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ce me ee nt er el ne ing ee ee allo cee eg ee ert i nl et caer ne altel Pie er bereemceneein st. agent Aer deginnpatgmnnane ae treatm tii, Yantai NE 7 . —_ 7 t | | * STUDENTS FOR_A DEMOCRATIC SOCIELY . S$ that the Students for a Democratic Socicty (f > oS ssenuly regarded, came into being at a founding convention held June, 1962, at Port Huron, Michigan. From an initial posture of "participatary democracy” the line of the national leadership has revealed & growing Marxist- Leninist adherence which currently calls for the building of @ révolutionsry youth movenent. Concurrently, the program of SDS hos evolved from civil rights struggles to an anti-Victnan yar stance to an advocacy of & militant antl-impcrielist position Chine, Vietnam and Cubs are regurded as the leaders of vorldyvide struggles against United States imperialism whereas the Soviet Union is held to be revisionist and also imperialist. At the June, 1969, SDS National Convention, Progressive Labor Party (PLP) forces in the organiastion were expelled. As a result, the listion.l Office (HO) group maintained its Hationsl liczdquarters et 1605 West Hadison Street, Chicago, and the PoP fection set up hésdquarte:s in Cowbridge, Massachusette. Tris headgusrters sabscquently moved to Baston. Each group elected its ovn nutionsl officers, which include three nations. seeretiri and @ Eotiorm.1 Interim Committce of cight. Both groups siso. priv their versions of "Rey Left Fotes" which sets forth the line aha the program of the particular faction. The NO version of "Rew Left Notes" was recently printed under the title "The Fire Next. Time” tu achieve a broader mass appeal. . Tuo major factions have developed internally within the NO group, namely, the Weatherman or Revolutionary Youth Movenent (RYM) I faction, and the RYM II faction. Weatherman is action- oriented upholding Castro's position that the duty of revolution aries is to rake reyolution, Veathermsn is regarded by RYH Te ae on ndventuristic, elitist foetion which denies the historicen3 rolé of the working class 4s the bese for revolution. RY¥id It mainteins thet revolution, although desired, is not possible uncer presocnt conditions, hence emphasizes organizing and raisir the political consciousness of the vorking class upon who thay feel successful revolution dcpcuds. Although disclaiming contr and dowination by the Commnist Party, USA, leaders in these bs factions have in the past proclaimed themselves to be communist and to Dllow the precepts of a Marxist-Leninist, philosophy, alo ‘ pro-Chinese communist lines, cS ne . ,