Talk:Protests of 1968/Archive 1

Removed text
I noticed that the feminist movement and the anti-immigration movement were deleted from the movements that began in 1968 section of the article. I was courious as to the rational behind their removal.DPacman (talk) 03:18, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * It might have been me, but I'm not sure what you mean. Can you find the specific edit? The feminist movement most certainly did not begin in 1968, but there were feminist protests in 1968 which are included in the article. Feminism is specifically mentioned twice, and women's lib is also mentioned, and links to Second-wave feminism. - TheMightyQuill (talk) 20:12, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I think it was on the 2 of March. I originaly included the feminist movement because before the protests of this year it wasn't an effective movement. With the television coverage the movement gained as a result of the pagent protest, the movment became a viable political force. Several of my sources credited the activation of the feminist movement the most profound and longterm effect of the protests in 1968.DPacman (talk) 21:43, 27 March 2008 (UTC)
 * It doesn't seem an important year for feminism to my recollection, I would think the late 70's were more the point for modern feminism. Feminism seems pretty much drowned out in 1968 by other events.  For feminism I would say Sufferage was a much earlier success, the several early women Presidential candidates for raising further visiblity and identity, and then the Equal Rights Amendment movement of the 70's focusing on antidiscrimination. Markbassett (talk) 22:49, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

NPOV problems
Most of the first paragraph under "First World" presents speculation as facts. The idea that the root of the protests was TV or permissive parenting is definitely a right-leaning point of view. This should either be taken out, or clearly labeled as one of several points of view. In any case, the simple fact that protests were taking place world-wide debunks these theories at the outset, but that's just my opinion. Ryanfrei (talk) 06:04, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree and please feel free to revise. 172.134.65.80 (talk) 06:42, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Protests were caused by "TV or permissive parenting" is definitely one (conservative) point of view. This is bias.  Deleting my minor revision is typical of those wanting to believe protesters are only mindless followers of some liberal conspiracy. Leave the edit alone.  This is not a private article. Why not suggest that protesters were baby irrational liberal Democrats and not mature conservative Republicans?  172.163.11.129 (talk) 01:22, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

In the References the title of Kurlansky's book is missing. I tried to complete but without success. Somebody should add (Ref. 10) the first name Mark, the title "1968: The Year That Rocked The World", pub year 2003. -- 84.176.85.176 (talk) 12:03, 11 October 2009 (UTC)

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Geographic Pattern
Would it be useful to add a list to the article indicating the geographic pattern of the protests? Something like this?

Europe
 * Czechoslovakia
 * Denmark
 * France
 * Germany
 * Italy
 * Poland
 * Spain
 * Sweden
 * United Kingdom (Britain, Northern Ireland)
 * Yugoslavia (Serbia, Bosnia, Crotatia, Slovenia)

Western Hemisphere
 * Argentina
 * Brazil
 * Canada
 * Jamaica
 * Mexico
 * United States

What do you think? Not home (talk) 13:23, 25 March 2009 (UTC)


 * Well, if the idea is that they are connected, it might make sense to have them listed chronologically. It's questionable whether physical geography (continents) was more important in the spread than political geography (west vs. eastern bloc). Were the protests in the United Kingdom and France more connected with those in the United States (because of shared criticisms of the west, shared access to western media/news), or with those in C/E Europe? Did they have the same motivations? Some of the current content makes the East/West split seem more useful:


 * "In the First World, these babies were born during a time of peace and prosperity for most countries. Permissive theories of childrearing, popular in the west, taught them that their happiness was important to others."


 * This simply doesn't apply to Czechoslovakia or Poland.


 * I'm not saying it's fair to suggest that there was no connection between what happened in the East and what happened in the West, I'm just saying that there's no reason to think the Atlantic ocean disconnected these protests. - TheMightyQuill (talk) 02:32, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
 * I agree with Not home's suggestion. As it is now, (in chronological order ?) one cant easily find a particular country's material.
 * There is a wikipage related to France's protests with the mysterious generic redirect page 1968 student riots, but otherwise WP only has this page. I am for ordering it in regions and countries. Is TheMightyQuill still opposed to this, 6 years after...?--Wuerzele (talk) 00:24, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

To be honest, yes, I'd be opposed to reordering it. I'm not sure that division by geography is inherently better than chronological. However, I'm also not sure that the current chronological order is inherently better either. As you say, you currently can't easily find a particular country's material (which is a reasonable request), but if you reorder it geographically, you won't easily be able to see how the protests unfolded on a global scale (which is, after all, the topic of the article). If there were separate articles for the events of 1968 in each county, we could simply list them at the end by continent/country? - Themightyquill (talk) 06:27, 1 October 2015 (UTC)

I think a single page is not only logical but essential, since the protests of 1968 were clearly connected. I lived through these and remember them well. Sadly. while there were many pages and video devoted to protests all over the UK, especially London, they seem to be rather difficult to find now. surfingus (talk) 10:36, 25 February 2017 (UTC)

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