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a ae oo APPENDIX -STLUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY og a7 EE TT TT a Te TD + — a ee ‘ mo A source nas advised that the Students for a wc) Jemecratic Society (SDS), as it is khewn today, came into + v7 *peing at a founding convention held at Hort Buren, Michigan, in June, 1962. From an initial ideclegical pesture of “puxrticipatory democracy, the curcent line cf the national _ Jeadership reveals an adherence te Marxism-Leninism, Michael Klonsky, National secretary, in March, 1969, called ‘for. the building cf a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist movement. he progran of SDS has maved from involvement in civil rights Stevezgles to an antieVielaam war position and finally to its present advcecacy of an anti-imperialist line, linking up the ‘uppressed peoples cf Asia, Africa, and iatin America with the i black liberation movenent in the United States, China, Vietnam and Cuba are regarded as countries which are leading the worldwide struggles against United States imperialism. On the other hand, SDS reg2rds the Soviet Union as an +. dmperialist power and does not support the | policies of that , country. SDS maintains a national office in Room 206, 1608 West Madison Street, Chicago, Illinois. Its official paper, “New Left Notes," reflects the line of the national leader- ship and program adopted at meetings of the National Council » and National Interim Committee (NIC). Three national officers and a NIC of eleven members are elected each year during a June National Convention. SDS regional offices and university and-college chapters elect delegates to Sational Council meetings wherein peogram and ideolesy are debated, hut each region and chapter is autonomous in nature and is [ree to carry cut independent policy. and programs reflective of local conditions. oe me . . 7 , -10- . 4