Lexual Does The 80s #1: Global Events (1980-1984) (Patreon)

Hey guys!

Im super excited for you guys to see this first episode. You get early access before everyone else does later this week. Below the series spoilers all of the sources and further readings, (plus videos used!),  are listed. 

It is definitely recommended that you watch the series in full, in order! <3 When the first episode is shared on youtube, PRETTY PLEASE go like, COMMENT, and share so that the algorithm carries me in it's favor.

Episode 2 premieres at the end of February.

How This Series Works:  IF YOU DONT LIKE SPOILERS, DON'T READ

I get global in episodes 1 + 7, weaving in Reagan's goals and policies along the way. Episode 2 explores economic changes and the election of 1984, along with the consumer glitz and glam that dominated the era. Episode 3 focuses on the black experience in politics, pop culture, and more... while building on foundational topics in earlier episodes and providing context for the culture wars in episode 4, women in episode 5, and the mental weight of AIDS, drugs, crime, celebrity, and media in episode 6. Episode 6 also deals with the psyche of white men who reject the changes we establish and explore during the first five episodes. You'll also be treated to minisodes that expand the 80s landscape even further. Check out the Intelexual Media twitter page for more content!

Sources and Further Reading

The Seventies: The Great Shift in American Culture, Society, and Politics (Bruce J Schulman)

The 1970s: A New Global History From Civil Rights to Economic Inequality (Thomas Borstelmann)

Fault Lines: A History of The United States Since 1974 (Kevin Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer)

The Other Eighties: A Secret History of America in the Age of Reagan (Bradford Martin)

The Age of Reagan: A History (1974-2008) Sean Wilentz

Morning In America: How Ronald Reagan Invented The 1980s (Gil Troy)

Back To Our Future: How The 1980s Explain The World We Live in Now-- Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Everything (David Sirota)

Conservatives in Power: The Reagan Years, 1981-1989, A Brief History With Documents (Meg Jacobs and Julian E Zelizer)

Living In The Eighties (Edited by Gil Troy and Vincent J Cannato)

When States Kill: Latin America, the U.S., and Technologies of Terror (Edited by Cecilia Menjivar and Nestor Rodriguez)

Major Problems in American History Since 1945: Third Edition (Edited by Robert Griffith and Paula Baker)

Cuban Heritage Collections Mariel boatlift materials @ University of Miami

A history of Apartheid in South Africa Collection

Apartheid - The early 1980s

The 1980s and the crisis of Apartheid

From Mao to Deng: China's Changing Relations With the United States (Chen Jian)

https://qz.com/1498654/the-astonishing-impact-of-chinas-1978-reforms-in-charts/

https://clb.org.hk/content/reform-state-owned-enterprises-china

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/10/27/archives/president-park-is-slain-in-korea-by-intelligence-chief-seoul-says.html

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/blog-post/the-gwangju-uprising-battle-over-south-koreas-history

Three Chinese Leaders:Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Deng Xiaoping

The Adaptation of the FSLN: Daniel Ortega's Leadership and Democracy in Nicaragua

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-un-assembly-nicaragua/nicaragua-leader-slams-u-s-in-1980s-throwback-idUKN2539497020070925

Capturing the Complexity of Lebanon’s Civil War and Its Legacies

https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-hezbollah

US Covert and Overt Operations in Liberia, 1970s to 2003

The Anti-Contra-War Campaign: Organizational Dynamics of A Decentralized Movement

https://www.thoughtco.com/the-gwangju-massacre-1980-195726

https://jacobinmag.com/2019/09/grenada-revolution-maurice-bishop-reagan

https://jacobinmag.com/2021/03/grenada-revolution-njm-prg

https://openanthropology.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/grenadacia.pdf

https://www.salon.com/2011/02/05/ronald_reagan_apartheid_south_africa/

https://scroll.in/article/941902/1979-the-year-that-sent-iran-saudi-arabia-and-pakistan-down-the-path-of-conservatism

https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/siege-of-meccas-grand-mosque-what-happened-in-saudi-arabia-40-years-ago-how-it-affects-world-today-6134879/

https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-50852379

https://adst.org/2016/07/extra-special-relationship-thatcher-reagan-1980s/

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/zimbabwe/1980-06-01/zimbabwe-southern-africa-and-rise-robert-mugabe

