And the continent of africa on the move stories about motivational change makers taking their destinies into their own hands. V. W. Multimedia series food for. D. W. B. Dot com. Hello and welcome to twenty one this week were celebrating the spirit of one thousand Nine Hundred Sixty six was its a year that changed the world. A time of social and political upheaval the old order was stripped away and nothing was ever the same again and taking stock of the legacy of sixty eight and its relevance today about. Half a century on. It all began in the early sixtys
in the usa Berkeley California students are fed up. Civil rights free speech the War In Vietnam Social Topics that culminated in massive protests with National Implications and sparked demonstrations around the Globe The Rebellion has a soundtrack. The call for change and freedom spreads to germany to west berlin june one Nine Hundred Sixty Seven the shah of iran makes an official visit students demonstrate against his authoritarian
august death in one thousand nine hundred sixty eight becomes a catalyst for the student revolt. their leader. the revolutionary his comrades and the authoritarian. the is one of the spear heads of the movement that formed in the post-war era as are. reaction to bush german society the charismatic head of the socialist students union demands a d. not such a case of the police and other branches of government and criticises legal reforms as undemocratic. in april one thousand nine hundred sixty eight an attempt is made on route because life he survives seriously wounded but never fully recovers. the mood escalates the willingness to use violence grows in left wing circles the fear of germany becoming fascist is strong the movement is radicalized. this contributes to the founding of the notorious terror group red army faction. nine hundred
the movement is radicalized. this contributes to the founding of the notorious terror group red army faction. nine hundred sixty eight a turning point in the post-war era of germany politically charged volatile controversial even today. his pictures are part of the collective memory of an entire generation. is one of the greatest photographers of the post-war era what are his images from one nine hundred sixty eight not what you might think. students were protesting and being clubbed by police and more straw money robert maybrick was elsewhere. like of the documentary exhibition in casa. of the student. liberty. profiled others making history like yours of course. vanished into these of