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ito APPENDIX STUDENTS FOR A DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY A source has edviscd that the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), as it is known iv.ty, came into being at a founding convention held at Port Huron, Michigan, in June, 1962. From an initial ideologics] posture of “particinitory democracy," the current line of the n2tion31 leadership reveals an adherence to Marxism-Leninism. Micheel Klorvs*y, National Secretary, in March, 1969, called icr the build«np cf 1 *evolutionary Marxist-Leninist movement. Th: pregran cl SO has mere. from involvement in civil rights struggles to en anti-'Leipen vay r.sitioa and finally to its present @dvocicy of 73 39t4- imrertalist Jing, Jinking up the oppressed peoples of Azi%, Aftorva and Latin Avcrica with the black liberaticn mevement tn the United States. Cnrin3, Vietnam and Cuba are regarded a5 covuntri¢s which s1e treading the world-wide struggles Agsine “ycrd Liaw, On the other hand, SDS reperds the / ivgerialairt! power and does not support the policies of thatc entry. Sus maivtaing * Notional Office in Room 206, 1608 West Madison Stieri, Chicsavo, tilincis. ft? cfficial paper "New Left Notes" shows the Jine cf the netiona] leedership and program adopted at mestings of te. Notional Council and National Interim Committee (NIC), Three veticrel officers and « NIC of eleven members are elestzd «4 yer during a Jun? Mation3l Convention. S05 Regional Offices and university and college chapters elect delegates to Notional Counci! me -tings wherein program and ideology are deb?ted, but ech Region and chapter is autonomous in nature and is free to carry «34 independent policy and programs reflective of locat conti jon. ‘ 4 Ss