You know this. I know this.
So should the folks called “Moonbats”. And this is why
Campus radical group rises again
Thousands of small white and red flags symbolizing Iraq war deaths spread like flowers in front of Reed College and flutter in the breeze at Lewis & Clark College.
The flags — each representing Iraqi and U.S. deaths — mark the work of a fledgling student activist group that has sprung up at both campuses: Students for a Democratic Society.
Yes, SDS is back.
Well, they never actually went anywhere, they just changed names so as to not blacken their own eyes during the anti-nuke demos, but yes, Virginia, they are back. You all remember the SDS and what they became, right?
Here is their current web-locale. Take a looksee around. Though it isn’t updated very often, they do have some interesting stuff there, like this photo in the second post down.
Notice the joker right up front with his NVA Pith? How about that sign? Yes, today’s versions of the late-60’s idealist, anti-capitalist twits are back and they think they have a purpose. If they had a Soviet Union to give them money this time around too, they’d push MoveOn.Org off the map.
The radical student group that shook college campuses during the height of the Vietnam War in the 1960s is budding quietly on campuses across the nation. For baby boomers, SDS evokes images of sit-ins, rallies, marches, clashes with police, students taking over buildings. Or in the case of the Weathermen, an SDS spinoff, blowing up buildings.
But for college students today, SDS offers a model for organizing political action for a new generation in a new century, says Matt Wasserman, 21, a senior SDS member at Reed.
“Going to a march once a year is not necessarily going to make any difference,” he says. “I want SDS to be part of stopping this war.”
Even if it means confronting police.
Which is not surprising since SDS members were at the Port of Tacoma the other night when things turned violent and the police stationed at the entrance had to deploy tear gas and rubber pellet weaponry.
So far, there are only three minor chapters of the SDS in my state: Western Washington University up north in Bellingham; the University of Puget Sound, which I can almost see from my neighborhood; and, of course, Moonbat Central and Rachel “St Pancake” Corrie’s alma mater, Evergreen State College in Olympia.
You all in Oregon might want to watch out though. They’re breeding like fleas down there.
Unfortunately, none of these local dweebs has a website, so unless I go on campus, which will probably never happen, I can’t see what they’re doing. Though it isn’t bothering me too much. As of now.
And yes, they have absorbed all the “Hot” leftist trends
The new SDS has a broader agenda beyond Iraq war that includes protesting “American imperialism” and other root causes of war, human rights violations and environmental degradation. Reed SDS students are trying to get Coca-Cola machines off campus, alleging the company mistreats workers in Colombia and exploits fragile water systems in India.
These guys will fit right in with ALF/ELF and the PeTArds.
So don’t delay: Get your practice in now, because things will probably be blowing up in the next couple years as these guys get into their “I’m more radical than you!” contests, and feel the need to kill people to prove it.
The Weathermen were popularly elected by SDS members to lead them. They declared war on the people of the United States in March of 1970. Not only have they never declared a cessation of hostilities, their members have been caught as recently as the mid-80’s with almost a third of a ton of high explosive material.
And they’re back and forming a new radicalized army.
Sleep Tight.
