Tag Archives: SDS

The Great Distraction: On Aaron Sorkin’s “Trial of the Chicago 7” – J. Hoberman (2020)

Posted on April 17, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“OK BOOMER, the consensus (or maybe the algorithm) has spoken: the last time I checked, Aaron Sorkin’s Trial of the Chicago 7 had a Tomatometer rating of 91 percent and an audience score of 92 percent. How is it that … Continue reading →

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Weather Underground: The terrorist organisation inspired by Bob Dylan

Posted on February 10, 2024 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In the backdrop of the Vietnam War, 1960s America was marked by fervent anti-war sentiments and countercultural upheaval. Taking cues from Woody Guthrie’s ‘Fascist Killer’ sensibilities, the Weather Underground emerged as a radical left-wing organisation that sought to challenge the … Continue reading →

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In Campus Protests Over Gaza, Echoes of Outcry Over Vietnam

Posted on December 26, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Students from the Black Students Organization protesting Columbia University’s suspension of the groups Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish Voice for Peace. “Richard Flacks remembers the challenges of building a protest movement during the Vietnam War as a pillar … Continue reading →

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Jeff Jones – Weather Underground

Posted on September 11, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Jeff Jones (born February 23, 1947) is an environmental activist and consultant in Upstate New York. He was a national officer in Students for a Democratic Society, a founding member of Weatherman, and a leader of the Weather Underground. … … Continue reading →

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Chester school protests

Posted on August 5, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Chester school protests were a series of demonstrations that occurred from November 1963 through April 1964 in Chester, Pennsylvania. The demonstrations aimed to end the de facto segregation of Chester public schools that persisted after the 1954 Supreme Court … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Coalition

Posted on August 1, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Rainbow Coalition was an antiracist, anticlass multicultural movement founded April 4, 1969 in Chicago, Illinois by Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party, along with William ‘Preacherman’ Fesperman of the Young Patriots Organization and José Cha Cha Jiménez, founder … Continue reading →

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Chicano Moratorium

Posted on May 2, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

August 29, 1970: A Day Every Chicana/o Must Always Remember “The Chicano Moratorium, formally known as the National Chicano Moratorium Committee Against The Vietnam War, was a movement of Chicano anti-war activists that built a broad-based coalition of Mexican-American groups … Continue reading →

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East L.A. walkouts

Posted on April 16, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Sal Castro addresses students during the East L.A. Blowouts in 1968. “The East Los Angeles Walkouts or Chicano Blowouts were a series of 1968 protests by Chicano students against unequal conditions in Los Angeles Unified School District high schools. The … Continue reading →

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The Radical Feminist Movement by Phyllis Chesler

Posted on February 18, 2023 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In the mid-1960s, young African, Hispanic, Native, and Caucasian American activists became a driving force for civil rights, free speech, and academic freedom. In manifestos, conferences, and teach-ins, young Americans also opposed the Vietnam War, capitalism, and racism; some eventually … Continue reading →

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Howard Zinn Carried Out an Act of Radical Diplomacy in the Middle of the Vietnam War

Posted on August 30, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Howard Zinn (left) and Daniel Berrigan (right) in Hanoi, Vietnam, in February 1968. “A ‘rare act in the great madness of this war’ was how forty-five-year-old historian Howard Zinn described North Vietnam’s decision to release three American pilots during the … Continue reading →

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What Mother Country Radicals Misses About the Weather Underground

Posted on August 23, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Weatherman organization leader John Jacobs (football helmet, center) “… In 1969, a militant faction of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) borrowed this line from Bob Dylan’s song ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues’ for the title of a manifesto they read at … Continue reading →

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195: Ramparts Press – Josh MacPhee

Posted on June 17, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“I’m going to try to be a little less complete-ist than I’ve been in the past, hopefully making these posts a bit easier to compile. To that end, this is hardly the complete output of Ramparts Press, but a dozen … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Revolutionary Punch? Richard Fariña’s Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me at 50

