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Young Socialist Alliance:
National Executive Committee Minutes & Convention Reports

1956 through 1979


A Note on these documents

These documents from the U.S. Trotskyist youth group, the Young Socialist Alliance, which was in political solidarity with the Socialist Workers Party, were donated to the Holt Labor Library by Gus Horowitz, who has been active in the YSA from 1960-65 and the SWP from 1960-80.. The Holt Labor Library in collaboration with Marty Goodman from the Riazanov Library Project has digitized these documents for the historical record and made them available here, on the Marxists Internet Archive. The records are only presented in a general chronological order by year or set of years. But for each year they are presented within each set by file number, not in any chronological order. So you will notice that often the listing of the files runs from latest to the earliest and not the other way around. This is how the records were organized and we are keeping to that organization.


4th YSA Convention Documents 1965 Plenum

Amendment to the Draft Resolution on the Negro Struggle December 18, 1964 by Larry Shum
Anti-War Movement Report to the YSA Plenum by Doug J., September 7, 1965

8th YSA Convention Nov 1968

A summary of the SWP 1968 National Campaign
Afro-American Struggle Report
Introducing the Young Socialist Alliance
Political Report
The 68 Campaign and Beyond

NEC 1963-1964-1965

1963 NEC Minutes
1964 NEC Minutes
1965 NEC Minutes

NEC 1966

March-June Plenum
June-April Plenum
July-September Plenum
Oct-December Plenum

NEC 1967

NEC Minutes No. 15, Nov. 3, 1967
Letter to all organizations, Nov 8, 1967
Anti-War report by Lew Jones, Nov 14, 1967
NEC Minutes No. 14, Oct. 13, 1967
NEC Plenum, Sep.8-10, 1967
Report to NEC on the SDS National Council Meeting Oct. 13, 1967
NEC Minutes, Sep. 8-10, 1967
NEC Minutes No. 12, Sep. 22, 1967
Release the Anti-War GIs, Sep. 28, 1967
Report on the National Convention of the Dubois Clubs, Sep. 27, 1967
Report on the State of the Organization, 1967
Letter to Comrades, Sep. 23, 1967
Anti-War Reports, Lew, Sep. 22, 1967
Letter to Comrades, by Jeff Mackler, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 12, Sep. 7, 1967
Letter to Charlie Bolduc, Sep. 14, 1967
Letter to all YSAers, Sep. 15, 1967
NEC Minutes No. 11, Sep. 7, 1967
Letter to All Organizers, Sep. 14, 1967
Letter to All YSAers, Sep 15, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 12, Sep 7, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 13, Sep 22, 1967
Letter to Comrades, by Doug Jenness, Sep. 23, 1967
Anti-War Reports, Sep. 22, 1967
Army moves to discharge anti-war GI, Sep. 28, 1967
Report on the 3rd Convention of the DuBvois Clubs, by Les E., Sep. 27, 1967
Plenum Agenda, Sep., 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 11, Sep 7, 1967
NEC Reports on Election Campaign, Aug. 4, 1967
Perspectives for the 1968 Election, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 10, Aug. 27, 1967
Letter to all Organizers and NCers, by Lew Jones, Aug. 15, 1967
Join the Young Socialists for Halstead and Boutelle
Vote Socialist Workers in 1968,
Socialist Candidates in 1968
Petrick Case News No. 3, Aug. 31, 1967
To All Organizers and NC Members, by Jack Barnes, Aug. 35, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 10, Aug. 27, 1967
Petrick Case News No. 3, Aug. 31, 1967 [duplicate]
NEC Report on Election Campaign, Aug. 4, 1967
Anti-War Reports to NEC, Aug. 4, 1967
Letter to all Organizers and YS Directors, Aug. 1, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 9, Aug. 4, 1967
McCarthyism Mexican Style, 1967
Student Mobilization Committee letter, No. 1, Jul. 28, 1967
Letter to all Organizers and NCers, by Lew Jones, National Organizer, Aug. 15, 1967
NEC Minutes No. 9, Aug 4, 1967
NEC Report on Election Campaign, Aug. 4, 1967
NEC Anti-War Report, Aug. 4, 1967
Letter to Charles Bolduc, Aug. 7, 1967
Letter to All Organizers and YS Directors Aug. 1, 1967
Student Mobilization Committee letter, No. 2, Jul. 28, 1967
Student Mobilization Committee letter, No. 3, Aug. 4, 1967
The SMC's The Student Mobilizer, Vol. 1, No. 4, Aug. 15, 1967
Letter to all National Committee members, by Lew Jones, Jul. 13, 1967
NEC Reports on the 1968 Presidential Election
Letter to All Organizers by Marty-Alice Waters, Jul. 1967, 1967
On the Murder of Anti-War Activist George Vissard, Jul. 26, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 8, Jul. 12, 1967
SDS Convention Report
Report on the SMC, by Kip Dawson, Jul. 13, 1967
On the National Conference for New Politics, Jul 13, 1967
Canadian Youth Convention report, Jul. 13, 1967
