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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 various activities and ...
The Weatherman group had long held that militancy was becoming more important than nonviolent forms of anti-war action, and that university campus-based demonstrations needed to be punctuated with more dramatic actions, which had the potential to interfere with the U.S. military and internal security apparatus.
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]
The Weather Underground Organization (WUO), whose members were often called Weatherman, was a radical leftist organization founded in 1969 and active through 1980. [1] The following is a list of some of the members of Weatherman.
David Gilbert (born October 6, 1944) is an American radical leftist who participated in the deadly 1981 robbery of a Brinks armored vehicle.Gilbert was a founder of the Columbia University chapter of Students for a Democratic Society and became a member of the Weather Underground. [2]
Benjamin Abell; Derek Brockway; Jim Cantore; Suzanne Charlton; Spencer Christian; Barbara Edwards; Elise Finch; Michael Fish; Gregory S. Forbes; Gary England; Bill Giles
Under the circumstances, and given that this body of material is now being used to challenge the claim that there were no proven deaths resulting from Weatherman actions, I think we need to look into the sourcing of other recently added claims to check for reliability. - Wikidemon 05:00, 29 December 2009 (UTC) Two more.
Weathermen may refer to: . Weather Underground, American political movement commonly called "the Weathermen", 1969–1977; The Weathermen (band), a semi-satirical Belgian electronic and pop group