Students for a Democratic Society

As the situation in Ukraine deteriorates further with each new day that passes, Students for a Democratic Society condemns the refusal of our elected leaders to adequately de-escalate the current situation, and demands an end to warmongering in eastern Europe. National SDS says no to US war on Russia, no

On February 18th, 2022, the city of Minneapolis sentenced Kim Potter, the killer of 20-year-old Black youth, Daunte Wright, to only two years of prison time, with the possibility of early release after just one year. This flies in the face of her conviction as a murderer, the months of

On Wednesday, February 2nd, Minneapolis police murdered Amir Locke, a 22 year old Black man. Minneapolis PD acquired a no knock warrant for the address, even though the original warrant filed by St Paul PD was just a search warrant. However, Locke was not named in the warrant, nor was

National SDS vehemently condemns the Israeli occupation's attack on Birzeit University, and its attacks on the Palestinian people on every front. In the early morning of December 14th, over a hundred soldiers of the Israeli occupation brutally raided Birzeit University-a public Palestinian university in the West Bank region. They detained

Thanks to statements by the Committee to Stop FBI Repression, it has come to our attention that a Venezuelan diplomat named Alex Saab has been kidnapped without an arrest warrant by the US government in Cabo Verde and is now held without trial or charges in Miami, Florida, first by

In Kenosha in 2020, there was an uprising after police officer Rusten Sheskey shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back and side. White supremacists near and far came to “defend businesses” and help the police repress protestors. This includes Illinois resident Kyle Rittenhouse. Rittenhouse shot three protestors that night:

National SDS unequivocally condemns Israel’s designation of 6 Palestinian human rights organizations as “terrorist”. The targeted organizations include the Bisan Center for Research and Development, Al-Haq, Addameer, the Union of Agricultural Work Committees, the Union of Palestinian Women’s Committees and the Defense for Children International-Palestine. All of these

National Students for a Democratic Society stands in solidarity with students at Howard University who are staging sit-ins and protests against unsafe living conditions on campus. From mold and mushrooms in student housing to rats and cockroaches in the dining hall, students are living in deplorable on-campus conditions; especially since

On August 23rd, 2020, Officer Rusten Sheskey shot Jacob Blake seven times in the back, leaving him paralyzed and lucky to be alive. In the footage circulated through social media, Blake was clearly walking away calmly from Sheskey towards his vehicle, posing no threat to Sheskey’s safety, when the

On 22 September, 2021, Florida state Representative Webster Barnaby proposed a law following the atrocious Texas abortion law. This law would ban abortions in Florida when a heartbeat is detected in a fetus, around 6 to 8 weeks in a term. A heartbeat is usually detected before most people know

The Labor Movement is an ever growing struggle as more workers understand their shared interests to fight the bosses and demand better conditions for all. Across the country, new unions are forming and existing unions are bargaining and striking for better working conditions, especially as COVID-19 continues to ravage the

On August 29th, the United States military launched a drone strike on a “suspected ISIS-K facilitator”; instead, they murdered 10 civilians, including 7 children. Additionally, the “ISIS-K facilitator” that they targeted was actually an Afghan worker who worked for an American humanitarian organization and applied for special visas to flee

On 2 September 2021, the Supreme court denied a request to freeze a Texas state law that bans abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected. This law is one of the strictest in the nation and essentially bans all abortions since a fetal heartbeat can be detected before most women

On September 1st, 2021, over two years after the racist killing took place, the 3 cops and 2 paramedics who killed Elijah McClain have been indicted by a grand jury on 32 counts total. Not only was Elijah unarmed, compliant, and non-violent towards anyone involved, he did not commit any

SDS calls for a National Day of Action on September 9th to fight against police crimes and campus cops. SDS stands with the families of victims of police brutality in their fight for justice. We thus want to take this fight against police brutality and discrimination to our own campuses

Two weeks before the US was set to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban has all but seized control of the country. The US-backed puppet government that has ruled for the past 20 years has fallen and the forces that have been fighting US imperialism for the past 20

The Anishinaabe have been defending their treaty-protected land and water against Line 3 for 7 years now. Students for a Democratic Society condemns Line 3 as it violates indigenous sovereignty, threatens clean water supply, farming land, and the preservation of cultural sites. Enbridge is a multinational pipeline company that is

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) stands in solidarity with those facing rent-related hardships as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Biden administration allowed the Eviction Moratorium to expire on August 1, and although a new limited moratorium was announced a few days later, it does not apply to

Students for a Democratic Society stands in solidarity with the people of Cuba as they demand an end to the criminal blockade and embargo that the United States has continued to perpetrate against them since 1960. We affirm our support for their demands for the end of US aggression and

Students for a Democratic Society condemns the US government's airstrikes on Iraq and Syria which they committed on Monday morning, June 28th, 2021. For the second time since becoming president, Biden and Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, have authorized airstrikes on Iraq and Syria without warning or justification. In February,

On June 3rd, 2021, Winston Boogie Smith, a 32-year-old Black man, was assassinated by two law enforcement officers in undercover/unmarked police cars operating on a U.S. Marshall task force in a parking ramp in Minneapolis, Minnesota after being a falsely alleged murder suspect. Minneapolis community activists say “assassinated”

Due to the mass uprising and protests against police crimes over the past year, killer cop Derek Chauvin will receive his prison sentence on June 25 for the murder of George Floyd. We celebrate this win, and it is important to acknowledge the Black-led organizing work that led to Chauvin’

The ceasefire that started May 20th happened due to the historic strikes of Palestinian people beginning on the 18th and the international protests. After 73 years of continued occupation, Palestinians continue to fight back against genocide. This general strike of Palestinians, who are a part of the Zionist occupation’s