▁anti - war ▁college ▁campus ▁protest ▁movements . ▁ ▁Stud ents ▁for ▁a ▁Democratic ▁Society ▁ ▁The ▁organization ▁that ▁really ▁came ▁to ▁symbol ize ▁the ▁core ▁of ▁the ▁New ▁Left ▁was ▁the ▁Stud ents ▁for ▁a ▁Democratic ▁Society ▁( SD S ). ▁By ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁the ▁SD S ▁had ▁emer ged ▁as ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁campus ▁radical ▁groups ; ▁soon ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁regarded ▁as ▁virt ually ▁syn onymous ▁with ▁the ▁" New ▁Left ". ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁Tom ▁Hay den ▁wrote ▁its ▁found ing ▁document , ▁the ▁Port ▁Hur on ▁Stat ement , ▁which ▁issued ▁a ▁call ▁for ▁" part icip atory ▁dem ocracy " ▁based ▁on ▁non - vi ol ent ▁civil ▁dis ob ed ience . ▁This ▁was ▁the ▁idea ▁that ▁individual ▁citizens ▁could ▁help ▁make ▁' th ose ▁social ▁dec isions ▁determ ining ▁the ▁quality ▁and ▁direction ' ▁of ▁their ▁lives . ▁The ▁SD S ▁mar sh aled ▁anti war , ▁pro - c ivil ▁rights ▁and ▁free ▁speech ▁concerns ▁on ▁camp uses , ▁and ▁brought ▁together ▁liber als ▁and ▁more ▁revolution ary ▁left ists . ▁ ▁The ▁SD S ▁became ▁the ▁leading ▁organization ▁of ▁the ▁anti - war ▁movement ▁on ▁college ▁camp uses ▁during ▁the ▁Vietnam ▁War . ▁As ▁the ▁war ▁es cal ated ▁the ▁membership ▁of ▁the ▁SD S ▁also ▁increased ▁greatly ▁as ▁more ▁people ▁were ▁willing ▁to ▁scr ut in ise ▁political ▁dec isions ▁in ▁moral ▁terms . ▁During ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁the ▁war ,