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© . ®@ 1 APPENDIX TR_FOR_A_DEM A tee has advised that the Students for a Democratic Society (SH5 as presently regarded. came into being at a founding convention held June, 1362, at Pori Huron, Michigan. From an - anitiul postuic of “participatory democracy" the line of the national Le ership has revealed a grosing Marxist-Leninist adherence which currently calls for the building of a revolutionary youth rovement Concurrently, the program of SBS has evolved from Civil rights struegles to %n anti-Vietnum war siance to an advocacy. of a wilitant anti-imperialist position. China, Vietnam, and Cuba are regarded as the leaders of worldside struggles against United States imperialism whereas the Soviet Union is held. to be revisionist and also imperialist. At the June, 1969, SDS National Convention, Frogressive Labor Party (PLP) forces in the organization were expelled. As a result, tne National Office (NO) group maintained its National Headquarters at 1698 West Madison Street, Chicago, and the PLP faction set up headquarters in Cambradge, Massachusetts. This headquarters subsequestly moved to Boston. Each group electtd its own national officers, which include three national secretaries and a National Interim Committee of eight. Both groups atso print their versions of "New Left Notes" which sets forth the Jine and the of the particular faction. The NO vceroion of ° w Left vas recently printed under the title "The Fire Nexi Time" to achieve a broader mass appeal. Two msjor factions have developed internally within the NO group, namely, the Weatherman or Revolutionary Youth Movement (RyM) I faction. and the RYM TI faction. Weatherman is action- oriented upholding Castro's position that the duty of revolution- aries, adventuristic, elitist factioa which denies the historical role of the working class as the hase for revolution RYM 1] main- tains that revolution, although desired, is not possible under present conditions, hence emphasizes organizing and raising the political consciousness of the vorking class upon xhoa they feel successful revolution derends. Although disclaiming control and domins tion by the Communist Party, USA, leaders in these two factions have in the past proclaimed themselves to be communists and to follow the precepts of a Marxist-Leninist philosophy, along pro- Chinese communist lines, A sccond source has advised that the PLP faction which is more comionty known as the Worker Stugent Alliance 15 dominated and controlled by members of the PLP, who are requircd to identify themseives with the Pro-Chinese Marxist-Leninist philoscphy of the PLP, They advocate that an alliance between workers ard students is vital to the bringing about of a revolution in the United States. 250