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/globalconnections/mideast/timeline/text/time5.html

https://mg.co.za/article/2020-04-16-soon-well-find-out-who-is-the-real-revolutionary/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/may/16/uk-downplayed-killings-zimbabwe-mugabe-guard-interests-study-claims

https://www.newspapers.com/image/280323334/

https://africanactivist.msu.edu/browse_results.php?category=organization&field=organization&member=National%20Anti-Imperialist%20Movement%20in%20Solidarity%20with%20African%20Liberation&

https://cdig.missouri.edu/the-book-they-couldnt-pass-without/

https://www.bbc.com/news/in-pictures-49151953

https://www.ycp.edu/about-us/offices-and-departments/center-for-community-engagement/downtown-locations/center-for-community-engagement/with-open-heart-and-open-arms/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITSSD6UUBHg

https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/332816

https://www.marxists.org/history/cuba/archive/castro/1980/05/01.htm

Fidel Castro's Greatest Legacy in Africa Is in Angola

Cuba’s Critical Role in Defending Angola

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/obituaries/robert-mugabe-dead.html

https://www.vox.com/world/2020/1/13/21051794/us-iran-soleimani-ukraine-airline-questions

https://www.msf.org/sites/msf.org/files/2019-04/MSF%20Speaking%20Out%20Ethiopia%201984-1986.pdf

https://web.archive.org/web/20080324004719/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,953801,00.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1984/01/11/world/us-and-vatican-restore-full-ties-after-117-years.html

https://www.thoughtco.com/timeline-of-the-lebanese-civil-war-2353188

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/00000068.htm

https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/Backchannels/2012/0709/Mass-hysteria-blamed-for-Afghan-schoolgirl-poisoning-not-the-Taliban

http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/10/25/invasion-grenadaronaldreagan.html

https://jacobinmag.com/2019/09/grenada-revolution-maurice-bishop-reagan

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/12/19/40-years-ago-deng-xiaoping-changed-china-and-the-world/

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/books/the-impact-of-deng-xiaoping-beyond-tiananmen-square.html

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1998-03-15-9803150059-story.html

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-then-and-now-the-ethiopian-jews-from-operation-moses-1.5383036

https://brightspotcdn.byu.edu/fd/de/1caa93b14ef8ac3cacd77b40e45f/nelson-revolution-and-war.pdf

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1982/10/03/reagan-is-skirting-the-war-powers-act/34d7bc83-eb8a-4cb8-8439-b3f1fce91172/

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10429353/

https://www.goldthread2.com/culture/china-1980s-censorship/article/3021028

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/02/20/world/deng-xiaoping-a-political-wizard-who-put-china-on-the-capitalist-road.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/18/world/asia/korea-misinformation-youtube.html

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/151113-datapoints-china-one-child-policy

https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/08/magazine/china-on-the-move-will-the-change-last.html

https://www.nytimes.com/1981/06/14/world/us-supplied-weapons-play-key-role-in-mideast.html

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1985-09-26-8502100720-story.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/apr/19/1980s-cultural-history

Videos

NBC'sEarliest Report on AIDS

Southhall Sikhs React to Indira’s Assassination

Ethiopian famine documentary (BBC)

Do They Know It’s Christmas Behind The Scenes

Sally Struthers Commercial

Beirut Bombing News Coverage

China Street Footage in 1980s

Early 80s  2020 report on China

Thatcher Homophobia

Harrods Bombing 1983

Thatcher IRA Bombing

PW Botha on Nelson Mandela

Robert Mugabe Interview (1980) 

Mugabe Speech at White House (1983)

Iraq/Iran Coverage

Mariel Criminals

Iran Iraq War Coverage 1980-1988

Red Dawn movie Trailer

The Day After Trailer