Topic: Students for a Democratic Society

The roots of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) can be traced as far back as 1905 and the Intercollegiate Socialist Society (ISS) which had such members as Upton Sinclair, Clarence Darrow, and Jack London. The ISS became dormant during World ...

Harvey Pekar

Harvey Pekar is an American Macedonia 2007 : American Splendor:

Union Terror Link?

Labor Raid: The FBI raids the Chicago home of a local union leader looking for terrorist connections as the union's former chief is investigated for corruption. Thuggery and corruption are not quite synonyms for unionism, but it gets very close when ...

What is a Teach-In?

A teach-in is a form of nonviolent protest which uses one of the most powerful protest tools of all: Typically, controversial and under-reported topics are chosen for a teach-in, with the goal of increasing awareness about these issues and encouraging people to ...
When student Hemnecher Amen joined a protest outside the White House recently, it was the latest visible opposition here to US wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. "With the US military several years into two faraway wars, American students like Amen are taking ...

Weather Reports

" Cathy Wilkerson's memoir, Flying Close to the Sun, offers a compelling cautionary tale of what comes from mistaking revolu- tion for a moral choice. Weatherman was a small but influential faction within Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the largest campus ...
By now most Americans have heard of William Ayers, a member of the 1960s terrorist Weather Underground. However, Ayers isn't the only Weather Underground member to help Obama's political career. "While the media digs through the lives of those who ...

All the rage

At precisely five minutes before high noon on March 6, 1970, the emergent radical-fringe bombers the Weather Underground had a terrifying and lethal showdown with its own cackhandedness. Unbeknownst to Wager, the pair were both on bail - Wilkerson for $20,000, Boudin ...
are planning to "shut down" the Republican National Convention, which will take place in St. Paul, Minn., on Sept. 1-4.. Last month, the Grand Rapids (Michigan) Chapter of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) reported that over the past year, protest planning ...