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...leaders of SDS searched for a Maoist alternative to PL. In Berkeley, where things happen about a year before they happen anywhere else, the SDS chapter split in the fall of 1968 when non PL members left to form the Radical Student Union under the leadership of Bob Avakian. Avakian critcized PL for not supporting the sharpest struggles in the movement, such as those over open admissions. (PL was not involved in the Cleaver confrontation and later did not support the People's Park campaign...
...RATE, as everyone knows, RYM walked out of the convention last June and took half of SDS with it. A few weeks later Klonsky resigned from the NIC (National Interim Committee) because of political differences with the NO, now led by Mark Rudd. Together with Avakian he has formed RYM-2 on the West Coast, which is concentrating on building a mass-based anti-war movement...
...boats reflected in weird patterns on the rippling water of Newport Harbor, a sedate matron startled by the sudden appearance of an amateur brass combo, or a bartender's fruitless battle with explosive beer bottles. The music is well-integrated throughout, reflecting the tasteful editing of Stern and Aram Avakian. The cumulative effect is excellent...
Stern and Avakian have edited 8,000 feet of film out of a shooting of 130,000 feet; the material is well selected and beautifully coordinated. Come prepared to participate at least to the extent of snapping your fingers, and buy the Newport '58 record series, which duplicates the sound track...
...Avakian specified that in one instance he called a staff member of a show "that had expressed definite interest in the Gateways, and I was told that...pressure from the sponsors was too strong to allow us to take a chance on them...