New Students for a Democratic Society
Students for a Democratic Society | |
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| Abbreviation | SDS |
| Leader | none, collective leadership |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Preceded by | Students for a Democratic Society (unofficial) |
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| Website | |
| new-students-for-a-democratic-society.ghost.io | |
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| Students' rights |
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Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), also called New Students for a Democratic Society (new SDS) is a student activist organization that is politically progressive in the United States. New SDS is strongly anti-war and embraces participatory democracy, led by students and youth. New SDS formed in 2006, in response to the US invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, with the aim of rebuilding the student movement.
New SDS takes its name and inspiration from the Students for a Democratic Society of 1960–1969 ("old SDS" or "sixties SDS"), which was the largest anti-capitalist student organization in US history. New SDS has no formal links to old SDS, though several old SDS members helped create new SDS.
SDS members have participated in numerous student protests around the country, primarily anti-war and anti-racism protests, such as the 2024 pro-Palestinian protests on university campuses.
Notable new SDS members include Alan Haber.