Episode8: HOW THE 1980s GAVE US THE REVENGE OF HISTORY

The 1980s ended in the most spectacular way imaginable: the seemingly impregnable Berlin Wall fell without a shot being fired. It wasn't the militant Cold Warriors who brought down the wall - it was ordinary people on either side of the divide who put an end to the nuclear madness.

The 1990s could have been the era where the so-called "peace dividend" could have been used to handle global issues like the climate crisis, injustice and poverty. Instead, we were fed the myth that history was over and capitalism won. The result was a 30 year binge of neo-con ascendency in the false guise of globalization and offshoring of jobs. 
And now in the twenties all the chickens have come home to roost and we are confronted by a dangerous new cold war. How did we let this happen? Learn how on the episode of how the 1980s gave us the revenge of history.

MUSIC:
Grandfathers Song - L'étranger 1983 ©Angus/Cash
Innocent Hands - L'étranger 1983 ©Angus/Cash
Time and Place -L'étranger 1984 ©Cash
Not Seein' Us -L'étranger 1982 ©Angus/Cash
Sticks and Stones -L'étranger 1984 ©Angus/Cash