Students for a Democratic Society
Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a national student activist organization in the United States during the 1960s and was one of the principal representations of the New Left. Disdaining permanent leaders, hierarchical relationships and parliamentary procedure, the founders conceived of the organization as a broad exercise in “participatory democracy”. From its launch in 1960 it grew rapidly in the course of the tumultuous decade with over 300 campus chapters and 30,000 supporters recorded nationwide by its last national convention in 1969. The organization splintered at that convention amidst rivalry between factions seeking to impose national leadership and direction, and disputing “revolutionary” positions on, among other issues, the Vietnam War and Black Power.
Presented below is SDS as seen through its many publications and leaflets. We present first New Left Notes, though not its first periodical, it does represent the height of SDS influence as part of the new left that it journal is named after, that is during the Vietnam War and the movement against it, along with the Civil Rights and Black Liberation movements that heavily influenced. What follows this listing of New Left Notes are its predecessor publications and the very important Progressive Labor Party 1969 take over of SDS which took over the paper while a non-PL published faction organized around the Weathermen published their own short lived rival to this periodical with the same name.
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Jump to: New Left Notes 1966-1969 | Progressive Labor Party run New Left Notes
SDS Activist (1960) | SDS Bulletin (1963-1965) | SDS Caw (1968-1969) | SDS Fire (1969) | Assorted and Miscellaneous NLN/SDS items
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New Left Notes
1966 – Volume 1
No. 1, January 21
No. 2, January 28
No. 3, February 4
No. 4, February 11
No. 5, February 18
No. 6, February 25
No. 7, March 4
No. 8, March 11
No. 9, March 18
No. 10, March 25
No. 11, April 1
No. 12, April 8
No. 13, April 15-
No. 14, April 22
No. 15, April 29
No. 16, May 6
No. 17, May 13
No. 18, May 20
No. 19, May 27
No. 20, June 3
No. 21, June 10
No. 22, June 17
No. 23, June 24
No. 24, July 1
No. 25, July 8
No. 26-27, July 15
No. 28, July 29
No. 29, August 5
No. 30, August 12
No. 31, August 19
No. 32, August 24
No. 33, September 2
No. 34, September 9
No. 35, September 16
No. 36, September 23
No. 37, October 1
No. 38, October 7
No. 39, October 14
No. 40, October 10
No. 42, November 4
No. 43, November 11 [misnumbered]
No. 44, November 18
No. 45, November 25
No. 46, December 2
No. 47, December 9
No. 48, December 16
No. 49, December 23
No. 50, November 30 [misnumbered]
New Left Notes
1967 – Volume 2
No. 1, January 6
No. 2, January 13
No. 3, January 20
No. 4, January 27
No. 5, February 3
No. 6, February 13
No. 7, February 20
No. 8, February 27
No. 9, March 6
No. 10, March 13
No. 11, March 20
No. 12, March 27
No. 13, April 3
No. 14, April 13 [misnumbered]
No. 15,April 17
No. 16,April 24
No. 17, May 1
No. 18, May 8
No. 19, May 15
No. 20, May 22
No. 21, May 27 [misnumbered]
No. 22, June 5
No. 23, June 12
No. 24, June 29
No. 25, June 26
No. 26, June 10
No. 27, July 24
No. 28, August 7
No. 29, August 24
No. 30, September 4
No. 31, September 11
