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Severe heatwaves trigger unrest in Libya
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Severe heatwaves trigger unrest in Libya

Demonstrations have been sweeping cities in Libya over the past few days, with protesters blocking roads, government buildings, and even storming an energy complex over rolling blackouts.

​A demonstrator stands in front of a row of National Guard soldiers, across the street from the Hilton Hotel in Grant Park, site of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, on Aug. 26, 1968.
Analysis

This is not 1968

Let’s pump the brakes on what is becoming a popular distortion of history — comparing that of today’s US political environment with the upheavals of 1968.