1968 and after: Inside the Revolution

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BLURB: "1968 was the Year of Revolution. In France ten million workers went on strike and occupied their factories. The barricades went up again in Paris. In Czechoslovakia the Prague spring bloomed with an intensity of its own, only to be crushed by Russian tanks a few months later. In Vietnam the Communists launched their Tet (New Year) offensive which shattered the United States and changed the course of history. A radical wave swept the world. From Washington to London, from Paris to Saigon, from La Paz to Colombo, revolutionaries were on the march. Today, ten years later, many of the hopes aroused by May 1968 seem to be utopian. Yet were they? Was it all just the impassioned outpourings of a youth frustrated and alienated by ruling-class complacency? Or did it represent something more fundamental? Tariq Ali was a leader of the international revolutionary movement in 1968. In this book he describes the hopes and aspirations of all those who struggled in that year. ..." Preface. In Lieu of an Introduction. Prologue 1. The Offensive in Vietnam. 2. The May Events in France. 3. The Invasion of Czechoslovakia. 4. The Lessons of Chile. 5. The Portuguese Laboratory. 6. The Critical Condition of British Socialism. 7. Reflections on Socialism and Democracy. Appendix. Bibliography.