The End of The 80s | Global Events 1985-1989 (Patreon)

ITS FINALLY HERE! Enjoy early access to the series finale of Lexual Does The 80s. Tomorrow I will be adding chapters to the video and making it available publicly on youtube as soon as youtube edits out a bit of copyright music that I failed to notice. (Of course its the Durex condom commercial lol) Thank you guys so much for supporting me and this series! I hope you enjoy.

Also, the captions are currently being processed by Rev. Apparently they'll be finished by Thursday. 

Sources + 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)

1989: Democratic Revolutions at the Cold War’s End (Compiled by Padraic Kennedy)

Palestine: A Socialist Introduction (Edited by Sumaya Awad and brian bean)

Europe

We Won’t Have The Communist Party to Kick Around Anymore (1989)

E. GERMANY RELAXES CURBS ON WORKING CITIZENS' VISITS TO WEST (1988)

East Germany Losing Its Edge (1989)

East-West Out of Control? (1989)

How it went down: The little accident that toppled history (Mary Elise Sarotte)

Mikhail Gorbachev: The rise and fall of the last Soviet leader (Mansur Mirovalev)

Chernobyl Accident 1986 (World Nuclear Association)

Health effects of the Chernobyl accident and special health care programmes (World Health Organization)

Chernobyl: What Happened and Why (CM Meyer)

Is The Soviet Union Next to Explode? (1989)

Hunted By An Angry Faith (1989)

Rushdie's Book Is an Insult (Jimmy Carter, 1989)

Salman Rushdie was nearly “cancelled” by free speech advocates (John Lubbock)

Book Notes (1989)

Rushdie Novel Brings Bomb Threats (1989)

The Satanic Furor (1989)

BOMB THREAT DELAYS BRITISH AIRWAYS FLIGHT (1989)

Thatcher Puts a Lid on Censorship in Britain (1989)

LESSONS FROM THE BRITISH POLL TAX DISASTER (1991)

Poll Tax: “We Won't Pay” - How Thatcher was defeated (1990)

How Margaret Thatcher helped end apartheid – despite herself (Richard Dowden)

Margaret Thatcher's timeline: From Grantham to the House of Lords, via Arthur Scargill and the Falklands War 

There was more to the 80s than Maggie (Dominic Sandbrook)

Soviets have been forced to play the game ‘the Baltic Way’ (1989)

Africa

Angola Ceasefire Goes Into Effect (1989)

This Day in History- U.S. bombs terrorist and military targets in Libya 

American Bombing of Libya: An International Legal Analysis (Gregory Francis Intoccia)

Why Was Muammar Qadhafi Really Removed? (Christopher M. Davidson)

Muammar Qaddafi and Libya’s Legacy of Terrorism (Sara Obeidat)

1986 Libya Bombing (Jeremy Scahill)

America, Oil, and War in the Middle East (Toby Craig Jones)

How The IMF and the World Bank Affect African Decision Making (Carol Lancaster)

International Monetary Fund List of Members

Remembering Thomas Sankara, the EFF’s muse (Rebecca Davis)

A United Front Against Debt (Thomas Sankara 1987 Speech)

A Political Biography of Thomas Sankara 1949-1987 (Amber Murrey)

LEADER OF BURKINA FASO REPORTEDLY OVERTHROWN (1987)

The Upright Man, Thomas Sankara (Sean Jacobs)

The revolution and the emancipation of women - A Reflection on Sankara’s Speech, 25 Years Later (Amber Murrey)

Coup in Burkina Faso Is Blow to Revolution (1987)

Nelson Mandela meets President P.W. Botha to begin negotiating the end of apartheid

Zwelakhe Sisulu laid to rest (Sapa and Mkhulu Mashau)

South Africa: Zwelakhe Sisulu - a Remembrance (Tami Hultman)

APARTHEID AND YALE: A WEEK OF PROTEST (1986)