Posted on June 13, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Mimi and Richard Fariña, at the Newport Folk Festival in July 1965. “On May 23, 1958, Cornell University’s serene, gorge-encircled campus exploded in anarchic student demonstrations that presaged the widespread campus upheaval of the 1960s. Less disciplined and more inward-looking … Continue reading →

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Students for a Democratic Society

Posted on October 14, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a national student activist organization in the United States during the 1960s, and was one of the principal representations of the New Left. Disdaining permanent leaders, hierarchical relationships and parliamentary procedure, the founders … Continue reading →

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Casey Hayden

Posted on October 4, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Casey Hayden at Freedom Summer orientation, July 10, 1964, Herbert Randall Freedom Summer Photographs, USM “Sandra Cason ‘Casey’ Hayden (born October 31, 1937), was an American radical student activist and civil rights worker in the 1960s. Recognized for her defense … Continue reading →

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JACOBIN No.29 / Spring 2018: 1968

Posted on October 1, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Between us we can change this rotten society. Now, put on your coat and make for the nearest cinema. Look at their deadly love-making on the screen. Isn’t it better in real life? Make up your mind to learn to … Continue reading →

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Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American – L. A. Kauffman

Posted on April 21, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In 1971, the People Didn’t Just March on Washington — They Shut It Down. The largest and most audacious direct action in US history is also among the least remembered, a protest that has slipped into deep historical obscurity. It was … Continue reading →

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The Rag

Posted on February 19, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Rag was an underground newspaper published in Austin, Texas from 1966–1977. The weekly paper covered political and cultural topics that the conventional press ignored, such as the growing antiwar movement, the sexual revolution, gay liberation, and the drug culture. … Continue reading →

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Seattle Liberation Front

Posted on February 3, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The Seattle Seven and two of their attorneys in summer 1970, photographer unknown “The Seattle Liberation Front, or SLF, was a radical anti-Vietnam War movement, based in Seattle, Washington, in the United States. The group, founded by the University of … Continue reading →

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1968: Art and Politics in Chicago

Posted on January 28, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In the weeks leading up to the convention, the city prepared for battle, even surrounding the site of the convention, the International Amphitheater, with barbed wire. It appeared Daley intended to make good on his promise: ‘[a]s long as I … Continue reading →

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Addressing Inner City Issues – SDS and the War on Poverty

Posted on December 31, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

ERAP Newsletter Cover for July 23, 1965. “The Port Huron Statement touched on multiple fronts, including the urban crisis and the problem of poverty. The SDS manifesto criticized ‘a national celebration of economic prosperity while poverty and deprivation remain an … Continue reading →

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Echoes of 1969 – Harvard University and the Vietnam War

Posted on December 23, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Shortly before noon on April 9, student demonstrators convened in front of Memorial Church before heading to University Hall to read their demands. … “In the late 1960s, American society seemed in crisis. The Tet Offensive that began in January … Continue reading →

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The Campaign Against The Underground Press*

Posted on December 12, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Kaleidoscope, April 26-May 9, 1969 “In the 1960s, investigative journalists, poets, novelists, political activists, community organizers, and artists formed an unprecedented alliance for change in the vigorous underground press movement that flourished in the United States. This network of counterculture, … Continue reading →

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The Paper

Posted on November 15, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The Paper was a weekly underground newspaper published in East Lansing, Michigan beginning in December 1965. It was one of the five original founding members of the Underground Press Syndicate. Started by Michigan State University student Michael Kindman as a … Continue reading →

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‘Prairie Fire’ Memories

Posted on October 28, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“I could wallow in nostalgia about my days with the Weather Underground in the early 1970s: at Coney Island with Bernardine Dohrn, eating Bill Ayers’ soufflés and Jeff Jones’ homemade breads and the thrill of having my left earlobe pieced … Continue reading →

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“The death of SDS” by Mark Rudd

Posted on October 2, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“It’s probably not a great idea to pursue an hallucination all the way to the end. Most likely the results will not be what you thought they would be, but 35 years ago we weren’t playing the probabilities. There was … Continue reading →

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What Was the Protest Group Students for a Democratic Society? Five Questions Answered

Posted on September 9, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Several hundred people affiliated with the SDS race through the Los Angeles Civic Center in a 1968 demonstration against the Vietnam war. “… 1. What were the goals of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) when it started? SDS wanted … Continue reading →

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The Things We Knew Then: Vivid Then, Fading Now?

