Post by NoShear on Oct 2, 2023 13:52:00 GMT
The oppressive element of Institutional Revolutionary Party was included in the Mexican Student Movement handbook, but protestors of the 1968 Summer Olympics, who assembled in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas fifty-five years ago on this day, might not have known that the International Olympic Committee had threatened to move the '68 Juegos to Los Angeles on short notice if Mexico didn't get a handle on their protests. With ten days before the Olympic caldera was to be lit, Mexican Armed Forces opened fire, possibly killing somewhere in the neighborhood of 350 civilians: 