April 17, 1965 : (Washington DC : SDS PROTESTS THE VIETNAM WAR)
The SDS March on Washington to End the War in Vietnam, held on April 17th, 1965, turned out to be the largest peace protest up to that point in American history, drawing between 15,000 and 25,000 college students and others to the nation’s capital...
...The April 17, 1965 demonstrations sponsored by SDS, were participated in by communist-dominated organizations including the CPUSA, the CPUSA youth group Web Dubola Club of America (DCA), and the Socialist Workers Party (SWP). Lincoln Bergman, later to become a Weatherman, was one of the coordinators of this demonstration. Lincoln had participated in communist organizations and activities prior to this time.
Gus Hall, General Secretary for CPUSA, claimed that CPUSA officials and members had taken part in the leadership, planning and initiation of these demonstrations and he told the CPUSA Secretariate that the peace struggle was one of the main projects of the Party and would be pushed on a full-time basis. Communist and other subversive organizations thereafter were extremely active in demonstrations …
1967 : (KATHY BOUDIN RETURNS TO THE USSR -— see SDS, WUO, William Ayers) IN 1967, she traveled back to the Soviet Union.