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.
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![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.
2 Documents Found