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Students for a Democratic Society

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Sources

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  1. New Left Notes 1.32: Boston REP Proposal and sample reading list
  2. New Left Notes 2.38: Tom Rose review and Marcuse book list Tom Rose. October 30, 1967.
  3. Towards an American Socialist Strategy typescript Frank Brodhead|Edward Greer|Amy Kesselman|Karl Klare|Ruth Meyerowitz.
  4. David Gilbert writing on proposed SDS Marcuse conference David Gilbert.
  5. Fred Gordon writing about Paul Oglesby article Fred Gordon.
  6. Mike Davis correspondence on SDS disputes and goals Mike Davis (SDS correspondent).
  7. Paul Oglesby 1973 article copy Paul Oglesby.
  8. Port Huron Statement copy in Marcuse SDS file Students for a Democratic Society.
  9. J. M. Wagner writing on San Diego New School recruitment J. M. Wagner.
  10. New Left Notes, 12 June 1967 Students for a Democratic Society.
  11. Herbert Marcuse papers Universitatsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg. File span 1965-1973.
Complete existing research record

Identity and aliases

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), a national American student political organization and major New Left formation. Aliases or naming cautions: SDS.

Dated role and investigative relevance

Material in this track, 1965-1973; conference notice dated 12 June 1967. SDS is connected to Marcuse through archived correspondence and documents, public critical reception, and a proposed New York conference. These links do not amount to organizational direction.

Geography

New York City, New York, United States

Assessment and confidence

High for correspondence-file and published reception. The organization treated Marcuse as important enough to study critically, while internal factions also disagreed about him.

What this record does not establish

No source inspected establishes Marcuse as SDS member, officer, funder, national adviser, or commander.

Gramsci reception status

National organization whose newspaper carried the three SDS-period reception items. Signed items are not national policy.

Research Memo: Gramsci in Specific American New Left Organizations and Publications

1967 proposed-conference role

National organization context; the proposal was issued by the New York regional office.

Research Memo: The Announced 1967 New York SDS Marcuse Conference

Role in this research

National organization whose own newspaper and archived correspondence document critical engagement with Marcuse.

Evidence basis

Research Memo: Marcuse's American Transition and New Left Bridge.

Specific evidence

Na 3, 875 inventories SDS correspondence and documents. New Left Notes announces a regional conference intended to assess Marcuse's thought and its relevance to organizing.

  • Herbert Marcuse Nachlass Na 3, 875
  • New Left Notes, 12 June 1967
Follow-up gaps

Inspect letters and later New Left Notes issues; map each correspondent and faction separately.

Research provenance

Research Memo: Marcuse's American Transition and New Left Bridge.