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Weather Underground Organization

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

Osawatomie Osawatomie
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975Volume Number: Autumn No. 3Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization
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 Osawatomie
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1976Volume Number: June-July Vol. 2-2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization
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 Osawatomie
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975Volume Number: Summer No. 2Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization
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 CALIFORN1
Osawatomie Osawatomie
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1976Volume Number: April-May Vol. 2-1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization
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 Osawatomie
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975Volume Number: Spring No. 1Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization
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
Osawatomie Osawatomie
Publisher: Weather Underground OrganizationYear: 1975-76Volume Number: Winter 1975-76 No. 4Format: PeriodicalCollection: Weather Underground Organization
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