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Matthew Steen. Matthew Landy Steen (born August 22, 1949), also known under the alias William Hollis Coquillette [1] is a former member of Weather Underground Organization and Students for a Democratic Society. In 1972, he was indicted on federal conspiracy and bank robbery charges to finance radical leftist Weatherman activities, sentenced to ...
The Days of Rage were a series of protests during three days in October 1969 in Chicago, organized by the emerging Weatherman faction of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). The group planned the October 8–11 event as a "National Action" built around John Jacobs' slogan "bring the war home", [ 1 ] which grew out of a resolution drafted by ...
List of Weatherman actions. Weatherman, also known as Weathermen and later the Weather Underground Organization, was an American radical left wing militant organization that carried out a series of domestic terrorism activities from 1969 through the 1970s which included bombings, jailbreaks, and riots. Following is a list of the organization's ...
The Weather Underground was a far-left Marxist militant organization first active in 1969, founded on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan. [2] Originally known as the Weathermen, the group was organized as a faction of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) national leadership. [3] Officially known as the Weather Underground ...
Leading up to the Days of Rage event that took place on October 8–11, 1969, the Weatherman collective used various methods of recruiting individuals to join them in Chicago. These demonstrations were intended to recruit high school students to join the organization at the Days of Rage and convince them to join the Weatherman. [1]
Kenneth "Kenny" Schlosser. Michael "Mike" Spiegel. Matthew Steen [4] Annie Stein †. Susan Stern †. Laura Whitehorn. Cathy Wilkerson. † Deceased. The above list includes some people who were connected with Weatherman (the above-ground political grouping that preceded the Weather Underground Organization) but did not go underground to join ...
University of Illinois at Chicago. William Charles Ayers (/ ɛərz /; born December 26, 1944) [ 1 ] is an American retired professor and former militant organizer. In 1969, Ayers co-founded the far-left militant organization the Weather Underground, a revolutionary group that sought to overthrow what they viewed as American imperialism. [ 2 ]
Formation of the Seattle Collective. During the Ave Riots in Seattle's University District on August 10–14, 1969, [3] the women who were participating came together and from this bonding experience, formed "the core of the Seattle Weathermen". [4] The Ave Riots were part of larger actions around the country protesting the Vietnam War. [5]