Media 68

Mick Jagger

1 - 10 march
11 - 20 march
21 - 31 march

1 march

The president of the GFR, Luebke, rejects on TV the accusation of having built lagers on commission of the Nazis, or at least of remembering it.
[West Germany]
At the conference of the Communist parties, in Budapest, Suslov attacks "the group of Mao". Controversy with the Romanian delegation which abandons the meeting.
[International]
4,000 Roman students arrive at architecture, presided over by the police, in Valle Giulia. After an occupation attempt, the clashes begin (4 arrests and 228 detentions).
[Italy]
Interrogation in the House about the clashes of Valle Giulia. Gui in sympathy with the rector D'Avack; Taviani, minister of the Interior recalls that the weakness of the police opened the road to the Fascists in '22.
[Italy]

2 march

In the USA, a policeman, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, tries to assassinate the mayor of Chicago.
[United States]
The French TV presents one of the largest ever reports on Indocina: three stories from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia.
[France]
Many universities occupied against the repression in Rome and Turin, where Palazzo Campana is evacuated and 13 students struck with warrants for their arrest (1 arrest and 12 at large).
[Italy]
Anti-American demonstration in Frankfurt.
[West Germany]

3 march

At the international championships of Capetown, black athletes are excluded from the swimming competitions, a "noble" sport and therefore reserved for whites.
[Africa]
In Sicily the victims of the post earthquake (hardships and illness) are 450. The protest of the earthquake victims continues before the House.
[Italy]
The NLF of South Vietnam launches a massive attack against the American base of Khe Sanh. The B52s bombard Hanoi and Haiphong.
[Vietnam]
In Budapest, strict criticism of the Romanian delegation by the other delegations of the East.
[International]
In Nigeria civil war rages in the breakaway areas of Biafra.
[Africa]

4 march

Muhammad Alì, deprived of his world heavy-weight title for refusing to leave for Vietnam, foresees black revolts and exhorts Afro-American athletes to boycott the forthcoming Olympics.
[United States]
35 guerrillas of Al Fatah killed in the Israel occupied territories.
[Middle East]
The Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble begins recording of the album "Congliptious". With Mitchell is the nucleus of what within a year will become the most representative group of black avant garde post-free: l'Art Ensemble of Chicago.
[United States]
Berlinguer, head of the Italian delegation, invited to the works of the conference of the Communist parties, sustains the necessity for "preliminary consultations" and hopes for a new conference with a greater number and different quality of invited parties.
[International]
Political crisis in Egypt: president Nasser appeals to the unity of the army.
[Egypt]
In Vietnam bombarded for the third time Haiphong, the river port of Hanoi.
[Vietnam]

5 march

The bombing of Hanoi continues. 18 United States Parliamentarians pronounce in favour of free elections in South Vietnam, with the participation of the NLF.
[Vietnam]
Demonstrations and occupations in Lecce, Genoa, Turin, Florence, Urbino, Ancona, Cagliari, Venice. In Milan the high-school students who occupy the Parini High-School join the protest.
[Italy]

6 march

The house votes the law on pensions after have made a vote of confidence against an amendment of the PCI (from 16,000 to 30,000 lire the lowest.
[Italy]
Romania presents its objections to the USA-USSR treaty on nuclear arms.
[Romania]
The head of the Parini refuses to ask for the intervention of the police. The next day he is suspended by minister Gui and the police evacuates the Parini and 14 other high schools.
[Italy]
Among the new songs in the repertoire of Ornette Coleman, on tournée in Europe and in Italy in the early months of '68, is the "Song for Che", a revolutionary composition dedicated to Che by the white double-bass player, Charlie Heden.
[United States]
Three black militants hanged in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe): the racist government of Ian Smith refuses the grace granted by Queen Elizabeth, formally the head of the Rhodesian state.
[Africa]
Manifesto of Hungarian writers "against the system of censorship".
[Hungary]

