A beautifully done history of the SDS, the ideals that launched it, the dedication of the early members who grew it, the increasing influence it had on national dialogue and the bitter disillusionment that followed when folks realized that the leadership didn't care a fig for what the people wanted. There was serious money to be made by the MIC and the people were so much rabble to be swept aside when they became troublesome.
One of the saddest parts of this story is that the leadership used the working class (police) to defeat the middle class kids who were struggling for their collective interests, when, if they had joined forces, they could actually have easily defeated the greedy pigs who were calling the shots and remade the country along humanitarian lines.
Very moving. Watta shame.
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