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
Statements SDS Stands with Jacob Blake! UW Parkside SDS condemns the Kenosha Police Department and their murderous actions resulting in the near-death of yet another Black man. Yesterday afternoon, a police officer shot Jacob Blake in the back 7
Statements SDS Will Rally for Extended Unemployment and Economic Relief: Our Take On Trump’s Executive Orders Rather than call on Congress to put together a comprehensive and lasting bailout of the working class, President Trump signed four meager executive orders on Saturday, August 8th, nominally for the purpose of
Statements National SDS Stands with the Resistance in Portland The Trump administration has deployed unidentifiable Federal troops to Portland and various other cities across America in order to attack Black Lives Matter protesters. In Portland, these Federal troops have been brutalizing and
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