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Protest and Politics: 1968, Year of the Barricades #5011
Metadata
Date: August 22, 1968
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Photographer: Jesus Diaz
Source: AP Photo
Caption
Anti-communist student organization with signs picket in front of the offices of the United Nations in Mexico City. The students protested for the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia.
Note: Clockwise from upper-left, signs read: “Russia: Mexico Repudiates You,” Go Czechoslovakia Martyr!”, “Russian Killers!”, “What kind of freedom do the Czechoslovakian people have?”, “Communist Killers!”
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