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The Dohrn/Ayers group called for a program of confrontation and action by white students in the style of [[Castro]]ite guerillas in a supportive role to black revolution without regard to the white working class. Ayers and Dohrn felt armed struggle of blacks for self-determination would result in the victory of socialism in the United States without any reliance on white workers. They saw their role as supportive of the black liberation struggle and one which involved direct confrontation with the authority of the capitalist state.

The Dohrn/Ayers group called for a program of confrontation and action by white students in the style of [[Castro]]ite guerillas in a supportive role to black revolution without regard to the white working class. Ayers and Dohrn felt armed struggle of blacks for self-determination would result in the victory of socialism in the United States without any reliance on white workers. They saw their role as supportive of the black liberation struggle and one which involved direct confrontation with the authority of the capitalist state.

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 called the Republic of New Africa,<ref>[http://marxists.architexturez.net/history/erol/1960-1970/h&ssds.htm Purge the Ranks! Clarify the Program!] Pamphlet distributed at the 1969 SDS Convention in Chicago, June 18, 1969. Retrieved from Encyclopedia of Anti-Revisionism On-Line. Marxist Internet Archive. Retrieved March 16, 2010.</ref> 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>  

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, however, 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, however, was far from over.  Both factions were committed to a socialist revolution through armed struggle, their differences centered on strategy and tactics.