dec 14, 1962 - SDS begins

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[SDS] Student Democratic Society (1962), aka ‘New left’; led by Tom Hayden;
[PORT HURON STATEMENT]- SDS called for students to have voice in university decisions
[WEATHERMEN]- fringe group of SDS; embraced violence/vandalism in attacks against US institutions; to most Americans, discredited idealism of the New Left

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