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

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

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

Students for a Democratic Society condemns Israel’s recent attacks on Palestinians in Sheikh Jarrah and the Al-Aqsa Mosque, and we stand with Palestinians in their struggle for freedom and the right to

On April 28, 2021, people’s movements across Colombia - including students, labor unions, and indigenous activists - marched in every major city to protest President Ivan Duque’s proposed economic reforms. These

After almost a year of fighting for justice for George Floyd, SDS celebrates the conviction of Derek Chauvin, but also knows that the fight is not over. Chauvin is facing a maximum of

Today, April 20th, a Hennepin County jury found the killer of George Floyd, Derek Chauvin, guilty for two counts of murder (second- and third-) and one count of second-degree manslaughter. Not even five

On March 29th, 2021, officers of the Chicago Police Department shot and killed 13-year-old Adam Toledo. Following his murder, the officers responsible for his death falsely claimed that Adam Toledo was armed with

On April 6th, 2021, Arkansas became the first state in the country to ban gender-affirming healthcare for transgender minors, overriding the veto of the state’s Republican governor to do so. The resulting

On April 11th, Brooklyn Center police shot and murdered a 20 year old Black man named Daunte Wright during a traffic stop after pulling him over for the so-called “crime” of having an

National Students for a Democratic Society recently condemned the February 25th US military's airstrikes and attacks on the people of Syria, under the guise of attacking "pro-Iran forces." (You can find our initial

March 29th is the beginning of opening statements and testimonies for Derek Chauvin’s trial. Derek Chauvin is the first of the four killer cops on trial for the brutal murder of George

On Thursday, February 25th, the United States conducted an airstrike authorized by President Joe Biden against infrastructure belonging to pro-Iran Iraqi forces in eastern Syria. This was done in retaliation to an earlier

On May 25, 2020, Officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd on the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Fatally kneeling on his neck for nearly ten minutes, Chauvin, alongside three other officers, J. Alexander Kueng,

The week of February 14th, New Students for a Democratic Society will host actions to defend our right to protest, free speech, and our First Amendment Rights, in a time when progressive organizations

On January 6th, a mob of heavily-armed fascists descended upon the US Capitol following a rally organized by Donald Trump. Despite claims to the contrary, the purpose of the demonstration was to overrun

Recently, it was announced that Joe Biden secured enough electors to become the next President of the United States. The New Students for a Democratic Society is immensely relieved to see a brazen

The year 2020 became a historical monument of the fight and struggle for many organizers throughout the nation. Students for a Democratic Society across the nation continued the fight for the people’s

Minneapolis has a long history of racial disparities in its policing of its citizens. According to the ACLU, “Black Minneapolitans were 8.7 times more likely than whites to be arrested for a