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The Flint War Council was a series of meetings of the Weather Underground Organization and associates in Flint, Michigan, that took place 27–31 December 1969. [78] During these meetings, the decisions were made for the Weather Underground Organization to go underground [ 34 ] and to "engage in guerilla warfare against the U.S. government."
Two important decisions were made during the War Council. The first of these decisions was to go underground, which stemmed from the fact that law enforcement was increasing pressure on the WUO and similar groups (as evidenced by the killing of Fred Hampton), [6] as well as the belief that going underground was the best way to conduct guerrilla warfare against the U.S. government.
The Weather Underground Organization (WUO), whose members were often called Weatherman, was a radical leftist organization founded in 1969 and active through 1980. [1]
October 14 - The Harvard Center for International Affairs is bombed by The Proud Eagle Tribe of Weather (later renamed the Women's Brigade of the Weather Underground). [20] WUO claims this is to protest the war in Vietnam. [NYT, 10/14/70, p. 30] The bombing was in reaction to Angela Davis' arrest and was the first action undertaken by an all ...
The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground. Paperback ed. New York: Verso, 1997. ISBN 1-85984-167-8. Joseph, Peniel E. Waiting 'Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2006. ISBN 0-8050-7539-9. Kahn, Roger. The Battle for Morningside Heights: Why Students Rebel ...
In 1973, the Weather Underground Organization established a printing operation called the Red Dragon Print Collective, a venture which Braley helped run. [10] Operating out of a soundproof apartment, the print collective was a formative part of the Weather Underground Organization for its final three years. [10]
Pages in category "Members of the Weather Underground" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
In 1974, the Weather Underground released the book Prairie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-imperialism. [1] [2] Since the Weather Underground was engaged in illegal bombings and its leaders were fugitives, it required help from aboveground supporters to distribute the book; participants in this work included Van Lydegraf and Jennifer Dohrn. [3]