1968: The Global Revolt

The Explosion (1x3)

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The third part of the documentary shows how disillusionment became widespread: The brutal war in Vietnam had made many protesters bitter, threatening the utopian dream of a different type of society. Deep rifts yawned between right and left. The opposition was becoming radicalized, leading to the rise of the "Black Panther Party" and other leftwing groups. Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, symbols of hope for another America, were assassinated. At the same time, government repression in many countries such as Japan, France or Italy was growing, leading to further radicalization. Germany was rocked by terrorist attacks by the Red Army Faction, also then known as the Baader-Meinhof Group, and Italy became locked in a grim struggle between state-organized terror and the violence of the "Red Brigades," an underground communist organization.