▁anti - war ▁sentiment ▁that ▁domin ated ▁the ▁SD S . ▁ ▁The ▁New ▁Store front ▁Left ▁St ung ▁by ▁the ▁criticism ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁" high ▁on ▁analysis , ▁low ▁on ▁action ," ▁and ▁in ▁" the ▁year ▁of ▁the ▁' dis cover y ▁of ▁pover ty " ▁( in ▁ 1 9 6 3 ▁Michael ▁Harr ington ' s ▁book , ▁The ▁Other ▁America ▁" was ▁the ▁ra ge "), ▁the ▁SD S ▁launched ▁the ▁Econom ic ▁Research ▁and ▁Action ▁Project ▁( ER AP ). ▁Con ce ived ▁by ▁Tom ▁Hay den ▁as ▁forest alling ▁" white ▁back l ash ", ▁community - organ izing ▁initi atives ▁would ▁un ite ▁Black , ▁Brown , ▁and ▁White ▁workers ▁around ▁a ▁common ▁program ▁for ▁economic ▁change . ▁The ▁leadership ▁commit ment ▁was ▁sust ained ▁bare ly ▁two ▁years . ▁With ▁no ▁early ▁sign ▁in ▁the ▁neighborhood s ▁of ▁an ▁inter ra cial ▁movement ▁that ▁would ▁" collect iv ize ▁economic ▁decision ▁making ▁and ▁dem ocrat ize ▁and ▁decent ral ize ▁every ▁economic , ▁political , ▁and ▁social ▁institution ▁in ▁America ," ▁many ▁SD S ▁organiz ers ▁were ▁readily ▁induced ▁by ▁the ▁es cal ating ▁U . S . ▁commit ment ▁in ▁V iet an m ▁to ▁abandon ▁their ▁store front ▁offices , ▁and ▁he ed ▁the ▁anti - war ▁call ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁campus . ▁ ▁In ▁some ▁of ▁ER AP ▁projects , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁JOIN ▁(" Job s ▁or ▁In come ▁Now ") ▁project ▁in ▁u pt own ▁Chicago , ▁SD