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| STUDENTS FOR £ DRMCCSATIC SOCIZTY Students for a Permocratic Society, cenmonly known as SDS, cats inte existence at a founding convention held duving June, 1862, at Fart JInron, michigan. Frow an initial posture of "participatory CEMOCL ICY 4" Marxist-Leninist idgotogy of varjous chadings ene predominant during $OG6S-2559 with debate centering on how best to create a revoluiionary youth movenent. EDS moved from involvement in the civil righes etrucele to an anti-Viectnan war position to advocacy of a militant anti-inuperialist line linking up the oppressed peoples of Asin, Africa and Latin America with the black Liberation moverent in the United States. ALL major factions within SES embrace wa vedsn~ hang pis and identify inteviationstivy vith China, Cua and North Vietran as countries leading the vworldwid: strnuecles against the Uniied States. Eovever, the “Novict Union wan reearded as imperiniist and with the Communict Party, United Staics of Amorica, "yevisiouist" in natere. are SES operated under 2 national censatitutisn which called for an annual Ketiont Convention GC) and quarterly National Council meetings wherelu procrams were initinted and cebated. Three nitional offileers were elected annually with a Mational Fntexvin Coomittce to run the orrcanis“oe ion Regional offices and college chapters clected celorates to the national mectings but cach Lunctioved indepwndently on Jocal matters. Fts official publication "Fire" (formerly “Hew Left Notes") last appeared in Deeester, 1968. Interna}y factiounlict: of serjous pronsrtion: developed aurine GOR -~ 2000 znd the Following three factions evolved as a renult of a split at the dune, 1993, HC; Weatherman, Worker Student AlLianee (ist), and Nevolutionsry Youth Noventut (LYM). Troe effect of the splic on S65 chanters throusvhowt flo caounery war divisive. Sose allinoced with ona or the other of tae three major fectiens., Olheias, unable to identify with eny Faclion, @isessociated with 6DOS completely and changed manecs. el ~_q er) ae? bt he Ny