Ačkoliv obě mladistvé revolty uskutečnila stejná generace a obě měly podobnou formu pouličních demonstrací a okupačních stávek, studentské rebelie na obou stranách železné opony charakterizovalo mnohem více odlišností než podobností.
Although the two youthful revolts were undertaken by the same generation and took similar forms of street demonstrations and sit-ins, there were far more differences than similarities as students rebelled on both sides of the Iron Curtain.