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Alan Haber on celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Port Huron Statement with a new manifesto for the Occupy era

By Mark | May 15, 2012

Yesterday, I shared three videos that were shot over the weekend with Alan Haber, the founder of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). In those videos, Alan and I primarily discuss the past. We talk about Ann Arbor in the 50’s, Haber’s initiation into revolutionary politics during the McCarthy era, the founding of SDS, and […]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties, History, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Alan Haber, Communism, Dixiecrats, EMU, fear of Communism, Guild House, Hathaway's Hideaway, Howard Brick, League of Industrial Democracy, Occupy, Occupy Ann Arbor, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Ypsilanti, Port Huron, revolution, SDS, sexism, SNCC, Students for a Democratic Society, UAW, we need a revolution, women's rights | 39 Comments

Celebrating 50 years of the Port Huron Statement, and considering its relevance today, in Michigan and beyond

By Mark | March 7, 2012

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, Students for a Democratic Society, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, University of Michigan | 17 Comments

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