Bill Ayers (1968): "Kill all the rich people! Break up their cars and apartments! Bring the revolution home, kill your parents - that's where it's really at!" 1969 - Ayers attempted to extort money ($20,000) from the Vietnam Moratorium Committee. When a member of the Moratorium group asked Bill Ayers what he really wanted, "To kill all rich people," Ayers responded. When another peace activist pointed out that Ayers himself came from wealth, he answered: "Bring the war home. Kill your parents." 1969 (December 27 to 31) – Weathermen hold a “War Council” meeting in Flint, MI. Bernardine Dohrn comments about the Charles Manson-led "Sharon Tate - LaBianca Murders" “Dig It! First they killed those pigs, then they ate dinner in the same room with them, and then they put a fork in pig Tate's belly! Wild!"
Piven was calling for violent revolution within the last week.
Andy Stern is the one who said “If we can’t use the power of persuasion, we’ll use the persuasion of power”.