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APPENDIX STIDENTS FOR A _DEHOCEATIC SOCLLEY A source has advised thst the Students for a Derccratic Society (sbg), as it is knun today, came into. being at a founding crnvention held at Jort Huron, Michigan,. in June, l962. Fren an Inntial ideclegical prsture of "paaticipatory democrasy,: the cutrent Iine ct the national Ieadsrship reveals an adrerence to Marxism-leninism. Michael klcnsky, Naticnal ecretary. in Mareh, l969, called fr the building cf a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist movement. The progr3n of sDs hss moved from involvenent in civil rights strugglss to an anti-vtetnam war positis:n and finally to its preseat advocacy of an anti-imperialist Iine, linking up the oppressed peoples of Asia, Africa, and iatin america witn the black Iiberation movernt in the United States. China.. Vietnan and Cuba are regurded as countries which are leading the worldwide strugsles gsinst Jeited States imperialism. On the other hand, Sos regards the Soviet i'nion as an. imperialist pcwer and ixs nst support tle policies of that. country. SDs maintains a natioral office in Room 206, l608 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois. Its official paper, "New Left Notes," reflects the line of the national leader- Ttounon [euonles dyl Jo syutaoau 1r pandops weneoxd pue dpys. and National Interim Cormittee (Nic). Three national officers and a Nic of eluven nembers nre elected each year. during a June National Convention. SDs regicnal offices and university and college Irogram and ideology are dvbated, but each region and chapter quapuadapuy ing Assu) c? aor] st pu: aunneu up snowouonne s! policy and prograr:s reflective of local conditions. APPENDIX