<P> In December 1964, with the political climate drastically changing, a second printing of the manifesto was issued which included an introductory disclaimer which indicated that "while few of its original writers would agree today with all of its conclusions," the manifesto retained its importance as an "essential source of SDS direction" and "one of the earliest embodiments of the feelings of the new movement of young people which began in the sixties . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikisource has original text related to this article: Port Huron Statement </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> Wikisource has original text related to this article: Port Huron Statement </Td> </Tr> <P> The 25,700 - word statement "articulated the fundamental problems of American society and laid out a radical vision for a better future". It issued a nonideological call for participatory democracy, "both as a means and an end", based on non-violent civil disobedience and the idea that individual citizens could help make "those social decisions determining the quality and direction" of their lives . Also known as the "Agenda for a Generation", it "brought the term' participatory democracy' into the common parlance". </P>

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