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Germany 1968:. Shared and Different Objectives of German Student Protesters. The Economic Miracle Over?. -Economic Recession 66/67. Constitutional Changes. Change in the parliamentary system 5% clause 1953 From 12 parties to 4 The small “splitter parties” eliminated. Stability, but….
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Germany 1968: Shared and Different Objectives of German Student Protesters
The Economic Miracle Over? • -Economic Recession 66/67
Constitutional Changes • Change in the parliamentary system • 5% clause • 1953 • From 12 parties to 4 • The small “splitter parties” eliminated
Stability, but… • The Grand Coalition • SPD and CDU/CSU • Constitutionally problematic • A lack of opposition voices -- party-driven “coalitionsystem” • Questions about legitimacy of a democracy without the option of opposition
APO or The Opposition Outside Parliament • Term for a loosely organized activist group of students and young adults, who viewed themselves as an „anti-authoritarian“ movement • Goal: social reform through peaceful protests • Impetus: initially from Berlin
What they protested… • War in Vietnam • The administration of the universities (student representation) • The danger of a Technocracy(Brave New World) • The influence and misuse of mass media • West Germany’s acceptance of armaments and chemical weapons • The consumer society and its resultant ecological impact • Conventions and values viewed as dated, e.g. sexual norms Quelle: Wikipedia
Vietnam WAR Protest in Germany!
Media Monopolies • Spiegel Affair -Freedom of the press
Marching through the Institutions: • Definition: the „68er‘s“ goal was to move up („march“) through responsible bereaucratic and political positions in order to initiate in the long-term changes in German society‘s social practices and politics.
Sozialischtische Deutsche Studentenbund (SDS) • Marxist analysis of society • SDS members throughout Germany • The New Left • February 28, 1965 Rudi Dutschke elected to the political advisory council for Berlin
Studentenprotest Rudi Duschke: -war an studentischen Protestaktionen führendbeteiligt. Er galt als charismatischer Redner und war die Gallionsfiigur der APO. - Dutschke wurde in Berlin auf offener Straße von Joseph Erwin Bachmann niedergeschossen, überlebte den Anschlag jedoch schwer verletzt, 11. April1968
From Protest to Terrorism: • The socalled “red army faction” RAF • -Started in the 1970s, a small segment of the SDS student movement • Targets were department stores, banks, airports, important financial figure a hostage and killed • Result was a loss of support for protest movements
Objectives Realized: • -The citizens’ initiatives (Bürgerinitiative) remain effective forces for local and statewide autonomy • -Joska Fischer, an SDS member, became an influential politician (Foreign Minister) at the national level in the 1990s • The Green movement stems from SDS initiatives and the party has sufficient members to be in parliament • -Germany has been a strong influence for recycling and alternative energy in the European Union
AKA: Baader/Meinhof Gang -1968 gründete Andreas Baader zusammen mit Gudrun Ensslin und Ulrike Meinhof die RAF. -Sie wurden für die beiden Brandanschläge auf zwei Frankfurter Kaufhäuser verantwortlich gemacht und bald darauf verhaftet. -1977 wurden Andreas Baader und Gudrun Ensslin tot in ihren Gefängniszellen gefunden.
Die Gruenen • Eine Auswirkung von APO? • Joschka Fischer
Gruppe 47 • 1950: Günter Eich, für Gedichte aus "Abgelegene Gehöfte" • 1951: Heinrich Böll, für die Satire "Die schwarzen Schafe" • 1952: Ilse Aichinger, für "Spiegelgeschichte" • 1953: Ingeborg Bachmann, für vier Gedichte aus "Die gestundete Zeit" • 1954: Adriaan Morriën, für die Satire "Zu große Gastlichkeit verjagt die Gäste" • 1955: Martin Walser, für die Erzählung "Templones Ende" • 1958: Günter Grass, für das erste Kapitel aus Die Blechtrommel • 1962: Johannes Bobrowski, für Gedichte aus "Sarmatische Zeit" • 1965: Peter Bichsel, für Lesung aus dem Roman "Die Jahreszeiten" • 1967: Jürgen Becker, für Lesung aus "Ränder"