Cox Laurence - Voices of 1968 documents from the global north

Read Voices of 1968 to understand how, why, and where deeply rooted activist currents coalesced into a global uprising that changed the world. Filled with a treasure trove of first-hand accounts and raw materials, Voices of 1968 transports readers to the front lines of local organizations and nationwide movements led by feminists, anti-imperialists, Black Powerites, and the New Left. Here are the transnational threads of hope and possibility desperately needed in an era of neoliberalism.

Robyn C. Spencer, CUNY, author of The Revolution Has Come:
Black Power, Gender and the Black Panther Party

This is a direly needed document collection of great value. To the best of my knowledge, this is the most comprehensive such publication on global 1968 in any Western language.

Gerd-Rainer Horn, Institut dtudes politiques de Paris, author of
The Spirit of 68: Rebellion in Western Europe and North America, 195676.

This extraordinary collection brings together the great manifestos, political programs, and other original writings that inspiredand were inspired bythe movements and uprisings of 1968. There are documents here from France, Czechoslovakia, and the United States, of course, but also lesser known writings from Canada, Mexico, and Yugoslavia, among other countries. This volume is indispensable for anyone interested in the global upheavals of that annus mirabilis.

Jeff Goodwin, NYU, editor of The Social Movements Reader, author of
No Other Way Out: States and Revolutionary Movements, 19451991

Here are VOICES from the marvelous year of 1968, as they spoke then. Some speak to projects we still struggle to realise half a century later. If a few are slightly mad, most are empowering, we know them as our own. We are their inheritors.

Colin Barker, Manchester Metropolitan University, editor of
Revolutionary Rehearsals, author of Festival of the Oppressed

The many revolts and uprisings of 1968 have frequently been told through narratives which have depoliticized them. They continue to be recuperated as individualized youth protests which ultimately paved the way for neoliberalism. This valuable collection of original documents and writings reasserts the diverse forms of radicalism and struggles for radical change that animated this iconic year. From Derrys Bogside, to the Black Writers Congress in Montreal, and to the National Strike Council in Mexico, the texts demonstrate both the reach and impact of the events. This is a much needed book which will be a significant resource for hope and struggle.

David Featherstone, University of Glasgow, author of
Solidarity: Hidden Histories and Geographies of Internationalism

These revolutionary texts, many translated into English for the first time, challenge the whitewashing of this extraordinary year of anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist, antiracist, feminist, and LGBT struggles.

Franoise Vergs, Chair Global South(s),
Maison des sciences de l'homme, Paris

Documents from the Global North

Edited by Salar Mohandesi,
Bjarke Skrlund Risager, and Laurence Cox

First published 2018 by Pluto Press

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Following the spirit of 68, this project has been a collective one from start to finish. We could have never seen this book through to completion without the generous support of so many friends and comrades, colleagues and scholars, contemporary movement memory projects, academic libraries and archives, publishers and journals, and, last but not least, participants of the long 1968 themselves. They helped us unearth primary sources, track down permissions, and navigate foreign languages. They reviewed drafts, provided background information, and offered advice of all kinds. We would like to thank: Sofie Abelsen, Astrid Nonbo Andersen, Simon Avenell, Alexander Avia, Marie Groth Bastiansen, Sabine Dueholm Bech, Mark Bergfeld, Jens Berthelsen, Peter Bielik, Fabrizio Billi, Rasmus Lybech Bojesen, Jonathan Bolton, Chiara Bonfiglioli, Maja Hojer Bruun, Peter Bugge, Helge Buttkereit, Robert Cavooris, Irina Ceri, Marija Cetini, the comrades of Chicago86, Ueno Chizuko, Sakura Christmas, Colin Coulter, Vinny Cunningham, Jens Dahl, Avril Dennison, Nicolai von Eggers, Sofa Eguiarte Flesher, Ana Margarida Esteves, Madigan Fichter, Marlon L. Fick, Joe G. Feinberg, Cristina Flesher Fominaya, William Gambetta, Bernadette Gardiner, Rebecca Geddes, Niall Gilmartin, Niels Mande Glsner, Dennis Gould, Jessica Hanley, Julie Herrada, Fernando Herrera Caldern, the Irish Left Archive, Jan Palach: Charles University Multimedia Project, Steven L. B. Jensen, Einar Lund Jensen, Simon Jones, Zlatko Jovanovic, Thomas Ekman Jrgensen, Patrick King, Ivan Kraljevi, Martine Lind Krebs, Mike Krebs, Poul Gerhard Kristiansen, Mads Kjrgaard Lange, Finn Breinholt Larsen, Nicole Ledl, Shi-Lin Loh, Alberto Arribas Lozano, Ben Mabie, Mariella Magliani (Biblioteca Civica di Padova), William Marotti, Rob Marsden (Red Mole Rising), Shannan Mattiace, Anna Mazzoldi, Luseadra McKerracher, Martin Melaugh (Conflict Archive on the Internet), Silke Mende, Silva Menari, Flemming Mikkelsen, Jonas Mousten, Jii Navrtil, Anne Engelst Nrgaard, Niklas Olsen, Nunni Navaranaaq Olsen, Theresa OKeefe, Mara L. O. Muoz, John Peto, Rudi Petrovi, Anthony Pratcher, Birgit Rehse, Donald Reid, Mathias Skrlund Risager, Ane Bonde Rolsted, Brian Rosenblum, Jakob Rosendal, Sren Rosendal, Jasmin Schenk, Jrgen Schrder, Alan Sears, Inge Hst Seiding, Sergio Serrao, Setsu Shigematsu, Noriko Shiratori, Patricia Steinhoff, Daniel Swain, Achim Szepanski, Emma Teitelman, Mikkel Thorup, rfhlaith Tuohy, Thijs van Leeuwen, Onno Rasmus Severin Vollers, Gavin Walker, Eric Zolov, and Camilla Zuleger.

We are especially grateful to all the translators. Many of these texts proved quite challenging, and translating them required considerable training, skill, and patience. We thank you for all your tireless efforts to make these rich documents accessible to a much larger audience.

In addition, our sincere thanks for permissions to republish these texts and images go to: Kheya Bag (