The author had the privilege of joining a silent and solemn procession of area students on Friday, November 16. Over a hundred students braved the chilly, windy weather and marched all the way from the Park St. station to the BU area, with a brief stop at the Armed Forces Recruitment Center on Buswell St. (near the St. Mary's T stop on the Green C line). Overall, the mood was good and I was quite heartened by the showing and spirit of the black-clad train of angry young students.
The action was undertaken in the spirit of the Iraq Moratorium called earlier this year. Video and photo documentation of the event was made by one of the more excellent and insightful "movement artists" of the area, Mr. John McIntosh. Thank you, John!
Posted: November 18, 2007 11:30 pm by Joshua Jackson | 0 comments
Tags: antiwar activism, student activism, student radicalism, Students for a Democratic Society
The last few years have witnessed the gradual resurrection of an old and storied student organization from the 1960s, Students for a Democratic Society. SDS organizers and activists were - and continue to be - at the heart of many social movements in the United States, and students across the country are attempting to revive the moribund student left with a firm vision of totalist politics and participatory democracy.
The Nation had an interesting article on this Lazurus-like development in April, and a website for the new SDS is up and running.
The most recent document to come out of the past summer's National Convention in Detroit is fascinating, and I daresay, inspiring and quite exciting. The Final Convention Bulletin also looks rather professionally-designed. Take the time to read it and stay tuned . . .
Posted: November 7, 2007 12:49 am by Joshua Jackson | 0 comments
Tags: antiwar activism, SDS, student activism, student radicalism, Students for a Democratic Society