7 march

Recalled the USA ambassador in Stockholm in protest against the stand taken by the Swedish government with regard to Vietnam.
[International]
New bombardment of Hanoi: hundreds of victims among civilians.
[Vietnam]
In a special on Petula Clark recorded in Los Angeles, the singer appears embracing Harry Belafonte, causing the irritated reactions of a racist director of the network. After the protest of the black singer the director resigns.
[United States]
The strike for pensions at Fiat is total. Many students participate in the pickets; after having tried to reoccupy Palazzo Campana, the cortege clashes with the police in front of the "Stampa".
[Italy]
The pro-Soviet Jiry Hendrych is dismissed as secretary of the central committee of the Czechoslovakian Communist party.
[Czechoslovakia]

8 march

Ten thousand Milanese high school students demonstrate under the superintendency and forcefully occupy the Parini: immediate intervention of the police.
[Italy]
Violent clashes in Warsaw between students and police.
[Poland]
In the territories occupied by Israel Al Fatah threatens "to treat the Israeli civilians like general Dayan treats the Arab civilians". New artillery duel between Israelis and Jordanians.
[Middle East]
Bill Graham, owner of the legendary rock auditorium of San Francisco Fillmore opens in the halls of cinema-theatre in disuse in New York the Fillmore East. Inaugurated by Albert King, Tim Buckley and Big Brother and the Holding Company.
[United States]
Killed by the police in Nebraska a coloured youth during a student demonstration against the racist governor Wallace.
[United States]

9 march

The members of 8 rock'n'roll bands are included in Who's Who in which the Beatles and Elvis were already included. As well as the Stones and the Doors there are three acid rock groups: the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane and Country Joe and the Fish.
[United States]
The protest in Warsaw grows: more demonstrations and clashes between students and police.
[Poland]
Massacres in the area of Biafra, in Nigeria. London states that it will stop sending arms to the Nigerian government.
[Africa]
In Prague, the army General Staff accuses the president Novotny of being responsible for the promotion to general of Sejna, who has defected to the USA.
[Czechoslovakia]

10 march

Counteroffensive of the USA troops in the Mekong delta.
[Vietnam]
Clashes in Spain between students and police in Seville, Salamanca and Santiago de Compostella.
[Spain]
Violent student-police clashes near the airport under construction in Narita, in Japan.
[Japan]
Black revolt in the town of Norristown in Pennsylvania.
[United States]

