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The Split of the Weather Underground Organization: Struggle Against White and Male Supremacy The Split of the Weather Underground Organization: Struggle Against White and Male Supremacy
Publisher: John Brown Book ClubDate: 2/1977Volume Number: FebruaryFormat: MonographCollection: Prarie Fire Organizing Committee (PFOC)
Prairie Fire Organizing Committee published documents of the split in the Weather Underground Organization. CONTENTS: Intro by John Brown Book Club; Class and Revolutionary Politics: the meaning of the Hard Times Conference (Feb.1976); In Defense of Prairie Fire by Clayton van Lydegraf (July 1976); WUO Public Self-Criticism by the RC (Oct.1976); Criticism of the Central Committee by the Revolutionary Committee (Nov. 1976);Tape from Bernadine Dohrn (Nov. 1976); Letter from sisters in the WUO to the women of PFOC (Sept. 1976); John Brown Book Club's Self-Criticism; Open Letter to the RC from Native American Warriors (Jan. 1977); Statement on the Bombing of the INS by the RC (Feb. 1977)
BGF solidarity with SLA open letter BGF solidarity with SLA open letter
Publisher: BGFDate: 3/1974Volume Number: MarchFormat: CommuniqueCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This communique is from the Black Guerrilla Family that calls for an end of sufferng and the oppression of the people. It outlines what oppression looks like, supports the SLA in their movement, and calls for action against oppression to be taken, but to be objective when taking action.
Press Release: California Refused to Extradite SLA's Defreeze Press Release: California Refused to Extradite SLA's Defreeze
Publisher: The Black Panther Intercommunal News ServiceDate: 4/18/1974Volume Number: 18-AprFormat: Press ReleaseCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
Press release written by the Black Panther Party stating that Donald Defreeze of the Symbionese Liberation Army is working with the State of California in a conspiracy against the Black Panthers.
For the SLA For the SLA
Author: Cassie McGeeDate: 5/20/1974Volume Number: 20-MayFormat: PoemCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
A poem remembering the fallen members of the SLA: Cinque, Nancy, Angela, Willy, Camilla and Mizmoon.
Communique from Combat Unit Four Black Liberation Army Communique from Combat Unit Four Black Liberation Army
Date: 5/31/1974Volume Number: 31-MayFormat: CommuniqueCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This communique from Combat Unit Four of the Black Liberation Army calls for all revolutionary groups to unite and strike against oppressor all throughout the country.
Patty Hearst communique Patty Hearst communique
Author: Patty Hearst/TaniaPublisher: SLAYear: 1974Format: CommuniqueCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This communique was written by Patricia Hearst, Teko, Fahizah, and Cinque. Hearst announces her joining the Symbionese Liberation Army to fight for the freedom of oppressed people and her decision to take up the name Tania. Teko discusses the need for white men to join the revolution and to stop opressing. Fahizah gives background on their General Field Marshall Cinque. Finally, Cinque calls for people to take up arms in the revolution and talks about the Hearst operations.
For Mizmoon, from Mizsun For Mizmoon, from Mizsun
Format: PoemCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This poem was written from Mizsun to Mizmoon , a member of the Symbionese Liberation Army. This is a poem that expresses love from one revolutionary to another.
Communique from the United People's Liberation Army (Transcript) Communique from the United People's Liberation Army (Transcript)
Authors: Chunga Abdul Asad and ChakaFormat: CommuniqueCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This communique indicates that the Symbionese Liberation Army has joined with the Guerrilla Organizations to create the United People's Liberation Army in response to the killing of the six SLA members. Also, it commemorates those six slain SLA members and also honors Patricia Hearst.
An Open Letter to the People and all Combat Units of the "New World Liberation Front (NWLF)" An Open Letter to the People and all Combat Units of the "New World Liberation Front (NWLF)"
Publisher: Comat Unit Four of the Black Liberation ArmyFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This letter from Combat Unit Four of the Black Liberation Army addresses the combat units of the New World Liberation Front. It calls for all combat units to unite and meet violent governmental opposition with the use of arms.
Free the SLA Free the SLA
Author: SLAFormat: StatementCollection: Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA)
This statement written from the "underground" critiques the current revolutionary groups and provides directions for how the Left should continue. Its idea to unite the masses includes building a non-racist movement, incorporating the ideology of feminism into all theory and practice, and creating organizations capable of surviving repression from oppositional forces.