HIST 310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Grigoris Lambrakis, Freddie Mercury, Centre Union
30 Nov 2016
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11/08--Cold War IV
● Rise in student movements/independence efforts, baby boomers
● 1960s counter culture
○ Resistance to dress/fashion norms
○ Hippies
○ Teddy boys
○ Ye ye movement, based on pop music, promoting mini-skirts
● 1960s music
○ Bob marley, jimi hendrix, bob dylan, the beatles, freddie mercury
○ Many born in 1940s, raised in post-war era
■ Popularized electric guitar
○ Influence of british bands
■ “Beatlemania”/”brit invasion”
● New shapes of protest
○ Sit-ins
○ Black power
● 1960s protests
○ Protests everywhere
○ Especially in paris, may 1968
○ In both west and east
■ Czechoslovakia
● Greece right before the junta
● Dealing w counter cultures
○ Regimes dealt w crime from counter culture groups in diff ways
■ Would shave hair/change resisting appearances
■ Paraded thru streets, mocked
○ Supervised concerts/cult events closely
● Generation Z
○ assassination/funeral of grigoris lambrakis
○ League of lambrakis
● Lost changes
○ Georgios papandreou (1888-1968)
■ More of a centrist/more democratic
■ Elected in 1963
■ Lifted some regulations
● Background checks
■ Reelected in 1964 w 52%
■ Tho establishment/king did not like him, thus forced him to resign
○ Centre union
■ Another poli appted to take GPs place
■ Growing tension btwn party/king
● Lasted 2 yrs
● Protests (esp among students)
● Martyrs
○ Killed students bcame symbols
○ University of thessaloniki students holding placard of sotiris petroulas (july 1965)
● The military junta (1967-1974)
○ Organized by relatively lower rank officials
● Junta takes over power
○ The junta sworn in 22 april, 1967
○ Arrested every major politician, no matter party
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Document Summary
Rise in student movements/independence efforts, baby boomers. Ye ye movement, based on pop music, promoting mini-skirts. Bob marley, jimi hendrix, bob dylan, the beatles, freddie mercury. Many born in 1940s, raised in post-war era. Regimes dealt w crime from counter culture groups in diff ways. Tho establishment/king did not like him, thus forced him to resign. Another poli appted to take gps place. University of thessaloniki students holding placard of sotiris petroulas (july 1965) The junta sworn in 22 april, 1967. Arrested every major politician, no matter party. King constantine ii had no choice but to accept junta. Tho he disapproves, even tho he is right wing. Fascist, following in footsteps of metaxas regime. Described greek society as society in deathbed and their takeover as an operation . V oblique, not clear how they would go abt this. Students given army recommendation automatically allowed into unis. Greece is removed from eec council of europe (12 dec 1969)
