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Filed as organization, standing in 10 authored connections inside The American Landing.


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.

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.

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

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.

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. MarxPro results used here are from the marx primary lane; external university, archive, and movement sources are identified separately above.

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

The archive holds 10 authored connections for this record inside The American Landing. Each row below states the claim, its tier, its confidence, and the dates the record gives. Open a row for the full account, or open it on the case canvas to see the connection drawn.

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