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Fifth Communique from the Weather Underground
This is the fifth public communication from the Weathermen since going underground. They call for a youth culture of total resistance, and immediate national action if Nixon bombs N. Vietnam, invades Cuba or intervenes in the Middle East. The Fall Offensive was to be a week of youth fighting pigs around the country.
Same as CD 397
Real Dragon
Date: 3/3/1973Call Number: RD 033Format: 1/4 7 1/2 ipsProgram: Real DragonCollection: “The Real Dragon” a news magazine including music and poetry
Program with emphasis on Native American struggle; also reports on Indochina and text of communiqué from Weather Underground on Vietnam -- “Common Victories”
BBC on Weathermen
Call Number: CD 175Format: DVDProducers: BBCCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
A BBC documentary on the Weathermen. Actually fairly balanced given the American media frensy during this era. Good interviews with Linda Evans, Bernardine Dohrn, Jennifer Dohrn & Jonah Raskin. This is a DVD!
The Weather Underground: the Explosive Story of America’s Most Notorious Revolutionaries
Date: 7/1/2004Call Number: CD 192Format: DVDProducers: Sam Green, Bill SiegelCollection: Compact discs and videos representing digitized copies of analog tapes
The Weather Underground is a feature-length documentary that explores the rise and fall of this radical movement, as former members speak candidly about the idealistic passion that drove them to "bring the war home" and the trajectory that placed them on the FBI's most wanted list.
Thirty years ago, with those words, a group of young American radicals announced their intention to overthrow the U.S. government. In THE WEATHER UNDERGROUND, former Underground members, including Bernardine Dohrn, Bill Ayers, Mark Rudd, David Gilbert and Brian Flanagan, speak publicly about the idealistic passion that drove them to "bring the war home" and the trajectory that placed them on the FBI's most wanted list.
Fueled by outrage over racism and the Vietnam War, the Weather Underground waged a low-level war against the U.S. government through much of the 1970s--bombing targets across the country that they considered emblematic of the real violence that the U.S. was wreaking throughout the world. Ultimately, the group's carefully organized clandestine network managed to successfully evade one of the largest manhunts in FBI history, yet the group's members would reemerge to life in a country that was dramatically different than the one they had hoped their efforts would inspire. Extensive archival material, including, photographs, film footage and FBI documents are interwoven with modern-day interviews to trace the group's path, from its pitched battles with police on Chicago's streets, to its bombing of the U.S. Capitol, to its successful endeavor breaking acid-guru Timothy Leary out of prison. The film explores the Weathermen in the context of other social movements of the time and features interviews with former members of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and the Black Panthers. It also examines the U.S. government's suppression of dissent in the 1960s and 1970s.
Looking back at their years underground, the former members paint a compelling portrait of troubled times, revolutionary times, and the forces that drove their resistance.
Anti-Vietnam War Protests
Raw footage of US anti-Vietnam war efforts, including: “Greenwich Village Townhouse Bombing”; interview with Dustin Hoffman (no sound); Weathermen bombing of government building; SDS-WSA sit-in against presidential candidate George McGovern; Maxim’s bombing; Linda Evans press conference on trip to North Vietnam; SDS representative speaks about efforts of organization; antiwar protest chanting “Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh! The NLF is going to win!”; charges brought against members of Weather Underground; Jonathan Lerner of SDS gives speech about US imperialist war.
Anti-Vietnam War Protests
Raw footage of US anti-Vietnam war efforts, including: “Greenwich Village Townhouse Bombing”; interview with Dustin Hoffman (no sound); Weathermen bombing of government building; SDS-WSA sit-in against presidential candidate George McGovern; Maxim’s bombing; Linda Evans press conference on trip to North Vietnam; SDS representative speaks about efforts of organization; antiwar protest chanting “Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh! The NLF is going to win!”; charges brought against members of Weather Underground; Jonathan Lerner of SDS gives speech about US imperialist war.
Students for a Democratic Society, The Weather Underground, and Black Panther Party
Bernardine Dohrn, of SDS/WUO, speech at Columbia (not audible); SDS rally, Mark Rudd and others speak (not audible); Mark Rudd speaks to reporters
Anti-Vietnam War Protests
Aftermath of one of the WUO bombings; candidate Jimmy Carter in Seattle addresses American Legion; Muhammad Ali announces his refusal to go to Vietnam; protest against anti-war protestors; J. Edgar Hoover presents President Nixon with award - Nixon speaks about respect for officers; scenes of peaceful protests turned violent due to police; speech on US economics.
Anti-Vietnam War Protests
Aftermath of one of the WUO bombings; candidate Jimmy Carter in Seattle addresses American Legion; Muhammad Ali announces his refusal to go to Vietnam; protest against anti-war protestors; J. Edgar Hoover presents President Nixon with award - Nixon speaks about respect for officers; scenes of peaceful protests turned violent due to police; speech on US economics.
Laura Whitehorn for COINTELPRO 101
Radical activist and former political prisoner/WUO member who was targeted by the federal government.
