1968: Marching in the Streets

Diary-like account of '68 by a radical participant looking back alongside a contemporary feminist. The 68-ers now seem to have won culturally but lost politically yet what really strikes home is just how profoundly evil US actions in Vietnam were and just how physically brave early civil rights activists and student demonstrators were. It was not long before some of these latter became either terrorist or tortured - or both. A quick and sometimes heart-breaking read about too much optimism of the will ... and the evil that men do to halt other men's and women's aspirations.

A month-by-month account of 1968. While covered earlier in '1968 and After' and 'Street Fighting Years' this deals solely with 1968. The accounts of the Tet Offensive, Prague, France and Mexico weave a rich and inspiring tapestry. The photographs are weaved into the narrative, rather than providing simple illustration.