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lC00018132- - - . . .* - . Thc Militant, weekly p r e s s orwthpiecc? o f thc 1rolskyif.c Socialist Workcrs P a r t y (and hence the party youth organization, tlic Young Social- ist Alliance) published in a rccent issue, a letter to t h e cditor from the University of Arkansas SDS (at Faycttaville) proclaitiiing the chapter's disassociation with both national leadership groups of thc radical a t g a n i - za t io n. 0 In declaring its independencc, the Univcreity o f Arkansas chaptcr labels both the PLP and the R YM-NO tlburcaucratic Stalinistic" (the stih- lime evil in the opinion of SWP), elitist Cnd profcssing policies comtrary - to the building of a ttmass-basedl' revolution. Thc university of Arkansas SDS writes that neither national group has any undcrstanding of o r r e s p e c t for the revolut.ionary traditions and heritages af thc American protetariat. They havc distortcd and dogmatized thc rcvolutionary cxpcricncc o f dis- ' s i m i l a r societics. In scttinp forth their belicfcs the Univers that thcy embrace these seven princidals: 4 ty of Arkansas SDS aoritcs 1. pcoples of the carth, including the black and brown colonics within thc U. S. 2. We support the riglit o l self-detcririination of all We oppose oppression of woliivii, which dcnics half the poptilation of their humanity. This denial is u s d by the capitalist power s t r u c t u r e to further pcrpetuatc its d o m - . inance o v e r both sexes. 3. The school s y s t e m s of t h c U. S. and spacifically Arkansas do not and have ncver reprcscntcd t h c inlcrcsts of tlic pcoplo. s y s t e m to fit these needs. W c wish and will strive to changc thc cducational 4. ?Ne *seek to d c s t t o y thc imperialistic naturc o f thc U. S. government, recognizing that imperialjsm is thc world- wide arm of-capitaliarn. . . 5 . Wc* fee-1 that tttilitariatn is tlw fc,rc.c* I,y wi\ic.li t.api- talishr cnforccs i t s dominance on thc rc6t o f Ilic world. \ * 6. Wc support a l l r n r e s s i v c labor strugglcs. 7. We oppose thc destructive cxploitatio-iwof the en- - - vironrncnt lor profit. 6