[Marxism] SDS

[Philip Ferguson <philip.ferguson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark wrote:
maybe the SDS deserves a little focus



I'm teaching my own course on the sixties at present, to stage 2 and 3
(second and third year of BA) students in a History Dept summer school
here.  Among the many readings I give them are speeches by Kennedy and
Johnson and the 1962 Port Huron document.

Today, I've just downloaded the Paul Potter 1965 "Name the System"
speech and Carl Oglesby's "Let us Shape the Future" from later in 1965.

These are impressive speeches and impressive people.

The SWP-YSA really stuffed up on the whole SDS thing!!!! 

SDS leaders' insights into the most alienating and dehumanising elements
of capitalism and their critique of Cold War liberalism, from virtually
the birth of SDS, is really very impressive.  Especially considering
where SDS came from - ie the League for Industrial Democracy.

Imagine seeing SDS as rivals to be undermined and screwed over instead
of people to try to seriously and genuinely work with and build a
socialist movement with!

Crazy!

Phil


PS: This new SDS site and group have included among their historical
documents - Potter, Oglesby, Port Huron etc - what is obviously a very
new piece by Bernardine Dohrn about the post-9/11 situation in the US.




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