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Ayers is the husband of terrorist [[Bernardine Dohrn]].
Ayers is the husband of terrorist [[Bernardine Dohrn]].
==Early life and upbringing==
==Early life and upbringing==
[[Image:Ayers.jpg|left|thumb|Bill Ayers in August 1968.]]
[[Image:Ayers.jpg|left|thumb|Bill Ayers in August 1968.]]
In 1968, Ayers became leader of the [[Students for a Democratic Society]], and then a prominent leader of the violent "Weatherman group." The group was associated with other international [[communist]] guerrilla and terrorist groups, including the [[Vietcong]]. Its objective was the furtherance of [[Soviet]] foreign policy and the defeat of the U.S. in Vietnam. In May 1970, the organization issued a Declaration of War<ref>[[FBI]] file, [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Declaration_of_a_State_of_War Weather Underground Declaration of a State of War]</ref> against the United States authored by Bernardine Dohrn who was later to become Ayers wife but not until other members of the group, including Ayers girlfriend at the time, blew themselves up in a bomb making factory in [[Greenwich Village]] [[New York City]].
In 1968, Ayers became leader of the [[Students for a Democratic Society]], and then a prominent leader of the violent "Weatherman group." The group was associated with other international [[communist]] guerrilla and terrorist groups, including the [[Vietcong]]. Its objective was the furtherance of [[Soviet]] foreign policy and the defeat of the U.S. in Vietnam. In May 1970, the organization issued a Declaration of War<ref>[[FBI]] file, [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Weather_Underground_Declaration_of_a_State_of_War Weather Underground Declaration of a State of War]</ref> against the United States authored by Bernardine Dohrn who was later to become Ayers wife but not until other members of the group, including Ayers girlfriend at the time, blew themselves up in a bomb making factory in [[Greenwich Village]] [[New York City]].
[[File:Bring the War Home2.JPG|right|thumb|SDS leaflet organizing the Chicago Days of Rage, October 11, 1969. [http://www.archive.org/stream/TheWayTheWindBlewAHistoryOfTheWeatherUnderground/waythewindblew#page/n27/mode/2up] ]]
[[File:Bring the War Home2.JPG|right|150px|thumb|SDS leaflet organizing the Chicago Days of Rage, October 11, 1969. [http://www.archive.org/stream/TheWayTheWindBlewAHistoryOfTheWeatherUnderground/waythewindblew#page/n27/mode/2up] ]]
The WUO was responsible for roughly 72 bombings in all, including the [[United States Capitol]] (March 1, 1971), [[The Pentagon]] (May 19, 1972), the United States [[Department of State]] (January 28, 1975)<ref>[http://foia.fbi.gov/weather/weath1c.pdf FBI file Weather Underground] pgs. 67-71 pdf</ref> and numerous other targets. In 1969, the Weather Underground planted a bomb at a statue dedicated to [[police]] casualties in the 1886 [[Haymarket Riot]]. The statue was blown into pieces, but was rebuilt in 1970. It was blown up again by the Weather Underground, five months later.
The WUO was responsible for roughly 72 bombings in all, including the [[United States Capitol]] (March 1, 1971), [[The Pentagon]] (May 19, 1972), the United States [[Department of State]] (January 28, 1975)<ref>[http://foia.fbi.gov/weather/weath1c.pdf FBI file Weather Underground] pgs. 67-71 pdf</ref> and numerous other targets. In 1969, the Weather Underground planted a bomb at a statue dedicated to [[police]] casualties in the 1886 [[Haymarket Riot]]. The statue was blown into pieces, but was rebuilt in 1970. It was blown up again by the Weather Underground, five months later.