Letter to the NC members, Jul. 14, 1967
Letter to all Organizers and NCers, by Mary-Alice Waters, National Organizer, 1967
Letter to all Organizers, by Mary-Alice Waters, Jul. 28, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 7, Jun. 25, 1967
Reports on Hugo Blanco Defense Campaign, Jun. 23, 1967
Letter on Fund Drive to all YSAers, by Charles Bolduc, Jun. 27, 1967
Letter to All Organizers and NCers, by Mary-Alice Waters, Jun. 28, 1967
Excerpts from Party Affairs
NEC Minutes, No. 6, Jun. 16, 1967
Anti-War Report, by Lew Jones, Jun. 16, 1967
Letter on Fund Drive to all YSAers, by Charles Bolduc, Jun. 9, 1967
Petrick Defense Work, Jun. 16, 1967
Letter to Organizes and YS Directors, by Charles Bolduc, Jun. 8, 1967
Letter, SMC, Jun. 4, 1967
Letter, SMC, Jun. 6, 1967
NEC Minutes No. 5, May 26, 1967
Chicago-Washington Ant-War Report, Jun. 1, 1967
Proposas for SMC
Motions and Resolutions, May 20-21, 1967
Defend PCFC Howard Petrick, Jun. 2 1967
Letter from SMC, May 26, 1967
Fund Drive Score Board, by Charles Bolduc 1967
Letter to All YS Directors, by Charles Bolduc, May 29, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 4, May 10, 1967
NEC Report on Southern Student Organization Committee (SSOC), May 10, 1967
Minutes of the 6th National Convention of the YSA, May 24-26, 1967
Minutes of NEC Plenum, Mar. 26, 1967
Minutes of NEC Plenum, Mar. 24, 1967
Anti-War Report, by Jack Barnes
NEC Minutes, No. 3 Apr. 28, 1967
Repot on the SMC, by Lew Jones, Apr. 28, 1967
Report on the SMC by Gus H., Apr. 28, 1967
Minutes of NEC Plenum, Mar. 24, 1967
Minutes of the 6th National Convention of the YSA, May 24-26, 1967 [duplicate]
Minutes of NEC Plenum, Mar. 26, 1967
Minutes of NEC Plenum (marked as "confidential"), by Lew Jones, May 6, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 2, Apr. 21, 1967
Report on the SMC by Doug Jenness, Apr. 21, 1967
Report to NEC on Howard Petrick, Apr. 21, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 2, Apr. 21, 1967
Report on the SMC, by Doug Jenness, Apr. 21, 1967
YSA Fund Drive, by Charles Bolduc, Apr. 24, 1967
National Education Department, Apr., 1967
Draft Call for National Workshop, May 20-21, 1967
Spring Mobilization Committee, Apr. 22, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 1, Apr. 9, 1967
Report on SDS National Council Meeting, Apr. 9, 1967
Report on Student Mobilization Committee, by Gus H., Apr. 9, 1967
Greetings from the JCR to the YSA, Mar. 22, 1967
Letter to All YSAers, by Charles Bolduc, Apr. 3, 1967
Letter on proposed quotas for YSA Fund Drive, by Charles Bolduc, 1967
Letter to Organizers by Charles Bolduc, Apr. 4, 1967
Letter to Comrades, by Mary-Alice Waters, Apr. 11, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 34, Mar. 20, 1967
Letter to Comrades, by Mary-Alice Waters, Mar. 21, 1967
Letter on Anti-Draft Activity, by Doug Jenness, Mar. 18, 1967
Letter on Spring Mobilization, by Gus H., Mar. 20, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 33, Mar. 15, 1967
Letter to all Locals, by Lew Jones, Mar. 15 1967
Letter to the NEC by Barzmen, Chainey, Meseke, Sherril, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 32, Mar. 13, 1967
Letter to all YSAers, Mar. 14, 1967
Letter to Organizers and Treasurers, by Charles Bolduc, Mar. 13, 1967
Letter to Organizers, by Lew Jones, National Organizer, Mar. 13 1967
Anti-War Reports, by Jack Barnes, Mar. 6, 1967
Rport on Progress of Vietnam Week and Mobilizations, by Doug Jenness, Mar. 6, 1967
Report on Student Mobilization Committee, by Gus Horowitz , Mar. 6, 1967
Report on Spring Mobilization Committee and call for Mobilization
Meeting to End the War in Vietnam, Mar. 2, 1967
Vietnam Week
Letter to Branches and Locals on the SWP Tape Library, Mar. 6, 1967
Letter from Majority of NCers to Minority NCers, by Lew Jones, National Organizer, 1967
Minority Anti-War Resolution, by Barzmen, Chainey, Meseke, Sherril
NEC Minutes, No. 31, Feb. 22, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 30, Feb. 18, 1967
Summary of Anti-War Week, Feb. 21, 1967
Remarks by Farrell Dobbs, NEC Minutes No. 38, Feb. 16, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 29, Feb. 6, 1967
Letter from YSA NEC to Tony Bloom in Solidarity, Feb. 7, 1967
Telling it Like it Is, by Frankling Alexander, Jan-Feb., 1967
Statement to Readers and Supporters, Jan.-Feb., 1967
Report on the Continuations of the SMC Meeting of Feb 2, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 28, Jan. 24, 1967
Letter (confidential), Jan. 15 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 27, Jan. 17 1967
Letter to All Organizers, Jan. 18, 1967
NEC Minutes, No. 26, Dec. 21, 1966