Mick Jagger		1 - 10 march 11 - 20 march 21 - 31 march
1 march		The president of the GFR, Luebke, rejects on TV the accusation of having built lagers on commission of the Nazis, or at least of remembering it. [West Germany] At the conference of the Communist parties, in Budapest, Suslov attacks "the group of Mao". Controversy with the Romanian delegation which abandons the meeting. [International] 4,000 Roman students arrive at architecture, presided over by the police, in Valle Giulia. After an occupation attempt, the clashes begin (4 arrests and 228 detentions). [Italy] Interrogation in the House about the clashes of Valle Giulia. Gui in sympathy with the rector D'Avack; Taviani, minister of the Interior recalls that the weakness of the police opened the road to the Fascists in '22. [Italy]
2 march		In the USA, a policeman, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, tries to assassinate the mayor of Chicago. [United States] The French TV presents one of the largest ever reports on Indocina: three stories from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. [France] Many universities occupied against the repression in Rome and Turin, where Palazzo Campana is evacuated and 13 students struck with warrants for their arrest (1 arrest and 12 at large). [Italy] Anti-American demonstration in Frankfurt. [West Germany]
3 march		At the international championships of Capetown, black athletes are excluded from the swimming competitions, a "noble" sport and therefore reserved for whites. [Africa] In Sicily the victims of the post earthquake (hardships and illness) are 450. The protest of the earthquake victims continues before the House. [Italy] The NLF of South Vietnam launches a massive attack against the American base of Khe Sanh. The B52s bombard Hanoi and Haiphong. [Vietnam] In Budapest, strict criticism of the Romanian delegation by the other delegations of the East. [International] In Nigeria civil war rages in the breakaway areas of Biafra. [Africa]
4 march		Muhammad Alì, deprived of his world heavy-weight title for refusing to leave for Vietnam, foresees black revolts and exhorts Afro-American athletes to boycott the forthcoming Olympics. [United States] 35 guerrillas of Al Fatah killed in the Israel occupied territories. [Middle East] The Roscoe Mitchell Art Ensemble begins recording of the album "Congliptious". With Mitchell is the nucleus of what within a year will become the most representative group of black avant garde post-free: l'Art Ensemble of Chicago. [United States] Berlinguer, head of the Italian delegation, invited to the works of the conference of the Communist parties, sustains the necessity for "preliminary consultations" and hopes for a new conference with a greater number and different quality of invited parties. [International] Political crisis in Egypt: president Nasser appeals to the unity of the army. [Egypt] In Vietnam bombarded for the third time Haiphong, the river port of Hanoi. [Vietnam]
5 march		The bombing of Hanoi continues. 18 United States Parliamentarians pronounce in favour of free elections in South Vietnam, with the participation of the NLF. [Vietnam] Demonstrations and occupations in Lecce, Genoa, Turin, Florence, Urbino, Ancona, Cagliari, Venice. In Milan the high-school students who occupy the Parini High-School join the protest. [Italy]
6 march		The house votes the law on pensions after have made a vote of confidence against an amendment of the PCI (from 16,000 to 30,000 lire the lowest. [Italy] Romania presents its objections to the USA-USSR treaty on nuclear arms. [Romania] The head of the Parini refuses to ask for the intervention of the police. The next day he is suspended by minister Gui and the police evacuates the Parini and 14 other high schools. [Italy] Among the new songs in the repertoire of Ornette Coleman, on tournée in Europe and in Italy in the early months of '68, is the "Song for Che", a revolutionary composition dedicated to Che by the white double-bass player, Charlie Heden. [United States] Three black militants hanged in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe): the racist government of Ian Smith refuses the grace granted by Queen Elizabeth, formally the head of the Rhodesian state. [Africa] Manifesto of Hungarian writers "against the system of censorship". [Hungary]
7 march		Recalled the USA ambassador in Stockholm in protest against the stand taken by the Swedish government with regard to Vietnam. [International] New bombardment of Hanoi: hundreds of victims among civilians. [Vietnam] In a special on Petula Clark recorded in Los Angeles, the singer appears embracing Harry Belafonte, causing the irritated reactions of a racist director of the network. After the protest of the black singer the director resigns. [United States] The strike for pensions at Fiat is total. Many students participate in the pickets; after having tried to reoccupy Palazzo Campana, the cortege clashes with the police in front of the "Stampa". [Italy] The pro-Soviet Jiry Hendrych is dismissed as secretary of the central committee of the Czechoslovakian Communist party. [Czechoslovakia]
8 march		Ten thousand Milanese high school students demonstrate under the superintendency and forcefully occupy the Parini: immediate intervention of the police. [Italy] Violent clashes in Warsaw between students and police. [Poland] In the territories occupied by Israel Al Fatah threatens "to treat the Israeli civilians like general Dayan treats the Arab civilians". New artillery duel between Israelis and Jordanians. [Middle East] Bill Graham, owner of the legendary rock auditorium of San Francisco Fillmore opens in the halls of cinema-theatre in disuse in New York the Fillmore East. Inaugurated by Albert King, Tim Buckley and Big Brother and the Holding Company. [United States] Killed by the police in Nebraska a coloured youth during a student demonstration against the racist governor Wallace. [United States]
9 march		The members of 8 rock'n'roll bands are included in Who's Who in which the Beatles and Elvis were already included. As well as the Stones and the Doors there are three acid rock groups: the Grateful Dead, the Jefferson Airplane and Country Joe and the Fish. [United States] The protest in Warsaw grows: more demonstrations and clashes between students and police. [Poland] Massacres in the area of Biafra, in Nigeria. London states that it will stop sending arms to the Nigerian government. [Africa] In Prague, the army General Staff accuses the president Novotny of being responsible for the promotion to general of Sejna, who has defected to the USA. [Czechoslovakia]
10 march		Counteroffensive of the USA troops in the Mekong delta. [Vietnam] Clashes in Spain between students and police in Seville, Salamanca and Santiago de Compostella. [Spain] Violent student-police clashes near the airport under construction in Narita, in Japan. [Japan] Black revolt in the town of Norristown in Pennsylvania. [United States]