In Poland, it was censorship and repression, in the U.S., it was the Vietnam War and civil rights, in France, it was capitalism, consumerism and worker’s rights.
On Wednesday, Feb. 24, from 7 – 10 p.m. in Loyola Marymount University’s Ahmanson Auditorium, leaders and observers of those 1968 protests will reflect on how the dreams they fought for compare to present day realities.
Adam Michnik, the intellectual leader of the Solidarity movement and editor in chief of Gazeta Wyborcza, the largest newspaper of record in Eastern Europe, will present the Polish perspective; Tom Hayden, anti-war and civil rights activist and a founder of Students for a Democratic Society, will give the U.S. view; and Elizabeth Drummond, LMU history professor, will address the French movement. Drummond will also serve as the moderator for the discussion.
This event is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the event.
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