On AlterNet: 1968

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "1968"

Good Without God: Why "Non-Religious" Is the Fastest-Growing Preference in America

Terrence McNally, AlterNet. May 10, 2011.

Authors Phil Goldberg and Greg Epstein share their provocative views on why a quarter of Americans now call themselves agnostic, atheist or nonreligious.

Newly Released Presidential Tapes Expose Nixon's Treason

Blue Texan, Firedoglake. December 6, 2008.

Would Humphrey have won in '68 if LBJ went public and exposed Nixon's treachery?

Who Will Crash the Democratic and Republican Conventions?

Michael Gould-Wartofsky, The Nation. August 21, 2008.

As a new generation of activists gears up to take to the streets in Denver and the Twin Cities, can they create democracy from outside?

On Sports and Civil Rights: An Olympic Moment Remembered

Jim Munn, AlterNet. August 9, 2008.

Forty years have passed since Tommie Smith and John Carlos' medal stand demonstration drew attention to the state of civil rights in America.

The Big Outcome of the '60s: The Triumph of Capitalism

Slavoj Zizek, In These Times. June 27, 2008.

After the social tumult of the '60s capitalism usurped resistance itself, turning attempts at subversion into commodities.

40 Years Ago Today: The Assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. [VIDEO]

Adam Howard, AlterNet. April 4, 2008.

On April 4th 1968, a brilliant and sincere prophet of progressivism was cut down at the age of 39.

Extinguishing the Myth of Bra Burning

Claudine Zap, Huffington Post. April 2, 2008.

Women never burned their bras. To understand how this happened, we need to go back to 1968, Atlantic City. To the Miss America Pageant.

Reclaiming King: Beyond 'I Have a Dream'

Adam Howard, AlterNet. January 21, 2008.

People usually focus on the historic "I Have a Dream" speech, but it's the work King was doing at the end of his life that deserves more attention.