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October 16, 1970, and October 26, 1970 SDS was founded during June, 1962, at Port Huron, Michigan, and in the 1960s functioned as the leading New Left éampus~ based student organization in the United States, From an initial posture of ” ‘participatory democracy," SDS moved toa | radical-revolutionary position, with debate centering on how best to create a revolutionary youth movement, Internal factiondlism produced @ split during the SDS National Convention . in June, 1969, which resulted in the following three factions: Weatherman; Worker Student Alliance (WSA); and Revolutionary Youth Move~ ment (RYH). The Weatherman and RYMare no longer affiliated with SDS, The WSA: continues to use the name SDS and maintains its national headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. Weatherman, formerly a faction of SDS, con=- trolled the SDS National Office from June, 1969, until its closing in February» 1970. Weatherman then entered an undetground status and adopted a tactic’ of “strategic sabotage," with police and military install~ ations designated as primary targets, _ WSA, a faction of SDS, was expelled. from 8DS in June, 1969, by the then dominant Weatherman faction but continued to use the name SDS and opened an office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. WSA aligned ideologically with the Progressive Labor Party (PLP) and, in February, 1971, moved — to Chicago, Illinois, whereit opened the 8DS National Office at 1225 South Wabash Street. - . a RYM, @ pro-Communist revolutionary youth - | organization, was organized in 1969, first as a faction within the SDS, then as a 27 separate group with headquarters in Atlanta Georgia, RYM was unsuccessful: in. attracting support, and by mid~1970, it was practically ™ defunct. me ~5-