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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
movement American New Left ⓘ
linked to: New Left
namedAfter Port Huron, Michigan ⓘ
placeWritten 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 ⓘ
year 1962 ⓘ

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