I spent yesterday morning with my friend Jeff, at the home of Alan Haber, the first president of Students for Democratic Society (SDS). We talked about Ann Arbor at the height of McCarthyism, the circumstances which gave rise to SDS, the drafting of the Port Huron Statement 50 years ago, and the opportunity that may […]
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Alan Haber on the origins of SDS, similarities to the Occupy movement, Ann Arbor at the height of McCarthyism, and why he never built that second bomb
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, History Also tagged 1959, Abbie Hoffman, Alan Haber, Angel Hall, armed self-defense, Arnold Kaufman, black bloc, blowing things up, bombs, Chandler Davis, Clement Markert, Derrick Jensen, FDR, Flint Sit-Down Strike, German American Bund, getting fired, House Unamerican Activities Committee, humor, Inter-Cooperative Council, Jeff Clark, League for Industrial Democracy, League of Industrial Democracy, loyalty oaths, Mark Nickerson, MLK, mooning, Nazi, non-violence, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, participatory democracy, Paul Robeson, PIC, pipe bombs, Political Issues Club, Port Huron Statement, racism, revolution without executions, satire, SDS, SLID, SNCC, social security, Social Security Act, soul power, Splinter Group, Stephen Tonsor, street theater, student activism, Student League for Industrial Democracy, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, tudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, violence vs non-violence, Weather Underground, welfare, woodworking, yippies 26 Comments
Celebrating 50 years of the Port Huron Statement, and considering its relevance today, in Michigan and beyond
I’m a few days behind in my New York Times reading, but, a few days ago, they ran a story about the 50th anniversary of the Port Huron Statement, and I wanted to be sure to share a link. The Port Huron Statement, for those of you who aren’t familiar with it, was the primary […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged activism, Albert Camus, Arnold Kaufman, Betty Friedan, Blowin' in the Wind, C. Wright Mills, John Dewey, League for Industrial Democracy, manifestos, Michael Harrington, New Left, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street, participatory democracy, Pope John XXIII, Port Huron Statement, SDS, student activism, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, Tom Hayden, University of Michigan 17 Comments