Press Release: The year the world changed: May 1968 in France and Italy.
1968 was the year that changed the world. From the Tet offensive, to the Russian invasion of Czechoslovkia, to the riots outside the Chicago Democatic convention to May 68 in France, the old order shook in fear of a new world and radical change.
Socialist Alternative presents two key speakers on the exciting events that unfolded in Europe and elsewhere and challenged the very rule of capital.
Australian Marxist Mick Armstrong will talk about May 1968 in France, when ten million workers went on strike for weeks and shook French capitalism to its core.
Yuri Colombo, an Italian socialist, will talk of the slow burn in Italy over the period 1967 to 1969, a period that arguably threatened the very existence of Italian capitalism.
When? Wednesday 21 May at 6 pm
Where? Room G008 Moran Building ANU
For further information or to interview Mick and Yuri please contact John on 0401 141 345 or email [email protected]
