The Weather Underground were allied with the Black Liberation Movement in communist revolution

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This movie is NOT PBS. Here’s a link to the trailer.

I didn't say it was. That's why, at the end, I asked if you meant the movie. In any case, I can't imagine that the film doesn't portray them as sympathetic figures, at least on some level.

"The Weather Underground is a 2002 documentary film based on the rise and fall of the American radical organization The Weathermen. The group's goal was to 'bring the (Vietnam) War home' through acts of domestic terrorism. The film, directed by Sam Green and Bill Siegel, was nominated for an Academy Award in 2004."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weather_Underground

And here is the website for the Weather Underground PBS documentary:
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/weatherunderground/

Yet another documentary ('Underground')...
"Underground is a 1976 documentary film about the Weathermen, the militant faction of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) who fought to overthrow the U.S. government during the 1960’s and 1970’s."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_(documentary_film)

Finally, from the believe-it-or-not file...

The Weathermen (hip hop group)

"The Weathermen, is a New York City based, underground hip-hop supergroup consisting of Aesop Rock, Tame One, Cage Kennylz, Yak Ballz, El-P, and Breeze Brewin. The group took its name from the revolutionary organization Weatherman, and sometimes refers to itself as the "New Left". Former members include Jakki da Mottamouth, Copywrite, Vast Aire and the late Camu Tao.

They released a mixtape in 2003 titled The Conspiracy, on Eastern Conference Records.[1] They plan to release their first full length record on Definitive Jux in 2008.

Originally formed by Cage, the group consisted of nine members from the Eastern Conference and Definitive Jux labels. By 2006, Jakki da Mottamouth, Copywrite, and Vast Aire had left and were replaced by Aesop Rock. They then became associated with Cardboard City."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weathermen_(hip_hop_group)

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Here’s a link to the trailer.

Thanks for the link. I'll check it out. In the meantime, I'll see if I can find the link for the PBS documentary. That is, unless someone can beat me to it. :)

[bmwcyle]

No, it can't be. You are making this up. A one party system in that area works so well. /sarcasm

Chicago is worse than I thought. What a F'in mess.

[Doug TX]

I was surprised because they had several weather underground people who cooperated and they don’t come off as sympathetic to me. In fact, that is why I recommend it so highly. Everyone will have their own opinion I’m sure.

I’m glad I took a chance on this DVD because the constant drumbeat by Hannity left be void of any historical knowledge of the group. I had no idea of the black panther link or that they all called Chicago home.

[SuziQ]

I guess this is NEW news to a younger generation, but we, who grew up in the 60's and 70's knew this back then, even if the documents weren't out in the open. The Black Panthers were known to want to foment revolution, and we knew they were allied with the communist sympathizers in the anti-Vietnam War movement. They were also the darlings of the elites in Manhattan, who were trying to show how they were 'oh, so enlightened' and not prejudiced against black people.

For a great take on that, read Tom Wolfe's book "Radical Chic, and Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers"Catchers". It is two essays, the second of which does a great job of describing exactly what a 'community organizer' does.

[ETL]

I guess this is NEW news to a younger generation, but we, who grew up in the 60's and 70's knew this back then, even if the documents weren't out in the open.

By "we, who grew up in the 60's and 70's", you can't be saying that the majority of folks around at the time 'knew' most of this? Perhaps, you meant those few such as yourself who, through various means, actively sought the info out on your own? Because as you even stated yourself, the docs weren't out in the open. And surely the MSM, even then, didn't go into these sorts of 'details' (esp the communist angle). I'm sure there are many 60-70's generation people here who didn't know a lot of this.

In fact, even now (2008), none of the popular conservative commentators ever really get in to the communist connections. Sean Hannity, for example, hasn't once, referred to Bill Ayers or the Weather Underground as being communist in their ideology. He refers to them only as "domestic terrorists". Same is true for Rev Wright and Black Liberation Theology (except for that one special Friday night airing of Hannity's America which I excerpted in the main post at the top).

[ScreamingFist]

BTTT!

[ETL]

BTTT!

I agree. Back to the top!

[ScreamingFist]

Wow! I just went through your BIO. Just WOW! Thanks for all that hard work, you are a one stop source for everything FR needs to know about hussein obama. Thank You!

[ETL]

Wow! I just went through your BIO. Just WOW!

You're welcome. And THANK YOU for having the sense to appreciate the significance of what's there.

you are a one stop source for everything FR needs to know about hussein obama.

re: "one stop source". I like that. Thanks again.

[nw_arizona_granny]

a pipe bomb filled with heavy metal staples and lead bullet projectiles was set off on the ledge of a window at the Park Station of the San Francisco Police Department. In the blast, Brian V. McDonnell, a police sergeant, was fatally wounded while Robert Fogarty, another police officer, received severe wounds to his face and legs and was partially blinded.[21]<<<

Interesting that they made their bombs, as kgb taught them and the palestinians, who use them today against Israel.

Excellent thread.

[kalee]

bookmark for later reading

[ETL]

I had no idea of the black panther link

What about the Black Liberation Army link that is made in several of my posts on this same thread? That is even more significant since Obama belonged to a "church", for twenty years, which preached Black Liberation Theology from the pulpit.

"Their founding document [the Weather Underground's] called for the establishment of a "white fighting force" to be allied with the "Black Liberation Movement" and other "anti-colonial" movements[1] to achieve "the destruction of US imperialism and the achievement of a classless world: world communism."..."-Berger, Dan (2006). Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity. AK Press, 95.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weatherman_Underground#cite_ref-Berger_0-0

Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity (Paperback) by Dan Berger
http://www.amazon.com/Outlaws-America-Underground-Politics-Solidarity/dp/1904859410

From David Horowitz's FrontPageMag.com/DiscoverTheNetworks.org:
"FBI files from 1976, recently made public under the Freedom of Information Act, confirm the connections between Weatherman, Havana, and Moscow. Weatherman leaders like Mark Rudd traveled illegally to Havana in 1968 to engage in terrorist training. There, camps set up by Soviet KGB Colonel Vadim Kotchergine were educating Westerners both in Marxist philosophy and urban warfare."
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6808

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