Talk:Port Huron Statement
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An anonymous user added this material, which I've reverted:
- == Overview == +
- The Port Huron Statement is an attempt to give direction to the New Left movement. It tried to establish what could be seen as a positive future and to determine the causes of evil. +
- The statement touts a sort of anarchy, called "participatory democracy," which Hayden claimed would allow society to advance beyond a point of arguing about rights and privileges and truly allow a "free" society. Much of the statement talked about how, once the goals of the movement were achieved, "spiritual health" would be restored to the participants in the movement. +
- == Criticisms ==
- Many critics of the statement and of the New Left movement claimed that the statement was rambling and filled with rhetoric. They also claim that it was unclear and never really establishished true methods to foment change.
The Statement does not mention "spiritual health", "anarchy" is a highly POV characterization of "participatory democracy", and "many critics" should be named. -Willmcw 23:32, 23 Jan 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Plenary Additional Substantive Contributors and Interactive, "Participatory", Essentially Consensus Political Process
The original draft of The Port Huron Statement was written largely by Tom Hayden after planning group discussions at the University of Michigan and in New York City. Individuals and groups drafted more comprehensive drafts as part of the plenary. For example, Robb Burlage, from Harvard University Graduate School (Economics) and formerly Editor of The Daily Texan at The University of Texas, and Michael Lebowitz, then from the University of Wisconsin, drafted much of the "economics section". Richard Flacks, of the University of Michigan and becoming of the University of Chicago, had a major influence on the "foreign policy" section(s). There was then serious debate and plenary "editing" and final, in effect, consensus unanimous approval of the document. This is elaborated, for example, in Todd Gitlin's: The Sixties, and Hayden himself is now (early 2006) publishing a book on The Port Huron Statement.
