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Type of bind: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 378.1981
EAN num: 9780809095391
ISBN number: 0809095394
Label: Hill and Wang
Manufacturer: Hill and Wang
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 224
Printing Date: January 08, 2008
Publishing house: Hill and Wang
Release Date: January 08, 2008
Sale Popularity Level: 194439
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The History of SDS as You’ve Never Seen It Before
 
In 1962 at a United Auto Workers’ camp in Michigan, Students for a Democratic Society held its historic convention and prepared the famous Port Huron Statement, drafted by Tom Hayden. This statement, criticizing the U.S. government’s failure to pursue international peace or address domestic inequality, became the organization’s manifesto. Its last convention was held in 1969 in Chicago, where, collapsing under the weight of its notoriety and popularity, it shattered into myriad factions. Through brilliant art and they were-there dialogue, famed graphic novelist Harvey Pekar, gifted artist Gary Dumm, and renowned historian Paul Buhle illustrate the tumultuous decade that very first defined and then was defined by the men and women who gathered under the SDS banner. Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History captures the idealism and activism that drove a generation of young Americans to believe that even one person’s actions can help transform the world.




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Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Memory of my youth
Growing up in the 60's was a fun time. We were going to change the world. But the world was not ready for change then. This book lets you relive those times.



Rated by buyers 5 out of 5 stars - Entertaining history of a vital movement.
This graphic history of "Students for a Democratic Society" brings to life an important effort at participatory democracy and protest that had 80,000 to 100,000 activists at its peak in the late sixties. SDS disintegrated for a combination of reasons, some interpersonal, some external disruptions from the FBI The COINTELPRO Papers: Documents from the FBI's Secret Wars Against Dissent in the United States (South End Press Classics Series), and also the splintering off of more militant groups like The Weather Underground. Nevertheless, SDS was a learning experience for many and contributed to the growing women's movement, the gay rights movement, the environmental movement and so forth. Many SDS members created new approaches to social change, such as Tom Hayden becoming involved in politics and writing books such as Ending the War in Iraq, Michael Albert who helped to found Z Magazine and has written and lectured widely on alternative economics Realizing Hope: Life beyond Capitalism, and Thom Hartmann who has become a nationally syndicated radio host and author on such topics as Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance and the Theft of Human Rights. Even the more militant figures of SDS are yesterday contributing to progressive social change, such as William Ayers, who is a professor in Illinois Fugitive Days: A Memoir.
Additionally, an all-new SDS movement is developing with over 110 chapters worldwide. While their activities are ignored by the corporate media, members have taken part in courageous actions such as a blockade of the Port of Tacoma where the U.S. military was loading Stryker vehicles for Iraq. Many SDS members attended the U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta. So, while it is true that A Hard Rain Fell: SDS and Why It Failed, a new SDS has grown out of the manure of the current administration of our plutocracy, and its many activities include plans to protest the Republican National Convention in St. Paul.
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