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Lessons and Legacies of the Weather Underground:<br>
Bay-area release of “Outlaws of America”<br>
Featuring writer-activist Dan Berger and ex-Weather Underground
members<br>
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Tuesday, August 8<br>
7:30 p.m. <br>
AK Press warehouse
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674-A 23rd St, Oakland CA. 510.208.1700.<br>
(b/w MLK and San Pablo, near 19th St BART and West Grand exit of 80/980)
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To celebrate the release of “Outlaws of America,” join former Weather
Underground members and historian Dan Berger in a discussion about the
history, politics, and lessons of one of the most famous groups to come
from the 1960s movements. This special event takes an open, honest and
critical look at a group that initiated a bombing campaign at the height
of ‘60s radicalism to fight racism, war, and capitalism—and what
significance this group has to offer today’s world.<br>
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About “Outlaws of America”:<br>
“Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of
Solidarity” (AK Press, 2006), brings to life the motivations and actions
of America’s most famous renegades, who bombed their way into history.
Through detailed and original research, Dan Berger offers a nuanced and
compelling portrait of the group that risked everything in opposition to
war and racism. Culled from dozens of in-depth interviews with former
Weather Underground members, as well as with civil rights activists,
Black Panthers, Young Lords, and others-- many of whom speak about their
experiences publicly here for the first time. This explosive, engaging,
and timely book uncovers the untold story of the Weather Underground,
from its incendiary beginning to its tumultuous ending-never sparing a
critical analysis of the group.<br>
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“Berger is a master historian and storyteller who manages to reveal and
recreate what the lived experience of the sixties was like for a group of
militant idealists who wanted to make a difference.” —Hernán
Vera<br><br>
“Hopefully, Dan Berger represents an emerging generation of radical
activist scholars. In a meticulously researched study of the Weather
Underground, Berger writes a gripping story, drawing important lessons
for the younger generation of activists.” Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz<br><br>
“We have waited a long time for a book like this.”—George
Katsiaficas.<br>
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DAN BERGER is a writer, activist, and grad student in Philadelphia. He is
the author of “Outlaws of America,” co-editor of “Letters From Young
Activist” and a member of the anti-imperialist collective Resistance in
Brooklyn. He has been involved in an array of radical movements and has
been published in Clamor, Left Turn, and The Nation, among elsewhere.
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This event is supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it
has received from The James Irvine Foundation.<br>
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