Port Huron Statement

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The Port Huron Statement is a landmark 1962 political manifesto of Students for a Democratic Society that articulated the ideals and goals of the American New Left, emphasizing participatory democracy and social justice.

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instanceOf New Left text
founding document
political manifesto
associatedWithOrganization Students for a Democratic Society
author Tom Hayden
callsFor disarmament and peace
expansion of civil rights
greater citizen participation in democracy
reform of political parties
university as an agent of social change
centralConcept civil rights
economic equality
nuclear disarmament
participatory democracy
social justice
university reform
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
createdAtEvent SDS convention at Port Huron
dateWritten 1962
draftedBy Students for a Democratic Society
Tom Hayden
focusesOn American foreign policy
Cold War politics
labor and economic structures
racial inequality in the United States
role of students in politics
genre manifesto
historicalPeriod 1960s social movements in the United States
ideology New Left
participatory democracy
progressivism
social democracy
influenced American student movement of the 1960s
anti–Vietnam War movement in the United States
subsequent New Left manifestos
language English
mainAuthor Tom Hayden
meetingLocation Port Huron, Michigan, United States
surface form: Port Huron, Michigan
movement New Left
surface form: American New Left
namedAfter Port Huron, Michigan, United States
surface form: Port Huron, Michigan
placeWritten Port Huron, Michigan, United States
surface form: Port Huron, Michigan
politicalPosition left-wing
publishedBy Students for a Democratic Society
publisher Students for a Democratic Society
subject Cold War and nuclear weapons
democracy in the United States
social justice in the United States
student activism
title Port Huron Statement self-link
year 1962

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Port Huron Statement title Port Huron Statement self-link