by the OAS, a French dissident paramilitary organisation, to kill Charles de Gaulle, the President of France. The … Continue reading →

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Vienna summit

Posted on June 4, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Vienna summit was a summit meeting held on June 4, 1961, in Vienna, Austria, between President John F. Kennedy of the United States and Premier Nikita Khrushchev of the Soviet Union. The leaders of the two superpowers of the … Continue reading →

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From cold war spy to angry old man: the politics of John le Carré

Posted on March 31, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“It is a truism that, as they get older, angry young radicals tend to relax into complacent conservatism. The fire of youth fades to a dull glow, or flickers out altogether; the injustice that once seemed so offensive becomes more … Continue reading →

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