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Oakland Food Justice
My neighborhood is struggling for something most folks take for granted: a place to buy food.
West Oakland has no grocery store. But not because grocery stores don’t want to be here. There’s actually an Oakland Food Justice collective called Mandela Foods that wants to start an organic, affordable, community cooperative grocery store. But like most […]
Use the SDSwiki Project!
The SDSwiki Project is a new project within Students for a Democratic Society, open to SDS members, that is designed as a place where SDSers can share information, work on collective documents, write our own history, share lessons learned in grassroots movement work, and upload pictures, audio, and video.
You can visit the site by clicking: […]
5 Antiwar Protesters Arrested In Congressman Fossella’s Office
Protesters occupying Rep. Vito Fossella’s office (Irving Silverstein / Staten Island Advance)
Staten Island, NY - March 23, 2007. 5 antiwar protesters were arrested on March 23, 2007 for reading the names of the US war dead aloud at Congressman Vito Fossella’s Staten Island district office - after congressional staffers refused to call […]
An Open Letter to SDS on National Structure
A number of individuals within the SDS network have recently come out against the idea of building a national organizational structure. As we understand it, they have posed the choice facing SDS as essentially being one between building vibrant, autonomous campus chapters or a strong national organization. We believe this is a false choice. Not […]
Free the Panther 8
[written by eric eingold]
Members of the Students for a Democratic Society at the University of Central Florida held a free breakfast on campus in solidarity with the Panther 8, former members of the Black Panther Party who have been arrested on 30 year old charges that were found to be without legal foundation after it […]
The ’60s Are Gone, But One of Its Most Controversial Organizations Is Back
I remember talking to the author of this article back at the last National SDS Convention in August ‘06. I had actually started thinking that this article was never going to get published, I’m really excited that it did, because it’s really a great article.
The author, Astra Taylor, has published several essays on Alternet and […]
Escape the Banal, Join the Real!
A recent article on Iraq Body Count’s web site detailed the struggles of a soldier who came home from the war with devastating injuries. Blind, brain damaged, and missing both hands from an explosion, he is one of the many casualties of the Bush/Cheney debacle. This soldier is 25-years-old.
I walk the streets of New York […]
SDS call for divestment in the South End
On Wednesday, March 21 we presented a statement to the schools Board of Governors proposing divestment from several military contractors, and the adoption of an ethical investing clause that would prohibit the university from taking out investments in companies that abuse human rights or otherwise aim to cause harm.
We presented our statement to the BOG […]
Barricade and Occupation of Chevron’s International HQ in Bay Area
The sun hadn’t risen yet. After circling once under the cover of darkness, our van and truck pulled up to Chevron’s world headquarters. Our affinity group (Bay Rising Affinity Group aka BRAG!), burst out of the van and deployed our barrels, lock boxes, and bodies. The cops were waiting for us, but for some reason […]
Press Coverage of March 20
Here is a list of links to press coverage that the March 20 mobilization has received. Please e-mail us at mailto:march20antiwar@hotmail.com and info@Studentsforademocraticsociety.org to let us know about any coverage you get or you see so we can add it to the list.
General Coverage of March 20
3/9/2007 - The Students Are Stirring: A Campus Antiwar Movement […]
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