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, 23:08, March 6, 2010→Maoist influence at the June 1969 SDS National Convention: context
Klonsky's faction held the view that black self-determination, the establishment of a black nation-state in the South, would constitute the first stage followed by a white working class alliance which together would complete the second stage of the socialist revolution.<ref>Foreign Influence - Weather Underground Organization (WUO). FBI Chicago Field Office Report, August 20, 1976, ''Mao Tse-tung Influence on SDS Factions at the June 1969 National Convention'', Page 58-62 in original (pp. 21-25 pdf).</ref>
Klonsky's faction held the view that black self-determination, the establishment of a black nation-state in the South, would constitute the first stage followed by a white working class alliance which together would complete the second stage of the socialist revolution.<ref>Foreign Influence - Weather Underground Organization (WUO). FBI Chicago Field Office Report, August 20, 1976, ''Mao Tse-tung Influence on SDS Factions at the June 1969 National Convention'', Page 58-62 in original (pp. 21-25 pdf).</ref>
Bernardine Dohrn noted that the National Office of the SDS was responsible for development of a correct Marxist-Leninist line and called for "the future exclusion of [[deviationist]] forces such as the Progressive Labor Party (PLP) and the [[CPUSA]] from the SDS." The debate within SDS leadership between the Klonsky and Dohrn factions was far from over. Both factions were committed to a socialist revolution through armed struggle, their differences centered on strategy and tactics.
After the election of officers, Bernardine Dohrn declared that the National Office of the SDS was responsible for development of a correct Marxist-Leninist line and called for "the future exclusion of [[deviationist]] forces such as the Progressive Labor Party (PLP) and the [[CPUSA]] from the SDS." The debate within SDS leadership between the Klonsky and Dohrn factions was far from over. Both factions were committed to a socialist revolution through armed struggle, their differences centered on strategy and tactics.
The newly elected leaders of SDS, [[Mark Rudd]], [[Jeff Jones]] and [[Bill Ayers]], sent the following letter to [[Anna Louise Strong]] in China immediately after the Convention:
The newly elected leaders of SDS, [[Mark Rudd]], [[Jeff Jones]] and [[Bill Ayers]], sent the following letter to [[Anna Louise Strong]] in China immediately after the Convention: