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Major U.S. Protests & Demonstrations
Political Resistance & Civil Disobedience
Youth & Student-Led Activism

March 12, 2025

National SDS Condemns Letter From Trump’s Department of Education, Threats to Cut Cultural Programs and Affirmative Action Measures

On February 15, the Department of Education sent a “Dear Colleague” letter threatening funding cuts to combat racism. #Education #Racism #Trump #Diversity #Inclusion #SDS
March 6, 2025

Elon Musk’s Push for Pardon of Convicted Murderer Derek Chauvin

Elon Musk has weighed in on conservative commentator Ben Shapiro’s push for former President Donald Trump to pardon Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer convicted in George Floyd’s 2020 murder.
March 5, 2025

National SDS Calls on Students: Smash Trump’s Anti-Palestine Task Force Visits, Protect Free Speech and the Campus Movement for Palestine

Trump’s task force is targeting pro-Palestine protests at US universities. Students for a Democratic Society condemn this attack on free speech. #FreePalestine #ProtectFreeSpeech #NoToTrumpTaskForce #HumanRights #ProtestNotCrime
March 4, 2025

Pankaj Mishra on “The World After Gaza” & the “Reactionary International” from Trump to Modi

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. Pankaj Mishra discusses the history of Israeli nationalism and the disturbing connections between Hindu supremacists and the far-right movement. #Israel #nationalism #HinduSupremacists #FarRight #History #PankajMishra
February 28, 2025

Say His Name: Justice for Sam Nordquist!

Last week, National SDS was deeply saddened and angered to learn of the torture and murder of Sam Nordquist in west New York. Sam was a beloved son, uncle, and friend who deserved to be safe, and live a long life. Sam was a trans and biracial man; it is […]
February 28, 2025

Extended Interview: Mark Graham on Internet Archive’s Work Preserving the Web as Gov’t Sites Go Dark

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org, The War and Peace Report. I’m Amy Goodman, with this web exclusive Part 2 of our conversation with Mark Graham, director of the Wayback Machine. This month, President Trump fired […]
February 27, 2025

Republicans voted to rip food and healthcare away from their constituents to fund tax cuts for…

Trump and MAGA Mike Johnson (screengrab via NBC News) On Tuesday night, every House Republican — with only one exception — voted for a budget framework that would gut Medicaid and other life-or-death programs in order to fund tax cuts for the rich. The sole no vote wasn’t some profile […]
February 23, 2025

SDS Call for National Week of Action Against ICE

SDS calls on all students and youth to take up the fight to protect their campuses from ICE. Under the new Trump administration college campuses are no longer safe from ICE. Trump has signed an executive order to declare a national emergency on the US Mexico border, allowing him to […]
February 22, 2025

Global Update

Photo credit: Frank Cone 2025 – now what? | XR Argentina on Extraction | XR on Bluesky | XR Washington and Elections | How to Take Action | XR Australia and Science | XR’s 2nd Demand Dear Rebel, The world is on fire. You may be experiencing this in different […]
February 22, 2025

SDS Celebrates Black History Month

Celebrate Black History Month! Defend DEI! This February National SDS celebrates Black History month by continuing to defend Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and Affirmative Action in our universities and workplaces- especially in the face of recent attacks by Trump’s administration. We honor the Black student activists and community members […]