Message of Greetings and Solidarity from Mike Klonsky
(read aloud at the conference by Thomas Good)

At last month's anti-war march in Washington, I was really fired up to see a 
militant contingent of new SDS chapters,  marching, chanting and poised ready 
to storm the citadel of power if necessary,  to end this barbaric war in Iraq. 
They, along with a strong contingent of students from Howard University marching 
next to us, were all the evidence I needed to understand the potential for a new 
movement of students and youth, united to carry on the struggle against imperialism 
and oppression and against these neocon bastards who have grabbed hold of the country.

SDS, which organized the first big march against the Vietnam War in 1965, became 
my political base, my home, my band of brothers and sisters, many of whom I still 
consider family and comrades 40 years later. I am proud to have been part of that 
movement for social justice and am ready to sign up for another hitch.

We have lost many good folks along the way. Some have been killed. Others are still 
in prison. We owe it to them to put all petty grievances aside and push the struggle 
forward,.

On the occassion of this first conference on the reorganization of SDS/MDS, I'm 
saddened that I can't be in New York with you. But I send you my greetings of solidarity 
and best wishes for a productive and unifying meeting.

In struggle,

Mike Klonsky
SDS National Secretary, 1968-69