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SDS Film Screening Thursday, Oct. 26


We will be screening the documentary Rebels with a Cause about the original SDS on Thursday, October 26 at 7pm in the Creative Minds Community Art Center / Crossroads Infoshop theatre, 31st and Troost in Kansas City, MO.
Rebels with a Cause chronicles the movements for social change of the Sixties that began with the civil […]

1 SDS and 4 IVAW Activists Arrested At Pentagon


Four veterans of the current war in Iraq and one supporter, a member of SDS Chicago, were detained at the Pentagon Saturday, September 9, after they attended an open house and left behind flyers providing information about the lethal effects of depleted uranium.

Tristyn (left) of Chicago SDS was arrested with 4 IVAW activists
The arrestees […]

SDS Convention Documents: Statement by Pat Korte et al.


I understand a lot of people were bummed out about what happened
yesterday, so several of us put together a statement to help clarify the
purpose of this convention. I’d also like to point out that it was an
error on the part of the convention organizers, myself included, for not
allotting enough time for the discussion on the […]

MDS Business Meeting Minutes - August 5, 2006


Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS)
Business Meeting
Cobb Hall - University of Chicago
(2006 SDS National Convention)
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August 5, 2006
Present: Paul Buhle, Jay Jurie, Elliott Adams, Dave Lippman, Tom Burgess, Paul Krehbiel, Thomas Good, Bruce Rubenstein, Monty Kroopkin, Jenny Brown
Agenda: fundraising, MDS Corporation, Foundation and Board, SDS/MDS Institute.
The meeting was called to order at 7:15 pm by […]

Bush Protest September 8th


George W. Bush and Jim Talent will be in Kansas City on September 8th for a $1000/ticket GOP fundraiser in the home of Russell Stover’s CEO Scott Ward. Join Kansas City SDS/MDS and several other groups in protesting during their visit at 55th and Ward Parkway in Kansas City on September 8th at 3:00 PM.
KC […]

Know Your Rights training


Join SDS/MDS KC for a Know Your Rights training session.
Come learn and discuss your legal rights while demonstrating and protesting. Learn what types of activities are permitted during demonstrations and how to handle encounters with the police. Gain the tools and information you need to be confident in your actions as an active participant in […]