Posted on August 28, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“1. James Forman was a. ’68 Olympic heavyweight champion b. national director of the Congress of Racial Equality c. a Czechoslovakian film director d. executive secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 2. In Easy Rider, Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, … Continue reading →

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In 1971, the People Didn’t Just March on Washington — They Shut It Down

Posted on August 1, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The largest and most audacious direct action in US history is also among the least remembered, a protest that has slipped into deep historical obscurity. It was a protest against the Vietnam War, but it wasn’t part of the storied … Continue reading →

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The Battle of Chicago, 1968

Posted on July 27, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

A protester being led away by police outside the Democratic National Convention, Chicago, 1968. “In the late summer of 1968 the sense of anticipation was palpable at Ramparts magazine’s offices in San Francisco. The Democratic National Convention was about to … Continue reading →

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Protest Insurrection at Columbia: The Groovy Revolution

Posted on July 12, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

May 2, 1968: “You could tell something more than springtime was brewing at Columbia by the crowds around the local Chock Full, jumping and gesturing with more than coffee in their veins. You could sense insurrection in the squads of … Continue reading →

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The Price of Peace Is Confusion – Renata Adler

Posted on June 20, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Anti-Vietnam War protestors march on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., November 27, 1965. December 4, 1965: “At almost every major university in the country, mimeograph machines operate by night in cluttered student apartments, coffeehouses are filled by day with animated political … Continue reading →

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Richard Avedon: Murals & Portraits

Posted on May 28, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Richard Avedon photographing SNCC demonstrators, March 1963 “Gagosian Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of Richard Avedon’s legendary photographic murals and related portraits. The exhibition has been drawn from the collection of and developed in collaboration with The Richard … Continue reading →

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Hollywood and Vietnam

Posted on March 14, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In writing to President Johnson in December 1965 about his intention to make a film about the Green Berets, John Wayne explained that it was ‘extremely important that not only the people of the United States but those all over … Continue reading →

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Uncovering the Truth About a Raid on the Black Panthers

Posted on January 11, 2020 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The call came in the early morning hours of December 4, 1969. ‘Come to the crib’ was the command. ‘The police have murdered Chairman Fred.’ I was a second-year law student at Northwestern Law School, working with a group of … Continue reading →

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Tom Hayden: The Rolling Stone Interview

Posted on December 30, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“When Tom Hayden was 17, he wrote his swan song editorial for the Daily Smirker (rhymes with worker) back at Royal Oak High School in Detroit, Michigan, on the overcrowding of public schools. Bland as the body of the editorial … Continue reading →

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Carl Oglesby

Posted on December 7, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Carl Oglesby in 1968. As a leader of Students for a Democratic Society, he helped galvanize opposition to the Vietnam War. “Carl Preston Oglesby (July 30, 1935 – September 13, 2011) was an American writer, academic, and political activist. He … Continue reading →

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The Panthers and the Patriots

Posted on December 4, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

The Black Panthers and Young Patriots hold a press conference in 1969. “In July 1969, the Black Panther Party convened a huge meeting in Oakland that attracted radical groups from across the country. They called it the Conference for a … Continue reading →

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Training Teenagers for Guerrilla Warfare in the Wealthy Suburbs? Welcome to 1969

Posted on September 26, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Stephen Kling using a toy gun and a water balloon “grenade” while teaching guerrilla war tactics to students from Scarsdale High School. The girl in pigtails played a “peasant,” as the original caption put it. Aug. 14, 1969. “In the … Continue reading →

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Roz Payne

Posted on June 27, 2019 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Roz Payne was born in Patterson, New Jersey, and grew up in a political household. Her mom, Edith Berkman, was of Jewish and Polish descent and a Communist labor organizer. She was arrested during the Lawrence, Massachusetts, textile strike in … Continue reading →

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