File this under something I didn’t know:

SDS is back.

That’s SDS as in, “Students for a Democratic Society” - the outfit which, in the 1960s, represented maybe the apogee of left-wing student radicalism. It dissolved in acrimony about 1969 - though not before giving birth to the Weathermen - but now it is being revived, and in fact has a constitutional convention coming up later this summer.

The reason I bring all this up is that a press release from the Lancaster chapter of SDS just showed up in my e-mailbox, noting that the group will host an “emergency demonstration” to protest more funding for the war in Iraq.

The demonstration will be held tomorrow at 6 p.m. on the steps of the courthouse.

Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.