Political parallels between 1968 and 2024

Norman Ray

World Courant

The entire world is watching.

They need to see what occurs this week in Chicago, when Democrats convene their quadrennial political conference and title Vice President Harris as their standard-bearer for 2024.

However the mantra “the entire world is watching” dates again to 1968.

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Lengthy earlier than the demonstrations, political observers had been already drawing comparisons between 2024 and 1968. In any case, the Democrats introduced that they needed to carry their conference in Chicago. Parallels between 1968 and 2024 grew stronger.

1968 was the yr that modified American society. The yr was marked by large disintegrations within the political order. In the meantime, social dysfunction reigned within the streets. 1968 was a short lived storm. A collection of months and days on a calendar – remodeled into indelible and typically grotesque photographs for historical past.

2024 could not but be capable of match 1968. However its tumult stands out – even in comparison with different latest years of chaos and mayhem.

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