Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Students
for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a mass student organization that at
its height had chapters on hundreds of college campuses and an estimated
100,000 members. It grew out of the youth branch of the League for
Industrial Democracy, rejecting that organization’s anti-Communism and
seeking to become part of a new student militancy sparked in large part
by the civil rights movement. Its June 1960 founding document, the Port
Huron Statement, advocated radical social involvement under the heading
of “participatory democracy.”
From 1960 until its organizational demise in 1969, SDS played a major role in the social movements of the time, often spearheading campus protests and rebellions, and in particular strengthening the struggle against the war in Vietnam and all of Indochina, as well as engaging in community organizing in poor and working class communities, and support for the civil rights, Black liberation, and other Third World movements in the US. The collection represents a sampling of the periodicals, such as New Left Notes, and other position papers of SDS.
From 1960 until its organizational demise in 1969, SDS played a major role in the social movements of the time, often spearheading campus protests and rebellions, and in particular strengthening the struggle against the war in Vietnam and all of Indochina, as well as engaging in community organizing in poor and working class communities, and support for the civil rights, Black liberation, and other Third World movements in the US. The collection represents a sampling of the periodicals, such as New Left Notes, and other position papers of SDS.
Documents
8 Documents Found
![Students for a Democratic Society & SNCC: Currents & Cross Currents](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 3/7/1969Call Number: KP 002Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Bernardine Dohrn discusses SDS’s organizational struggle with class, how they plan to move out of “ruling class schools” and insure that racism and imperialism are not abstract terms. Phil Hutchins discusses broadening the base of SNCC, particularly in the South and government repression.
![An Interview with Mark Rudd of Students for a Democratic Society](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 6/20/1968Call Number: KP 004Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Canadian Broadcasting CommitteeCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Rudd explores the victories and failures of the demonstration against Columbia constructing a gym in Morningside Park. The reaction of the administration and the next steps for students organizing against racism and imperialism.
![Students for a Democratic Society in 1969 and the American Scene](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Date: 1/1/1969Call Number: KP 006Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProducers: Lincoln BergmanProgram: KPFA Public AffairsCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Dohrn and Klonsky discuss the inception, numbers, politics and repression of Students for a Democratic Society in 1969.
![America and the New Era](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyDate: 6/1963Volume Number: JuneFormat: MonographCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Monograph prepared at the June 1963 convention of the Students for a Democratic Society.
![The Peace Movement: New Possibilities?](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyFormat: MonographCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
A piece on the viability of the peace movement in early 1960s America.
![Student Social Action](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyDate: 3/1962Volume Number: MarchFormat: TranscriptCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
From a speech delivered at Challenge- University of Michigan, March, 1962.
![SDS Bulletin](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyYear: 1964Volume Number: Vol. 2-6 MarchFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Contents include: The National Council: A reply to the President's Report; Swarthmore Political Action: A History; Read I.F. Stone's Weekly Muckraking Journalism at its Best. Also, Chapter reports; Kentuckians March on Capitol; Report on San Francisco and Berkeley; SDS Project Reports; Civil Liberties, Academic Freedom and University Reform; Civil Rights New Briefs and Up to Date Literature List.
![SDS Bulletin](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Students for a Democratic SocietyYear: 1964Volume Number: Vol. 2-7 AprilFormat: PeriodicalCollection: Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
Contents include: Enthusiasm for Organizing Marks Hazard Conference; The Palace Siege: Employment and Housing in the San Fran. Bay Area; Get the US Out of Vietnam. Also, President's report; Chapter Reports; ERAP Report; The Nashville Movement; NSA Civil Rights and Reform Caucuses; Cracks in the Washington Monolith; March on Frankfort-Inside Story; Sigal's Going Away Book Review; Up to Date Literature List.
8 Documents Found