IN CONTEXT
Radical post-war politics
1963 The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan reignites the women’s rights movement.
1967 The killing in Berlin of student demonstrator Benno Ohnesorg sparks a revolt.
March 1968 Demonstrators in Italy protest against police brutality.
1969 The Days of Rage demonstrations in Chicago use violence to protest against the Vietnam War and US racism.
1970s The radical group Japanese Red Army protests the presence of US military bases in Japan.
1978 The Italian Red Brigades take former prime minister Aldo Moro hostage as part of their left-wing terrorist campaign.
In 1968, a small demonstration over poor campus ...
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