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The year [[1989]] is notable for the wave of revolutions that swept the [[Eastern Bloc]], starting in [[Poland]]. Collectively known as the [[Revolutions of 1989]], they were the death knell for the [[Soviet Union]] and for [[Stalinism|Stalinist]]ic [[Marxism-Leninism]] as a basis for government in most of the world, and ushered in a new era of [[neoliberalism|neoliberal]] [[globalization]], [[free trade]], and [[United States dominance]] that lasts to this day. The year [[1989]] is notable for the wave of revolutions that swept the [[Eastern Bloc]], starting in [[Poland]]. Collectively known as the [[Revolutions of 1989]], they were the death knell for the [[Soviet Union]] and for [[Stalinism|Stalinist]]ic [[Marxism-Leninism]] as a basis for government in most of the world, and ushered in a new era of [[neoliberalism|neoliberal]] [[globalization]], [[free trade]], and [[United States dominance]] that lasts to this day.
== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
-*[[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]], [[5 June]]: "[[Tank Man]]" single-handedly halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour.+*[[February 6]] – [[King Tubby]] shot
-*[[King Tubby]] shot+*[[February 14]] – radio Tehran broadcast [[fatwa by Ayatollah Khomeini on Salma Rushdie]]
-*[[Berlin Wall]] falls+*[[June 5]] – [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989]]: "[[Tank Man]]" single-handedly halts the progress of a column of advancing tanks for over half an hour.
-*''[[The Simpsons]]'' premieres+*[[November 9]] [[Fall of the Berlin Wall]]
 +*[[December 17]] – ''[[The Simpsons]]'' premieres
===Visual art=== ===Visual art===
*[[Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?]] by the Guerrilla Girls *[[Do women have to be naked to get into the Met. Museum?]] by the Guerrilla Girls
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*''[[sex, lies, and videotape]]'' by Steven Soderbergh *''[[sex, lies, and videotape]]'' by Steven Soderbergh
*''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]'' by Woody Allen *''[[Crimes and Misdemeanors]]'' by Woody Allen
-*''[[Parents (film)|Parents]]'' by [[Bob Balaban]]+*''[[Parents (film)|Parents]]'' by Bob Balaban
*''[[Santa Sangre]]'' by Alejandro Jodorowsky *''[[Santa Sangre]]'' by Alejandro Jodorowsky
*''[[Dead Calm]]'' by Phillip Noyce *''[[Dead Calm]]'' by Phillip Noyce
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*''[[Dead Poets Society ]]'' by Peter Weir *''[[Dead Poets Society ]]'' by Peter Weir
*''[[Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills]]'' by Paul Bartel *''[[Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills]]'' by Paul Bartel
-*''[[Darkness/Light/Darkness]]'' by Svankmajer+*''[[Darkness/Light/Darkness]]'' by Jan Švankmajer
-*''[[Tetsuo: The Iron Man]]''+*''[[Tetsuo: The Iron Man]]'' by Shinya Tsukamoto
===Literature=== ===Literature===
 +====Fiction====
*''[[My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man]]'' by Georges Bataille *''[[My Mother, Madame Edwarda and The Dead Man]]'' by Georges Bataille
-*''[[Lipstick Traces|Lipstick Traces, a Secret History of 20th Century]]'' by Greil Marcus 
*''[[The Quincunx]]'' by Charles Palliser *''[[The Quincunx]]'' by Charles Palliser
*''[[London Fields (novel)|London Fields]]'' by Martin Amis *''[[London Fields (novel)|London Fields]]'' by Martin Amis
-*''[[No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture]]'' by [[Andrew Ross]]+====Non-fiction====
 +*''[[Lipstick Traces|Lipstick Traces, a Secret History of 20th Century]]'' by Greil Marcus
 +*''[[No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture]]'' by Andrew Ross
 +*''[[Hard Core: Power, Pleasure]]'' by Linda Williams
 +*''[[Rants and Incendiary Tracts]]'' by Bob Black and Adam Parfrey
=== Music === === Music ===
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== Births == == Births ==
==Deaths == ==Deaths ==
-*[[Simenon]] (1903 – 1989)+*[[Georges Simenon ]] (1903 – 1989)
*[[Samuel Beckett]] (1906 – 1989) *[[Samuel Beckett]] (1906 – 1989)
*[[Salvador Dalí]] (1904 - 1989) *[[Salvador Dalí]] (1904 - 1989)

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