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ome Ce ae ) . APPENDIX lL. STUDENTS “FOR A DENOCRATIC SOCIETY A source has advised that the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), 25 it is known today, came into being at a founding convention held at Port Huron, Michigan, in June, 1962. From an initial ideological posture of “participatory democracy," the current Line of .the national leadership reveals an adherence to Marxism-Leninism. Michael.Klonsky, National Secretary, in March, 1969, called for the building of a revolutionary Marxist-Leninist movement. - The program of SDS has moved from involvement in civil rights struggles to an anti-Vietnam war position and finally to its present advocacy of an anti-imperialist line, linking up the oppressed peoples of Asia, Africa, and Latin America with the black liberation movement in the United States. China, Vietnam -and-Cuba are regarded as countries which are leading the world~ wide struggles against United States imperialism. On the other hand, SDS regards the Soviet Union as an imperialist 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 Cauncil 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 National Council meetings wherein program and ideology are debated, but each region and chapter is autonomous in nature and is free to carry out independent policy and programs reflective of local conditions, APPENDIX -10-