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1/ Thread about days of rage, America's forgotten revolutionary violence: amazon.com/Days-Rage-Unde…
2/ Hypothetical on what it would be like if the terror campaign happened today: Image
3/ In 1971 and 1972, there were nearly 5 bombings a day, however the vast majority were non fatal. People just viewed it as a nuisance: Image
4/ The radical violence was not about the Vietnam war. It was primarily about race: Image
5/ Description of civil rights movement turning violent: Image
6/ Black radical Eldridge Cleaver rapes white women as a form of revenge: Image
7/ Rise in attacks on police officers: Image
8/ The weathermen were a small group of people, and they were not particularly poor: Image
9/ Many Jews got into the radical movement because they were worried about another Holocaust: Image
10/ On the sexual depravity of the Weathermen: Image
11/ In one gathering, the Weathermen debated on whether or not it would be ethical to kill white babies: Image
12/ Some Weatherman were angry a policeman survived after a bombing, contrary to what some claim, their intentions were to kill people. Image
13/ They were supported by the National Lawyers Guild: Image
14/ Interestingly enough, the NLG still exists today, many rioters write their number on their arms and call them in jail for legal support: amgreatness.com/2020/03/08/ant…
15/ College students were more unfavorable the weathermen than the John Birch society: Image
16/ By 1971 AP estimated their were 3000 communes that took in 3 million people: Image
17/ Brutal murder of NY cops by Black liberation Army: Shot in the balls, danced a jig over dead body Image
18/ Seven police officers killed by BLA in few month span: Image
19/Around the same time black radical Mark Essex killed nine in New Orleans: Image
20/ Many in radical scene saw prison inmates as key to America's radical future. Blacks opportunistically spouted marxist rhetoric. Image
21/ Paragraph about the radical attorney Fay Stender: Image
22/ Stender later had a falling out with George Jackson. She killed herself after being shot and paralyzed and put in constant pain by a Black Guerrilla Family member: Image
23/ Weather underground torn apart by "identity politics" Image
24/ On the Puerto Rican independence movement, the most violent: Image
25/ More about their history of attacks: Image
26/ State of the South Bronx in late 70s. By some estimates 40% of buildings were burned out: Image

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