New Left

brought with it sweeping changes in the cultural climate of European intellectuals. One such change was the gradual shift of socialist theory eastward into the nascent Soviet Union. This left a large void in previous centers of European socialist thought; most notably the ensuing vacuum of ideological orientation among left-wing German intellectuals. This vacuum predicated the founding of the Frankfurt School at the Institut für Sozialforschung. The theorists of the Frankfurt School quickly became a revitalizing

During the 1960s, a new culture spread throughout the United States, stirring up the Flower Power movement as well as the aversion from the typical American lifestyle. These “Hippies” as they were known, didn’t want to fit in with the mainstream crowd. The name “hippie” was taken from the term “hipster”. It described how the Hippies believed that we should make love, not war, their vocal opposition to the United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War, and the increasingly rocky road to shared civil

made, the United States in the 1960s became a more open, more tolerant, and a more freer country. In 1969, close to half a million self-described hippies,peace makers, and Aquarians made an expedition from mainly San Francisco to Woodstock in upstate New York. The Woodstock Music and Arts Festival was called an Aquarian Exposition and hailed as three days of peace and music, over 400,000 people attended; it was peaceful. However, life outside of the woodstock festival was not. America seemed to be dividing

the inefficacy of the traditional Old Left movements in opposing the status quo. In retrospect, 1968, the year of global revolt halfway between the end of World War II and the end of the Cold War, looked like a failed revolution. Nonetheless, the impacts of 1968 formulated ever gradually progressing definitions of today's world-system. The change protagonists attributed for in the belief of a common cause,

the end of the draft in 1973, and the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon in 1974. Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was the main organizational groups of the campus-based radical movement known as the New Left in the 1960s. The New Left was a term used to describe the left wing movements in the 1960s and 1970s. Students for a Democratic Society were the largest and most influential radical student organization of the 1960s. At the beginning, there were just a few dozen members, inspired

the New Left, comprised of individuals who were persuaded that the American government did not consider the requirements of average citizens and who asked broad political activity by youngsters, African Americans, and needy individuals to constrain the legislature to address their worries. The New Left was dynamic in the development of such gatherings as the Students for a Democratic Society and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. Later in the 1960s, individuals from the New Left committed

Emerging from the restrictive culture of the 1950’s, the counterculture of the 1960s challenged the prescribed norms, roles and expectations of the previous generations that outcasted youth found restrictive and alienating. Baby Boomers retained the abstract goals of mainstream society; they sought individual freedom and opportunities for self-determination. But their vision of the American dream widened the traditional definitions of freedom to include bodily, psychological, and political freedoms

Hippies Surprisingly enough according to The Encyclopedia Britannica, “Hippies were often not directly engaged with politics, as opposed to their activist counterparts known as “yippies” (youth international party). Hippies main involvement was civil disobedience. Yippies on the other hand had very direct involvement with politics because of their different views. Hippies would protest and chant “Make love, Not war,” but they were never speaking for each other as a whole. Along with their protests

In Tim O'Brien's greatest work of fiction, The Things They Carried, many soldiers at the front of the Vietnam War were paralyzed by the war psychologically and physically for many years. The soldiers were left emotionally and mentally unstable for the rest of their life after the war. In The Things They Carried, Jimmy Cross is the lieutenant of his platoon. During the war, Jimmy Cross has a girlfriend back home that he always thinks of. Throughout the war, he focused mainly on his girlfriend Martha

Name: Ngan Bui Reflection #1: Daughter from Danang The authors of the book “Experiencing Intercultural Communication,” Martin and Nakayama, stated “Identities are influenced by the society,” which means “our identities are formed through communication with others. Where we are positioned - by our background and our society – influences how and what we see, and, most important, what it means.”(2008, p. 89). Heidi is an apparent example of this concept. Heidi was born and raised in Vietnam for six