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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 ==
*[[February 6]] – [[King Tubby]] shot *[[February 6]] – [[King Tubby]] shot
-*[[Berlin Wall]] falls+*[[February 14]] radio Tehran broadcast [[fatwa by Ayatollah Khomeini on Salma Rushdie]]
-*[[February 14]], radio Tehran broadcast [[fatwa by Ayatollah Khomeini on Salma Rushdie]]+*[[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.
-*[[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.+*[[November 9]] – [[Fall of the Berlin Wall]]
-*[[December 17]] - ''[[The Simpsons]]'' premieres+*[[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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*''[[No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture]]'' by Andrew Ross *''[[No Respect: Intellectuals and Popular Culture]]'' by Andrew Ross
*''[[Hard Core: Power, Pleasure]]'' by Linda Williams *''[[Hard Core: Power, Pleasure]]'' by Linda Williams
 +*''[[Rants and Incendiary Tracts]]'' by Bob Black and Adam Parfrey
=== Music === === Music ===

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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 Stalinistic Marxism-Leninism as a basis for government in most of the world, and ushered in a new era of neoliberal globalization, free trade, and United States dominance that lasts to this day.

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