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Deftlychartingthesweepingsocio-politicalchangesoftheSixtiesthatbeganwiththeCivilRightsmovementandculminatedwithangryprotestsagainsttheU.S.warinVietnam,REBELSWITHACAUSEistoldthroughtheeyesoftheStudentsforaDemocraticSociety(SDS).Begunin1960withahandfulofmembersandhighideals,SDSbecameanationallypowerfulantiwarorganizationwithover100,000members.Butin1970thegroupbegantodisintegrateamidstinternalconflictandgovernmentcounterintelligencecrackdowns.Intheaftermath,somewentmilitantastheill-fatedWeatherUnderground;otherschanneledtheiractivismthroughprominentcareersasjournalists,politiciansandprofessors.MixingeloquentcontemporarytestimonyfromSDSmemberssuchaswriter/professorToddGitlin,SenatorTomHaydenandNPRcommentatorJuanGonzalezwithscintillatingarchivalfootagefromthefrontlinesofthemovement,HelenGarvy'sREBELSWITHACAUSEchroniclesthevalues,motivationsandactionsofagenerationthatlostitsinnocence--andhelpedchangeAmerica.
