Port Huron Statement

The Port Huron Statement was adopted by 59 of the American SDS ( Students for a Democratic Society) invited delegates from American student groups in Port Huron ( Michigan) on 11 June 1962.

The aim of the Declaration was to write down the political will of students to provide a basis for discussion for those groups who wanted to deal with the SDS. The explanation is based on a 75 - page document by Tom Hayden, which described the philosophy of the SDS from his point of view. The document known as Port Huron Statement, the students presented against racism in the U.S. South and the resulting by the Cold War threat of nuclear war. The American political system has also been criticized, and the demand for ' participatory democracy ' where, as in the eyes of the students, the power was exercised in the United States by a small ruling elite. The universities were considered in this document as a central location to change in circumstances and the politically committed students awarded an enlightening role.

The statement won beyond the United States in importance and became an important publication for the '68 movement.