SDS Founder, Tom Hayden on Participatory Democracy From Port Huron to Occupy Wall Street

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from Democracy Now!

DemocracyNow.org – We speak with Tom Hayden, principal author of the Port Huron statement 50 years ago, the founding document of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). The statement advocated for participatory democracy and helped launch the student movement of the 1960s. Tens of thousands of copies of the 25,000-word document were printed in booklet form. The youth-led movement changed the very language of politics and its impact is still being felt today. Hayden is a longtime activist and former California state senator.

See also: “Participatory Democracy: From the Port Huron Statement to Occupy Wall Street,” by Tom Hayden, The Nation, April 16, 2012

and: Found Objects for a Friday Afternoon: The Port Huron Statement

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