No. 32, September 18
No. 33, September 25
No. 34, October 2
No. 35, October 09
No. 36, October 16
No. 37, October 23
No. 38, October 30
No. 39, November 6 [misnumbered]
No. 40, November 13 [misnumbered]
No. 41, November 27
No. 42, December 4
No. 43, December 12 [misnumbered]
No. 44, December 15
No. 45, December 25
New Left Notes
1968 – Volume 3
No. 1, January 8
No. 2, January 15
No. 3, January 22
No. 4, January 29
No. 5 , February 5
No. 6, February 12
No. 7, February 19
No. 8, February 26 [misnumbered]
No. 9, March 4 [misnumbered]
No. 10, March 18
No. 11, March 25
No. 12, April 8
No. 13, April 15
No. 14, April 22
No. 15, April 29
No. 16, May 6
No. 17, May 13
No. 18, May 20
No. 19, May 27
No. 20, June 10
No. 21, June 29
No. 22, July 08
No. 23 , July 29
No. 24 , August 5
No. 25, August 12
No. 26, August 19
No. 27, September 09
No. 28, September 16
No. 29, September 22
No. 30, September 30
No. 31, October 7
No. 32, October 18
No. 33, October 25
No. 34, November 11
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No. 36, December 4
No. 37, December 11
No. 38, December 18
No. 39, December 23
New Left Notes
1969 – Volume 4
No. 1, January 8 [misnumbered]
No. 2, January 15
No. 3, January 22
No. 4, February 4
No. 5, February 5
No. 6, February [no date and wrong number]>
No. 7, February 21
No. 8, February 28
No. 9, March 8
No. 11, March 13
No. 12, March20
No. 13, April 4
No. 14, April 10
No. 15, April 17
No. 16, April 24
No. 17, May 1
No. 18, May 13
No. 19, May 20
No. 20, June 30
No. 21, June 6
No. 22, June 18
No. 23 , June 25
No. 24, July 8
No. 25, July 24
No 26 , August 1
No 27, August 8
No 28, August 23
No 29, August 29
No. 29, August 29 [alternate issue]
New Left Notes: Progressive Labor Party
1969
Vol. 5, No. 1, June 30, 1969
Vol. 5, No. 2, July 30, 1969
Vol. 5, No. 3, August 26, 1969
Vol. 5, No. 4, September 20, 1969
Vol. 5, No. 5, November 1, 1969
Vol. 5, No. Extra!, November 2, 1969
Vol. 5, No. 6, November 13, 1969
Vol. 5, No. 7, December 10, 1969
Vol. 5, No. 8, December 22, 1969
1970
Vol. 5, No. 9, January 10, 1970
Vol. 5, No. 10, February 5, 1970
Vol. 5, No. 11, March 16, 1970
Vol. 5, No. 12, April 6, 1970
Vol. 5, No. 13, June 30, 1970
Vol. 5, No. 13, n.d.
Vol. 5, No. 14, June 30, 1970
Vol. 5, No. 15, July 6, 1970
Vol. 5, No. 16, July 20, 1970
Vol. 5, No. 17, August 26, 1970
Vol. 5, No. 18, September, 1970
Vol. 5, No. 19, October 24, 1970
Vol. 5, No. 20, November 22, 1970
Vol. 5, No. 21, December 10, 1970
1971
Vol. 6, No. 1, January 15, 1971
Vol. 6, No. 2, February 1971
Vol. 6, No. 3, March 5, 1971
Vol. 6, No. 4, March 30, 1971
Vol. 6, No. 5, April 21, 1971
Demonstration Extra
Vol. 6, No. 6, May 29, 1971
Vol. 6, No. 7, June 10, 1971
Vol. 6, No. 8, June 30, 1971
Vol. 6, No. 9, August 12, 1971
Vol. 6, No. 10, August 30, 1971
Vol. 6, No. 11, September 25, 1971
1972
n.d., Racist Professor Chased Out of Iowa extra
n.d., Come to the SDS National Convention issue
March 24, 1972
n.d., SDS National Convention extra [March 1972]
n.d. [April 1972]
n.d., Strike issue [April 1972]
n.d., SDS Summer Projects issue
August 21, 1972
n.d. [October 1972]
November 21, 1972
December 22, 1972
1973
January 30, 1973
April 3, 1973
1974
n.d., Unite to Fight Racism extra
March-April 1974
n.d., U.S. Get Out Now! extra [April 1972]
n.d., Strike extra [May 1974]
n.d., Shut the Schools Down! [May 1974]