Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
The
Weather Underground Organization (WUO) was a clandestine, militant
anti-racist organization that aimed to overthrow US imperialism. It
was formed in 1969 by members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS)
following internal ideological struggle within SDS. Aligning itself
with the anti-war movement and supporting Third World liberation
struggles, the WUO staged a campaign of numerous bombings and other
direct actions from the late 196s to mid-1970s, in solidarity with
liberation struggles in Asia, Africa, and Latin America, and in the
United States. The organization published numerous pamphlets,
communiques, and periodicals and a book Prairie Fire: the Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism. The
organization disbanded in 1976. In addition to the book, the collection
includes monographs from the WUO, communiques, and all issues of the
periodical Osawatomie.
Documents
![Weather Underground Attack Kennecott Corporation Headquarters](images/thumbnails//33762.jpg)
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationDate: 9/4/1975Format: CommuniqueCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Communique released by WUO taking responsibility for an attack on the headquarters of Kennecott Corporation in Salt Lake City, Utah.
![Prarie Fire: The Politics of Revolutionary Anti-Imperialism](images/thumbnails//30281.jpg)
Publisher: Bay Area Prairie Fire Organizing CommitteeDate: 5/1975Format: BookCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
A re-print of Prairie Fire, the political statement of the Weather Underground.A strategy for anti-imperialism and revolution inside the imperial US. Contents include: Arm the Spirit; Vietnam; On the Road: Impressions of US History; Imperialism Crisis: The Third World; Imperialism in Crisis: The Home Front; Against the Common Enemy .
![Bernardine Dorhn [mp3]](images/fileicons/audio.png)
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationFormat: mp3Collection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Sent on international Women's Day, 1975 by the Weather Underground, this includes a statement by Bernardine Dohrn and a poem to Assata Shakur by Kathy Boudin, who is herself now a political prisoner. the audio quality reflects the less than ideal recording conditions, but the message comes through.
![Osawatomie Vol. 2-1](images/thumbnails//26945.jpg)
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1976Volume Number: April-May Vol. 2-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Contents:
6 PUERTO RICO
12 REVIEW: AKWASASNE NOTES
16 FIREWORKS: THE WAR OF 1898
17 THE VOLUNTEER ARMY
21 TOOLBOX: SELF-DETERMINATION
22 ZIONISM IS RACISM
24 EYE OF THE STORM: ANGOLA
26 PAUL ROBESON
27 CHOU EN-LAI
![Osawatomie Vol. 2-2](images/thumbnails//26946.jpg)
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1976Volume Number: June-July Vol. 2-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Contents:
3 NEWS
6 i CUBA Si!
9 OUT OF WORK
12 FIREWORKS : RECONSTRUCTION
14 FREDERICK DOUGLASS1
4th OF JULY SPEECH
16 WHERE WE STAND
21 EYE OF THE STORM: BOSTON
23 200 YEARS OF DECEIT & DISGRACE
24 TOOLBOX: SUPEREXPLOITATION
25 FICTION: THE PEOPLE, THE PEOPLE
![Osawatomie No. 2](images/thumbnails//26942.jpg)
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975Volume Number: Summer No. 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Contents:
6 A MIGHTY ARMY:
An Investigation of Women Workers
14 THE POLITICS OF DAYCARE
15 VICTORY IN VIETNAM
18 THE TRIAL: STORIES FROM A TRUCK STOP
20 VICTORY TO THE PONCE CEMENT STRIKE
22 IMPERIALISM = HUNGER
29 June 25th: MOZAMBIQUE INDEPENDENCE DAY
32 The Unemployed Get Organized
33 REVIEW: LONGTIME CALIFORN'
![Osawatomie No. 3](images/thumbnails//26943.jpg)
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975Volume Number: Autumn No. 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Contents
3 WHERE WE STAND
7 PRISON: BREAK THE CHAINS
14 REVIEW: Three Books about Women
16 Fighting For Our Film
18 WUO Bombs Kennecott
19 Defend the Portuguese Revolution
22 TOOLBOX: Socialism
23 Boston: The Battle Rages
26 FIREWORKS. Korea: The First Defeat
28 THE TRAIL
More Stories from a Truck Stop
30 Country Music
![Osawatomie No. 4](images/thumbnails//26944.jpg)
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975-76Volume Number: Winter 1975-76 No. 4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Contents: 3 WHERE WE STAND
7 CLASS STRUGGLE IN NY:
The Truth Behind Default
13 FICTION: THE CLIFFS
14 FIREWORKS: John Brown
16 MO MORE BROKEN TREATIES
18 FIGHTING BACK
24 TOOLBOX: Surplus Value
25 YOUR JOB IS KILLING YOU
28 REVIEW: Labor Radical
30 EYE OF THE STORM:
Armed Struggle* The SLA
![Osawatomie No. 1](images/thumbnails//26941.jpg)
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975Volume Number: Spring No. 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
Contents:
3 WHERE WE STAND
DON'T MOURN, ORGANIZE!
7 THE BATTLE OF BOSTON: An Investigation of ROAR
13 POPULATION CONTROL
15 TOOLBOX
INTERNATIONAL!SM
18 THE WAR COMES HOME:
Roots of the Economic Crisis
25 FIREWORKS
SMOKE SIGNALS
27 REVIEW: CUBAN WOMEN NOW
31 US. FAILURE IN CAMBODIA
![Constructive Criticism](images/thumbnails//26931.jpg)
Format: PamphletCollection: Weather Underground Organization (WUO)
A pamphlet containing advice on how to avoid categorical thinking and provide constructive criticism.