They were organized in 1962 in Sharon, Connecticut. Their founding charter and manifesto was "The Sharon Statement" -- a warning right there that they were self-important and, as the poem went, "They said they'd rule wisely / And they said they'd rule well, / But they said that they would rule."
Bill and Hillary Clinton were early, if not founding, members.
Sociologists took a look at those New Left groups and found that many but many of their members were "red-diaper" children of older radicals and Communists and fellow-travelers. As the saying goes, "The apple doesn't fall far from the tree." Bill Clinton interned as a teen for Arkansas senator Wm. Fulbright -- whom I always thought a Communist asset in the Senate.
Bill Clinton, I’m convinced, was only into socialism because the women were/are easy.
Sharon Statement was start of CONSERVATIVE movement, not SDS
The Sharon Statement and the Growth of Conservatism
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Sep 15, 2010 – Fifty years ago in Sharon, Connecticut, a group of crack conservative leaders developed The Sharon Statement and formed Young Amerifor Freedom cans ...