I.B.M. IS SHEDDING SOUTH AFRICA UNIT; PRESSURE IS CITED (1986)

$5 Million Qaddafi Loan To Go to Toiletry Firm (1985)

VANUNU'S PHOTOS OF DIMONA - 1985

THOUSANDS IN NEW YORK RALLY AGAINST APARTHEID (1986)

Algeria's Unhappy Revolutionary Example (1988)

Israel Was Soft on Jewish Terrorists in the 1980s - Will History Repeat Itself? (Aimee Amiga)

Middle East

Leon Klinghoffer And The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict In 'An Innocent Bystander’

Terrorism: The U.S. Sends a Message (1985)

American Public Opinion Far Ahead of Official US Policy (1989)

Inside The Intifada (1989)

How Palestinian women led successful non-violent resistance (Mersiha Gadzo)

An Open Letter to American-Jewish Intellectuals (Edward W. Said)

'IRON FIST' POLICY PROTESTED IN ISRAEL (1988)

What You Need To Know About The 1987 Intifada 

The US-Israeli Relationship in the Reagan Era (1989)

800 in Tel Aviv Hear Appeals for Talks (1988)

INTIFADA VIDEO GAME VIOLENCE (1989)

Israel Cuts Sentences of 3 Jewish Terrorists : Herzog Commutes Life Terms to 15 Years for Settlers Convicted of Killing 3 Arab Students (1988)

Stories from the first Intifada: ‘They broke my bones’ (Shatha Hammad)

US gave Saddam blessing to use toxins against Iranians (RT)

Asia

Japan Back Then: The Stories That Gripped the Nation in the 1980s (Matthew Hernon)

Anatomy of a Scare: Yellow Peril Politics in America, 1980–1993 (MJ Heale)

Tennessee: Japans Home Away From Home (1990)

"I'm alone, but not lonely”: Japanese Otaku-Kids colonize the Realm of Information and MediaA Tale of Sex and Crime from a faraway Place (Volker Grassmuck)

The United States of Japan (Matt Alt)

'80s Fears of a Japanese “Economic Pearl Harbor" Look Silly Today—But They're Instructive (John Phelan)

Japan in the 1980s: when Tokyo’s Imperial Palace was worth more than California and golf club membership could cost US$3 million (Douglas Parkes)

Lobbying For Japan Inc. (1983)

The True Story Of The 1980s, When Everyone Was Convinced Japan Would Buy America (Rob Wile)

How One Family Plundered The Philippines For Designer Clothes, Priceless Art And New York Real Estate (Murray Clark)

What does the Chinese government say happened on June 4, 1989? (Christopher Beam)

No, 10,000 were not killed in China’s 1989 Tiananmen crackdown (Anthony Tao)

The Historian of the Tiananmen Movement and the June Fourth Massacre –  An Interview With Wu Renhua

Wikileaks: no bloodshed inside Tiananmen Square, cables claim (Malcolm Moore)

The Myth of Tiananmen: And the price of a passive press (Jay Mathews)

1989: Tiananmen Square ‘massacre’ was a myth (Deirdere Griswold)

Political Advantage: Japan’s Campaign for America (1990)

Reagan Warns Japanese on Trade (1989)

DEAL IS EXPECTED FOR SONY TO BUY COLUMBIA PICTURES (1989)

Nerd Nation: Otaku and Youth Subcultures in Contemporary (William M Tsutsui)

How the US derailed Philippine history in 1986 (Walden Bello)

U.S. Role Seen in Philippine Politics (1986)

The Second Revolution: Deng’s reforms are taking China on a courageous if uncharted course (1985) Urbanization in China, 1982-87: Effects of Migration and Reclassification (Sidney Goldstein, 1990)

Cuba and Central America

The Iran-Contra Affair 30 Years Later: A Milestone in Post-Truth Politics (Malcolm Byrne)

Understanding The Iran-Contra Affair (Brown University Database)

