2008/11/16

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Bill Ayers Tells His Story, Finally

clipped by: katsteevns

Friday, November 14, 2008

BERNADINE DOHRN: Nothing the Weather Underground did was terrorist. And, you know, we could make lots of choices if we were reliving it. Nothing we did was perfect. But decision was made, after the death of our three comrades in a townhouse, not to hurt people, to engage in direct actions that were symbolic, that were recognizable and understandable to the American people and that protected people. And that kind of restraint was widespread. There were tens of thousands of political bombings over that first three?1970, ?71, ?72, ?73, all across the country, not under anybody?s leadership, but they were overwhelmingly restrained, symbolic.


go back to the savage and unrestrained terror that the United States was unleashing in the world, in Vietnam, as Bill said, and at home. You remember that the assassinations of black political leaders in the United States was a regular feature of life. And, you know, it seemed?the context of the time has to be understood.


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PARTICIPATION REQUIRED-ALWAYS

clipped by: klippety
clippers remarks: When a people decide to participate in a Democracy, they will bring about change
Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

On This Day

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250,000 War Protesters Stage Peaceful Rally In Washington; Militants Stir Clashes Later


A Record Throng

250,000 War Protesters Stage a Peaceful March and Rally in Heart of Washington

Washington, Nov. 15--A vast throng of Americans, predominantly youthful and constituting the largest mass march in the nations capital, demonstrated peacefully in the heart of the city today, demanding a rapid withdrawal of United States troops from Vietnam.



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