Essays on Port Huron Statement

America was beginning to become a powerful and vital nation in the world in the twentieth century. Power was based on the assumption that Americans felt the abundant life, which was a promise to the world along with the concept and experience of freedom. However, freedom was not experienced by everyone at home in America. Black people felt oppressed and marginalized all the days of their life. In the 1920s, America was beginning to grab attention in the international scene. Europe was fading, while America was appearing as a dominant nation. However, this is not because of the popularity ...

The hierarchy of politics is a complex subject of principle. At the start of human civilization it is inevitable that the existence of politics is needed. The basic structure of society needs leadership. Politics is there to serve as the science of governance. However, there are many different views on how to govern a certain society. Moreover, there are also different views on how to perceive democracy. It has been one of the hottest topics nowadays. Obviously, it is intertwined with the view on what to do with the current situation of politics. Conservative and liberal are one those ...

Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) in the United States history were a radical student movement during the 1960s. This was a student activist organization in the U.S. that was one of the foremost representations of the New Left. In the prominent Port Huron (Michigan) Statement of 1962, the movement, established in 1960 , offered its vision for-Vietnam War America and invited students to join the organization to establish ‘participatory democracy’. On June 1962, less than 100 individuals show up during the initial SDS meeting at Port Huron, Michigan. During this convention, the group espoused an endorsed political philosophy, the Port Huron Statement, ...