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> An oversimplification as to the outcome of the SDS evolution. The > disintegration of the SDS in 1969, in addition to giving birth to the > Weatherman also gave birth to the Maoism in the U.S. - the RCP coming out of > the disintegration and the PLP augmenting its numbers out of the split off, > not directly being absorbed in American society but first through a "turn to > industry," a decade before the SWP followed in their footsteps. > > Historically, what the SDS actually did was all over the map. If memory > serves they led only one national anti-war mobilization, in 1965, and then > took a turn toward fighting poverty. > > Am not sure how big a role SDS played in the student demonstrations that > shook the country in 1969-1970. By that time, the organization had largely > gone through its supernova phase. The SMC and others probably played a > bigger role than the SDS detritus that hadn't gone underground or into > industry. > > Having said all of that, no one could have predicted at the time of the Port > Huron statement the ultimate destination of the SDS, much less its many > twists and turns. I think the same holds true with the current version of > the DSA. The organization is five years into its current phase and likely is > going to face its biggest challenge` at the conclusion of the Sanders > candidacy, regardless of the outcome. Hard to see its growth at the pace we > have seen, but that doesn't mean there won't be splits or new organizations > arising from whatever happens. SR > > > > On February 3, 2020 at 9:03 AM Louis Proyect <l...@panix.com> wrote: > > > > > This is the SDS that had a lot in common with the DSA, especially > > through its connections to the League for Industrial Democracy. By 1967, > > that SDS no longer existed. Between 1967 and 1970, it was the SDS I was > > referring to. It led campus protests that shook the USA to its > > foundations. When those protests did not end the war, they resorted to > > urban guerrilla warfare but only a small fraction of SDS took part in > > that. Most SDSers became absorbed into American society and probably > > evolved into the liberals of the 1964 SDS variety. Bill Ayers is the > > most well-known of them. _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: https://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
