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Late last year, when a now-legendary article in Newsweek proclaimed the death of SDS, the idea raised cries of "bourgeois anti-communism" and "bosses' lies" from those who were still active in SDS and thought it could continue to function...
...spite of these disclaimers, the fact is that SDS-which was once a large, vibrant, and politically powerful group-is now in serious disarray. Throughout the country, once-active chapters have either dissolved or lapsed into inactivity: at these campuses where there are still hints of the group's existence-such as at Harvard-the numbers are small and the activity is isolated from the student body as a whole...
Even among those few who remain active, deep political divisions have emerged. One region of SDS-a cluster of chapters in the New Orleans area-has unilaterally with-drawn from the national organization. And in Boston and New York, groups within SDS have formed an "Anti-Imperialist Caucus" to combat the influence of the national leadership. All of these activities have been directed against a group that is now in almost complete control of SDS: the Progressive Labor Party...
...opponents of PL in SDS have many objections to the way their organization has been run during the past
...years. They point out that the influence of PL has caused SDS to soft-peddle the war as a major issue. They complain that PL's perspective of revolution has led SDS to focus exclusively on a set of demands-such as higher wages and improved conditions for workers-which have only limited relevance to the student movement. And, most of all, they criticize the bitter, sectarian manner in which PL treats those who do not agree with them...