Students for a Democratic Society

The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a radical student activist movement in the United states founded in 1959. As part of the New Left movement in the United States, the organization developed rapidly in the mid-1960's, before dissolving in 1969.

Further reading

Archives

• Students for a Democratic Society (S.D.S.), Records, 1965-74. May 4 Collection -- Box 107. Kent State University Libraries and Media Services. Department of Special Collections and Archives. Online guide retrieved April 12, 2005.
• Students for a Democratic Society Period : 1962-1970. Period : 1962-1970. Total Size : 0.5 m. International Institute of Social History. Online guide retrieved April 12, 2005.

Articles

• Alper, Mark. The Legacy of S.D.S. and Its Relevance to Today's Activists. Next Left Notes. Direct Action Tendency, Socialist Party USA. Retrieved April 12, 2005.
• Good, Thomas. From SDS to NCOR: Socialism, Anarchism and Bernardine Dohrn. Next Left Notes. Direct Action Tendency, Socialist Party USA. Retrieved May 19, 2005.
• Bookchin, Murray. Anarchy and Organization: A Letter To The Left. Reprinted from New Left Notes. January 15, 1969. Retrieved April 12, 2005. "The essay originally was written in reply to an attack by Huey Newton on anarchist forms of organization."

Books

• Halstead, Fred. Out Now!: A Participant's Account of the Movement in the United States Against the Vietnam War. 759 pages. Hardcover edition. Publisher: Anchor Foundation; Reprint edition. June 1, 1978. ISBN 0913460478.
• Heineman, Kenneth Jon. To Undo the Heavy Burdens: A Comparative Study of the Anti-Vietnam War Movement at the Non-Elite State Universities. (Kent State University, Michigan State University, Pennsylvania State University, and the State University of New York at Buffalo). Volumes 1 & 2. Doctoral thesis. University of Pittsburgh, 1990.
• Klatch, Rebecca E. A Generation Divided: The New Left, the New Right, and the 1960s. Berkeley : University of California Press, 1999.
• Sale, Kirkpatrick. SDS: Ten Years Towards a Revolution. New York: Vintage Books, 1974. Mass market paperback, 752 pages, ISBN 0394719654 (this ISBN, while correct, sometimes leads to another book).

SDS Publications

• James, Mike. Getting Ready for the Firing Line: Join Community Union. Chicago: Students for a Democratic Society, March 1968. Stapled softcover. 8p. Photos by Nancy Hollander, Tom Malear of the Chicago Film Coop, Todd Gitlin & Les Jordan, SCEF. Reprinted from "The Activist," Spring 1967. Introduction for this pamphlet by Mike James.
• Oppenheimer, Martin. Alienation or Participation: The Sociology of Participatory Democracy. n.p.: Students of a Democratic Society (S.D.S.), 1966. 7 pages. 1st edition. Stapled paperback.
• Students For A Democratic Society . Don't Mourn, Organize: An SDS guide to community organization 24.2 MB PDF document. Printed by SDS Print Shop. Distributed by The Movement Press and SDS. May 1968.
• Students For A Democratic Society . Fight Racism! Boston: Students for a Democratic Society, n.d. . 28pp. 1st edition. Stapled softcover.
• Students for a Democratic Society. New Left Notes. Chicago. Vol. 1 # 1 1965 - Vol. 4 # 31 Oct 2/1969.

U.S. Government Publications

• U.S. House of Representatives. Investigation of Students for a Democratic Society, Part 2 (Kent State University): Hearings Before the Committee on Internal Security, House of Representatives; 91st Congress, 2nd Session, June 24 and 25, 1969. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969.
• U.S. House of Representatives. Investigation of Students for a Democratic Society, Part 3-A (George Washington University); Hearings Before the Committee on Internal Security, House of Representatives; 91st Congress, 2nd Session, July 22, 1969. Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1969.
• U.S. House of Representatives. Student Views Toward U.S. Policy in Southeast Asia; Hearings Before an Ad Hoc Committee of Members of the House of Representatives; 91st Congress, 2nd Session, July 22, 1969. Washington: U.S. Government Printng Office, 1969.
• U.S. President. Commission on Campus Unrest. Report. This publication is often referred to as the Scranton Report, issued in 1970.