Silicon Valley's cocaine problem shaped our racist tech (Charlton D McIlwain)

Costa Rica-El Salvador-Guatemala-Honduras-Nicaragua: Agreement on Procedure for Establishing Firm and Lasting Peace in Central America (1987)

Central American Peace Accord Goes Into Effect (1987)

OLIVER NORTH WORKED WITH COCAINE TRAFFICKERS TO ARM TERRORISTS. NOW HE’LL BE PRESIDENT OF THE NRA. (Jon Schwartz)

The Ashaninka of Peru: rescued from Shining Path militants, but still at risk (Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti)

NORTH`S FILE-SHREDDING DETAILED (1987)

REAGAN AIDES SEEK WAY FOR CONGRESS TO HELP CONTRAS (1987)

Big Papers Give Drug Story Small Play (Jim Naureckas, 1987)

North Says Reagan Knew of Iran Deal (1991)

Document Linking Iran Hostage Deals to US Backing of the Contras 

100.George Bush’s November 4th-5th 1986 Diary Entries

101.THE TOWER COMMISSION; Report on Iran-Contra Affair Depicts 'A Very Unprofessional Operation’ (1987)

102.The Iran-Contra Affair: Ronald Reagan’s Arms Sales Scandal (Robert Longley)

103.Olliemania Breaks Out All Over (1987)

104.Retailers: ‘Olliemania Over (1987)

105.The 1980s hearings that explain why Trump’s base still loves him (Kristin Kobes Du Mez)

106.Denied TV Network Time, Reagan Plugs Contra Aid (1988)

107.White House Lacks Votes to OK Contra Aid (1988)

108.Catching Up With Fawn Hall (Al Kamen)

109.Pandemonium at the Pen: Cuban Refugees Riot to Stay in the U.S. (Tiffany Harte)

110.Cubans End 11-Day Prison Siege In Atlanta, Freeing All Hostages (1987)

111.Cuban Prison Riot Photos (Georgia State University Database)

112.Right the First Time on Turning Off Radio Marti (1986)

113.Oakdale federal prison riot 32 years ago Thursday (Theresa Schmidt)

114.Cuban Inmates Riot in Louisiana Over New Threat of Deportation (1987)

Reagan’s Final Years

115.Reagan and the courts: A sober assessment (Michael C. Dorf)

116.Why Many Think that Ronald Reagan's Court Appointments May Have Been His Chief Legacy (David M. O’Brien)

117.Judge Douglas Ginsburg’s Marijuana Use (1987)

118.Reagan and Environment: To Many, a Stalemate (1989)

119.Reagan Vetoes Clean Water Act Because of Cost (1986)

120.A look back at Reagan’s environmental record (Amanda Little)

121.The Reagan Revolution and the Supreme Court (Ronald Dworkin)

122.SUPPORT LAGS FOR AMENDMENT TO PROHIBIT FLAG BURNING (1989)

1987-1989 Domestic Issues

123.How Groups Voted in 1988 

124.Gravely Ill, Atwater Offers Apology (1991)

125.And Then There Were Six (1987)

126.Bush Made Willie Horton an Issue in 1988, and the Racial Scars Are Still Fresh (Peter Baker)

127.Divided We Fell: Race and the 88 Election (1988)

128.Why Joe Biden’s First Campaign for President Collapsed After Just 3 Months 

129.Biden Was Accused of Plagiarism in Law School (1987)

130.Biden Admits Plagiarism in School But Says It Was Not ‘Malevolent' (1987)

131.The True Story Behind The Front Runner: How Gary Hart's Scandal Changed Politics

132.Fall From Grace (1987)

133.THE 1989 ELECTIONS: Mayor-Elect MAN IN THE NEWS: David N. Dinkins; Groundbreaker Bound by Tradition (1989)

134.THE 1989 ELECTIONS: Mayoral Election; Win by Dinkins Prompts Dancing and Skepticism (1989)

