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Carolers Welcome Fossella Home


Santa (Mike Morice) and Elaine Brower of MDS(Photo: Devra Morice / NLN)

New York, NY - December 21, 2007. Back on Staten Island for an extended holiday break, Congressman Vito Fossella might have expected frenzied shoppers and tidings of good cheer, but one thing he could not have expected was to be met with a […]

Frank Barbaro Endorses Steve Harrison - NYC Politics


Frank Barbaro speaking at the Staten Island Ferry
(Photo: Thomas Good / Next Left Notes)
New York, NY - December 21, 2007. Former State Assemblyman and New York State Supreme Court Justice (1997-2003) Frank Barbaro announced his endorsement of Steve Harrison on Friday, December 21. In a press conference held inside the Staten Island Ferry […]

Issue #2 of the SDS News Bulletin is Here!!!


PRINT and DISTRIBUTE to your CHAPTER, CAMPUS and COMMUNITY!
The SDS News Bulletin working group is proud to bring you our second
issue, much improved over the first issue in our humble opinion.  We
amped up the articles, poetry, art and layout from Issue 1, and you
made it all possible by sending in your work, thoughts, ideas and
love. […]

SDS Comic Roadshow Visits City University


Jeff Jones speaking at the SDS Comic Roadshow
(Photo: Thomas Good / NLN)
New York, NY - December 10, 2007. The City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate Center, on NYC’s Fifth Avenue, was home to an installation of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) “Comic Roadshow” on Monday, December 10, 2007. The roadshow, […]

Protestors Urge Boycott Of Diamond Mogul


(Photo: Mike Morice / Next Left Notes)
New York, NY - December 8, 2007. A spirited demonstration calling for a boycott of one of Israel’s wealthiest businessmen took place outside his exclusive upper east side jewelry store today amidst a steady stream of bustling holiday shoppers.
The protest, organized by Adalah-NY: The Coalition for Justice In […]

New Orleans Solidarity Action in D.C.


Photo by Alex Wong, Getty Images
Today, as part of a solidarity action with folks struggling to save public housing in New Orleans, members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) helped to organize a civil disobedience as a part of a larger demonstration outside the D.C. office of Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) […]

Michigan State SDS Reunion: Hope And History Come Together


MSU SDS reunion program guide and local press coverage (Photo: Thomas Good / Next Left Notes)
East Lansing, MI - December 6, 2007. Former members of MSU SDS, present day members of MDS and organizers from Ignite, the new MSU SDS chapter all came together for a counter-recruitment protest and later, a moving MSU […]

Jax MDS Counter-Recruitment Action


(Photo: Danilo Quilaton / Jax MDS)
Jacksonville, FL - December 2, 2007. An anti-war and counter recruitment picket was held in four corners of a busy intersection near downtown Jacksonville. Local activists, JAX MDS, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Grandmothers for Peace protested with signs and flyers calling for the Impeachment of Bush/Cheney, […]

“SDS: A Graphic History” Comes To CUNY


Students for a Democratic Society: A Graphic History
New York, NY - December 5, 2007. The SDS Comic Show will be on display Monday, December 10th, 6:30 p.m. at the CUNY Recital Hall. The recital hall is located at the CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street). The event is FREE but seating […]