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0 0 0 1 8 1 2 2 ? . A ' ' L * .. 0 . . c 4 SDS alternatives rema,ining to the candidate campus radical do \ bot seem particularly attractive and probably will not seduce the casually interested revolutionary in coming semesters as in semesters past. In Chicago last month the Progressive Labor faction won control A but was promptly expelled by the NO (National Office) group. In ra- tional terms the mechanics of rationality is not the forte of the irasci'b<e young radical. In any case time and backstage maneuverins will determine whether PL this are not easily understood but ::.-=- I - or NO represents the papular though &isonous SDS nationally. If NO comes out on top and it's likely to (PL voter strengthnot believed a reflection of true strength nationally) here are the two principles that must be embraced by the membership. "All people who do not accept these two principles are no longer members of SDS. 'I 1: Support of the black and Latin colonies within the U. S. for national liberation and recognize those nations' rights to self-deter- mination (including the right to political secession if they desire it). and, 2. Support the struggle for naeonal liberation of the people of South Vietnam, led by the National Liberation Front and the Provisional Revolutionary Government of South Vietnap. Support also the Demo- cratic Republicpf Vietnam led by President Ho Chi Minh, as well as the Peoples Republic of China, the Peoples Democratic Republics of Korea and Albania and the Republic of Cuba, all waging fierce strug- gles againsf U. S. imperialism. Support the right of all people to pick up the gun to free themselves from the brutal rule of U. 3. im- perialism. If, on the other hand, the prospective radical supports the ideology and philosophy of PL he is strongly pro-Maoist, pro-activist (farther left than CpUSA)'and regards the Soviet party as revisionistic and di- 'vergent. Above all, PL believes that the revolutionary struggle is of an lleconoTILIc class" nature and a successful overthrow of capitalism must come via the lfworkers of the world" route. The PLers envision the SDS value to the movement as one of building a "worker/student alliance" rather than a purely student (youth) radical organization as held by the NO. and self-destructively split as the major group, NO factionalizes and splinters further, The two m'ajor factions, "weatherman"( "YQU don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" z*Bob Dylan), -* -+ The NO is not one big happy tslmily either. Though not as seriously . . . , ., 2 ' -. -. - .. . .