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The 68ers
by Timothy Garton Ash
The best thing about ‘68 is the 68ers. They have their faults, but 40 years on, many of them continue to be engaged politically and our societies are richer for it. 1989 was a much bigger historical event than 1968, but I am still waiting for a comparable class of ‘89. With the benefit of hindsight, one of the worst legacies of the 1960s is the dismantling of even the most basic knowledge of national and international history among most children, especially in Britain. What went before was narrow and imperfect, but the deconstructed dog’s dinner we have today is worse. Perhaps now ‘68 is itself history, the 68ers can help restore the teaching of it in schools.
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