Children of Communism: Politicizing Youth Revolt in Communist Budapest in the 1960s Horvth Sndor
As the sun set on June 8, 1969, a group of teenagers gathered near a massive tree in a main square of Budapest to mourn the untimely death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones. By the end of the…
Specifikacia Children of Communism: Politicizing Youth Revolt in Communist Budapest in the 1960s Horvth Sndor
As the sun set on June 8, 1969, a group of teenagers gathered near a massive tree in a main square of Budapest to mourn the untimely death of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones. By the end of the evening, sirens blared, teens were interrogated, and the myth of the most notorious juvenile gang in Budapest was born.The origin of the Great Tree Gang became an elaborately cultivated morality tale of the dangers posed by allegedly rebellious youths to the conformity of communist communities. In time, governments across Cold War Europe manufactured similar stories about the threats posed by groups of unruly adolescents. In Children of Communism, S ndor Horv th explores this youth counterculture in the Eastern Bloc, how young people there imagined the West, and why this generation proved so crucial to communist identity politics. He not only reveals how communism shaped
Youth in Revolt
Chichester in the 1960s
Fashion in the 1960s
Chester in the 1960s
The Principles of Communism
In the Name of the Children
Revolt of the Masses
Not in Front of the Children
Manifesto of the Communist Party