West German student movement
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The German student movement (also called 68er-Bewegung, movement of 1968, or soixante-huitards) was a protest movement that took place during the late 1960s in West Germany. It was largely a reaction against the perceived authoritarianism and hypocrisy of the West German government and other Western governments, and the poor living conditions of students. A wave of protests—some violent—swept West Germany, fueled by violent over-reaction by the police and encouraged by contemporary protest movements across the world. Following more than a century of conservatism among German students, the German student movement also marked a significant major shift to the left and radicalization of student activism.
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See also
- Red Army Faction
- Elmar Altvater
- Anarchism
- Daniel Cohn-Bendit
- Joschka Fischer
- Ernest Mandel
- Peter-Ernst Eiffe
- Peter Schneider
- Kommune 1
- Marxist Group (Germany)
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