Statements National SDS Condemns Right-Wing Coup Attempt: Dump Trump NOW! 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
Statements Trump Is Fired: Defeating Trump and Building the Struggle Under a Biden Presidency 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
Statements International Students Day of Action | Students Against Political Repression | November 17th 2020 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
Resolutions 2018 Resolution: Remove Racist Statues and Confederate Monuments by: Tallahassee SDS and Oshkosh SDS The campaign and subsequent election of President Donald Trump has emboldened white supremacists in recent years; they have been holding rallies and marches across the country, including
Resolutions 2018 Resolution: National SDS Anti-War Resolution National Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) hereby resolves to reaffirm our previously established position as an anti-war organization, committed to fighting militarism in whatever form it manifests on our campuses across the
Resolutions 2018 Resolution: Organize Against Police Crimes and Killer Cops Since the SDS National Convention in October of 2017, many more black and brown people have been targeted and murdered by the police and white supremacists alike in this country. On September 5th
Resolutions 2018 Resolution: Stop Trump and Build New SDS by: Tampa Bay SDS New Students for a Democratic Society has stood in the way of Trump's campaign since he announced his presidential run in 2015. Today, we resolve to continue the fight
Resolutions 2018 Resolution: UNF Students for a Democratic Society calls on all chapters, affiliates and sympathetic groups to continue the fight for Black Lives Matter and the fight against hate crimes. by: UNF SDS Black Lives Matter is a movement that was popularized after the death of Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, Rekia Boyd, Alton Sterling and many others. Black Lives Matter disavows police brutality,
Resolutions 2018 Resolution: New SDS Condemns Abortion Bans in Georgia, Alabama, and Six More States: Abortion is a Human Right UPDATE: SIX more states have passed bills banning abortions within the first trimester, modeled after the Georgia ban, after we first wrote this statement, totaling EIGHT states so far. They are: Missouri, Mississippi,
Statements SDS Stands with the Minneapolis Uprising! 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
Statements SDS Condemns Attacks on Venezuela National Students for a Democratic Society condemns in the strongest possible language the attempts by Colombian and American terrorists to invade the sovereign state of Venezuela on May 3rd and May 4th and
Statements #IRunWithMaud: SDS Demands Justice for Ahmaud Arbery Students for a Democratic Society demands justice for the murder of Ahmaud Arbery by Gregory and Travis McMichael in Brunswick, Georgia. Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, was fatally shot 3 times while
Statements SDS to Host National Teach-in on Student Response to COVID-19 on April 23rd We have seen both the White House and university campuses fail to respond to the coronavirus pandemic to defend our safety and security. This is even worse under an economic crisis. Without Medicare
Statements National SDS Demands Protections Against COVID-19 for Immigrants and Incarcerated People Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States, two of the most at-risk groups are detained undocumented people and people currently incarcerated in the US prison system. Despite the ongoing pandemic, ICE
Statements SDS Demands a COVID-19 Response NOW: Free Testing, Paid Leave, Medicare For All, Release All Immigrants and Non-Violent Prisoner We are living in the middle of a global pandemic, with an economic depression at our front door. Today, there are over 42,000 confirmed coronavirus infections in the United States, growing exponentially
Statements Students’ Rights During the Coronavirus Pandemic The primary responsibility of colleges and universities is to tend to the health, safety, and basic needs of their students, especially during this period of crisis. Students are owed actual leadership from university
Statements National SDS Condemns US Airstrikes Against Iran and Demands an End to Occupation in Iraq On March 12, the US conducted airstrikes on Iranian backed bases in Iraq. This was in response to attacks on a US base in Iraq, and was defended by the US government as
Statements SDS Responds to Super Tuesday As students fighting for radical progressive change in this country, we are saddened to face a probable Biden victory for the Democrat Party presidential nomination after what happened on Super Tuesday. But we
Statements National SDS Condemns the Assassination of Qasem Soleimani National SDS condemns the actions that the US military and the Trump Administration took on Thursday night. The assasination of Qasem Soleimani was a blatant act of war. Trump ordered this strike with
Resolutions 2019 Resolution: National SDS Stands Against Police Crimes In the United States a police officer takes a person life on the average of every 7 hours. (FiveThirtyEight) It’s not uncommon today to hear on the news or see on some
Resolutions 2019 Resolution: National SDS Stands with the people of Palestine and Kashmir For more than fifty years, the Palestinean people have been fighting for their right to existence in their homeland against the US-supported apartheid state of Israel. In recent years, Israel has shown no
Resolutions 2019 Resolution: National SDS Continues to Fight Against Racism Students for a Democratic Society calls on all chapters, affiliates and sympathetic groups to continue the fight against white supremacy and protect the rights of oppressed nationalities by taking an anti-racism stance. Anti-racism
Resolutions New Students for a Democratic Society Commends the Achievements of the Bolivarian Revolution in Venezuela New SDS commends the many accomplishments of the progressive government of Venezuela, especially in the field of higher education. As early as 2003, Hugo Chavez’s government embarked on a massive project to
Resolutions 2019 Resolution: Anti-War Actions The United States’ war in Afghanistan will turn 18 soon and recently surpassed the Vietnam War as the longest US war. There are now troops being enlisted who were born after the 9/
Resolutions 2019 Resolution: Hands off Venezuela! The Bolivarian Revolution is an ongoing movement in Venezuela which began with the election of Hugo Chávez in 1998. The movement seeks to nationalize industries and implement social welfare programs to improve the