135.The Freedom Council, a non-profit foundation created by TV… (1986)

136.PAT ROBERTSON LOOKS TO SOUTH AND EVANGELICALS AS KEY TO 1988 (1986)

137.ROBERTSON'S MONEY FOR TELEVISION OR POLITICS (1988)

138.Pat Robertson: A Candidate of Contradictions (1988)

139.Giuliani's Powerful Image Under Campaign Scrutiny (1989)

140.HEALTH ISSUES MATTERED IN 1988 VOTES FOR PRESIDENT (1989)

141.Prison Furloughs in Massachusetts Threaten Dukakis Record on Crime (1988)

142.The Hispanic Vote (1988)

143.U.S. Hispanic Population Is Up 34% Since 1980 (1988)

144.Is Spanish Wrong Signal to Latinos? (1988)

145.Bush Intensifies Debate on Pledge, Asking Why It So Upsets Dukakis (1988)

146.Dukakis Releases Medical Details To Stop Rumors on Mental Health (1988)

147.Looking Back at Mayor David Dinkins, 30 Years After His Historic 1989 Win (Joey Fox)

148.#KEITHJACKSONMATTERS: The Kid That Sold Crack To The President

149.The Inside Story Of The Lafayette Park Crack Bust That George H.W. Bush Used To Sell The War On Drugs (Matt Blitz)

Selected Videos

150.A Show About Nothing - Seinfeld

151.The Simpsons Promo from 1989

152.1990: First McDonald's opens in Moscow

153.ABC News January 31, 1990: First McDonald's Restaurant opens in the Soviet Union

154.Top News Story August 23, 1989

155."Wake Up Baltic States" The Hymn for "The Baltic Way"

156.Remembering Diana: Princess meets AIDS patients

157.SAFE SEX DUREX CONDOMS TV ADVERT LWT 1988

158.Margaret Thatcher warns of 'extremist' anti-racist, pro-gay teachers

159.Live from Downing Street | TV- am UK General Election Results | 12 Jun 1987

160.FACE THE KIDS!:MRS THATCHER INTERVIEW.Two American kids interview Prime Minister Thatcher.C4 1987

161.1987 General Election - Looks Familiar

162.Chernobyl: News breaks of disaster (1986) | RetroFocus

163.The longest U.S. federal prison riot in history | Atlanta penitentiary

164.11/1987 Dan Stein on News Hour- Cuban Prison Riots

165.1986: CNN reports on Oliver North

166.Oliver North - Stakeout (1986)

167.Oliver North interrogated

168.American Dad! - ollie north

169.Barbara Walters interviews Fawn Hall (1987)

170.Intifada © 1989 - PC DOS - Gameplay

171.Israel/Palestine Intifada

172.Imelda Marcos' political comeback in the Philippines

173.Imelda Marcos : First Lady of Shoes - the fifth estate

174.Ferdinand Marcos Flees the Philippines - 1986 | Today In History | 25 Feb 17

175.Die Hard (1988) - Christmas in Japan

176.MARTY McFLY YOU'RE FIRED

177.Almanac: Gary Hart

178.Lawrence Walsh Reaction to Iran Contra Pardon

179.President Reagan's television address on the Iran-Contra Affair - 1987

180.Top News Story June 21 1989

181.1990 new years eve

182.Dick Clark New Years Rockin Eve 1989 1990 Time Square

183.A look at 1990 Times Square on New Year's Eve

184.Dan Quayle'S verbal slip-ups

185."Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy" ('88 VP Debate)

186.George Bush senior giving his famous, read my lips, no new taxes, speech

187.One of *My* Favorite Dan Quayle Moments

188.Dukakis-Bush debate: death penalty

189.President Bush Speech on Drugs/Democratic Response of Drug Strategy by Senator Biden

190.Dukakis' mental health questioned

191.Bush "Willie Horton" ad '88

192.Willie Horton 1988 Attack Ad

193.Rudy Giuliani 1989 election loss