The End of The 80s | Global Events 1985-1989

Perestroika and Glasnost, George Bush bag of crack, The Fall of the Berlin Wall, and the beginning of the end of communist/socialist rule in various countries, Thomas Sankara, America and Ronald Reagan’s role in the Iran-Contra Affair, The 1986 Bombing of Libya, the end of Ferdinand Marcos’ dictatorship, Manuel Noriega, The First Intifada and the Palestine/Israel Conflict, Tiananmen Square in China, Salman Rushdie, Islamic Extremism, and Censorship, Margaret Thatcher, Cuba, Khalistan, India, Iran and Iraq, Qadaffi and Libya, William Horton, 1988 Presidential Election, Dan Quayle, Robert Bork and the Supreme Court, Gukurahundi in Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, South African Apartheid, Nelson Mandela, PW Botha, David Dinkins, Rudy Giuliani, Mike Dukakis

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0:00-0:46 1989 TV Shows
0:47- 2:23 The Soviet Union Begins Building McDonalds + Intro
2:24- The Lexual Does The 80s Syllabus
3:50-5:19 Princess Diana and HIV/AIDS Stigma
5:20-8:49 Margaret Thatcher + the 1987 General UK Election
8:50-13:06 The Satanic Verses and Censorship in The UK
13:07-14:15 The Chernobyl Disaster
14:16- 15:12 Perestroika and Glasnost In The USSR
15:13- Issues in East Germany
17:25-19:00 The Fall of the Berlin Wall
19:01-20:09 Why Dissidents in the Soviet Bloc Succeeded
20:10- Poland, Hungary, and the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia
20:55-21:27 The Baltic Way (Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia)
21:28- Gorbachev and Reagan
22:20-23:15 Soviet Union Pulls out of Afghanistan
23:16- Cuba and Radio Marti
24:00- The Cuban Prisoner Riots
26:52- Cuba and Angola
27:11- Central American Peace Accord
27:44- Manual Noriega, Panama, and the CIA
28:59- Colombia Fights Pablo Escobar + the Medellin Cartel
30:02-31:04 Peru's "Lost Decade"
31:05-31:36 Chilean Citizens Rebel Against Augusto Pinochet
31:37- Uganda, Algeria, Benin, + Ethiopia
32:01- Thomas Sankara and Burkina Faso
34:05- Ibrahim Babangida and Nigeria
34:36- Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, and Gukurahundi
35:31-38:03 South African Apartheid + The Divestment Movement
38:04- Qadaffi + Libya
39:13- Reagan and The Libyan Air Strike
42:12- Libya and the Revolution Within a Revolution
42:44- Israel, Palestine, + The First Intifada
48:37- The Lebanese Civil War Continues and Hezbollah Emerges
49:16- Yemen Unites
49:45- The End of the Iran-Iraq War and Saddam Hussein
51:23- Iran's Executions
51:43- Rajiv Gandhi, India, + Sikhs Seeking Khalistan
52:24- Burma/Myanmar, The 8888 Uprising, +Aung San Suu Kyi
53:08-56:05 Ferdinand + Imelda Marcos, The Phillipines
56:06- Changes in South Korea
56:48- The Japanese Economic Bubble & Yellow Peril Politics
1:00:23- Otaku Culture in Japan
1:02:05- KFC in China + Deng's Open Door Policy Continues
1:03:46- The 1989 Tiananmen Square Protests
1:06:55- Lexual Does The 80s Infomercial
1:07:45- The Iran-Contra Scandal is Exposed
1:19:18- Robert Bork and Reagan's Impact on the Courts
1:24:09- Reagan's Environmental Record
1:26:41- George HW Bush Runs For President
1:30:06- Oh, Dan Quayle.
1:31:39- Gary Hart Bites The Dust
1:33:17- Joe Biden Bites The Dust
1:34:07- The Woes of Mike Dukakis
1:36:49- The William Horton Ad
1:39:28- The Growing Latino Vote
1:40:21- The 1988 Election Results
1:41:57- The 1989 New York Mayoral Election
1:43:47- Bill Clinton
1:44:15- George Bush in 1989, The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
1:45:11- George Bush Holds a Bag of Crack on TV
1:46:26- HAPPY NEW YEAR!
1:46:46- Conclusion
1:51:38- I Cant Wait To Do The 90s

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