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==Revolution==

==Revolution==

According to the traditional [[Soviet]] sponsored [[Lenin]]ist model, the [[proletariat]] is the main revolutionary force, and [[national liberation movement]]s become its allies. According to [[Maoist]] inspired Weathermen, however, the revolutionary national movements were proletarian revolutions in their own right against the world imperialist class, and provided the leadership in the worldwide anti-imperialist revolution.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/details/TheWayTheWindBlewAHistoryOfTheWeatherUnderground ''The Way The Wind Blew: A History Of The Weather Underground,''] Ron Jacobs, Verso, 1997, p. 81 ISBN 1-85984-167-8</ref>  Many WUO members believed that they were a [[Proletarian vanguard]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XUikrTLOJPQC&pg=PA91 Anti-Disciplinary Protest: Sixties Radicalism and Postmodernism]</ref> of a revolution that was underway, and they believed they could unite all the [[Third World]] revolutionaries into one worldwide communist utopia.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=X2OJhrWo6PcC&pg=PT148 Sing a Battle Song: The Revolutionary Poetry, Statements, and Communiques of the Weather Underground 1970-1974]</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/article/225989/unearthing-weather-underground-joseph-morrison-skelly Unearthing the Weather Underground], [[National Review]]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=O34F9hWb5UcC&q=utopia Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and Revolutionary Violence in the Sixties and Seventies]</ref> On May 21, 1970, the organization issued its "Declaration of a State of War" against America, which was written by Dohrn.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ynNsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA39 Chronologies of Modern Terrorism]</ref>

According to the traditional [[Soviet]] sponsored [[Lenin]]ist model, the [[proletariat]] is the main revolutionary force, and [[national liberation movement]]s become its allies. According to [[Maoist]] inspired Weathermen, however, the revolutionary national movements were proletarian revolutions in their own right against the world imperialist class, and provided the leadership in the worldwide anti-imperialist revolution.<ref>[http://www.archive.org/details/TheWayTheWindBlewAHistoryOfTheWeatherUnderground ''The Way The Wind Blew: A History Of The Weather Underground,''] Ron Jacobs, Verso, 1997, p. 81 ISBN 1-85984-167-8</ref>  Many WUO members believed that they were a [[Proletarian vanguard]]<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=XUikrTLOJPQC&pg=PA91 Anti-Disciplinary Protest: Sixties Radicalism and Postmodernism]</ref> of a revolution that was underway, and they believed they could unite all the [[Third World]] revolutionaries into one worldwide communist utopia.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=X2OJhrWo6PcC&pg=PT148 Sing a Battle Song: The Revolutionary Poetry, Statements, and Communiques of the Weather Underground 1970-1974]</ref><ref>[http://www.nationalreview.com/article/225989/unearthing-weather-underground-joseph-morrison-skelly Unearthing the Weather Underground], [[National Review]]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=O34F9hWb5UcC&q=utopia Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and Revolutionary Violence in the Sixties and Seventies]</ref>

 

On May 21, 1970, the organization issued its "Declaration of a State of War" against America, which was written by Dohrn.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ynNsBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA39 Chronologies of Modern Terrorism]</ref>  In many ways, the Underground was structured like a typical cult organization, lacking perhaps one or two key features.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/2002/02/24/i-was-a-terrorist/5a37fc9f-9c10-410a-b47b-3e98ffe9a3a1/?utm_term=.f09b88d7efb1 I was a terrorist.], [[Washington Post]]</ref>

On September 13, 1970, the weathermen helped [[Timothy Leary]] escape from a prison in San Luis Obispo.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jtVeR1boA1MC&q=timothy+leary+jailbreak+weathermen+september+13 Disorders and Terrorism: Report of the Task Force on Disorders and Terrorism]</ref>

On September 13, 1970, the weathermen helped [[Timothy Leary]] escape from a prison in San Luis Obispo.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jtVeR1boA1MC&q=timothy+leary+jailbreak+weathermen+september+13 Disorders and Terrorism: Report of the Task Force on Disorders and Terrorism]</ref>

[[Image:Deathpigs.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The words "Death to Pigs" were written on a wall in the blood of Manson Family victims; the WUO and Manson Family had a shared political vocabulary<ref>For more on the Marxist concept of a "shared political vocabulary" see ''Reclaiming Revolution: history, summation & lessons from the work of Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement (STORM)'', Spring 2004, Edited by [[Van Jones]] ''et al'', [http://www.capitalresearch.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/stormsummation.pdf p. 9 pdf] (link inactive, for the archived version, see [https://web.archive.org/web/20091007025931/http://www.capitalresearch.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/stormsummation.pdf here]).</ref> as well as advocacy of illegal drug use, violence, and killing.]]

[[Image:Deathpigs.jpg|right|thumb|350px|The words "Death to Pigs" were written on a wall in the blood of Manson Family victims; the WUO and Manson Family had a shared political vocabulary<ref>For more on the Marxist concept of a "shared political vocabulary" see ''Reclaiming Revolution: history, summation & lessons from the work of Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement (STORM)'', Spring 2004, Edited by [[Van Jones]] ''et al'', [http://www.capitalresearch.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/stormsummation.pdf p. 9 pdf] (link inactive, for the archived version, see [https://web.archive.org/web/20091007025931/http://www.capitalresearch.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/stormsummation.pdf here]).</ref> as well as advocacy of illegal drug use, violence, and killing.]]

===High School Jailbreaks===

===High School Jailbreaks===

The Weathermen engaged in several forms of recruitment.  One of those was the high school "jailbreak", where students would run through campus shouting "jailbreak", in an effort to urge others to join them.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=f2izljFZO_wC&q=weather+underground+high+school+jailbreak The Weather Underground: report of the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session]</ref>

The Weathermen engaged in several forms of recruitment.  One of those was the high school "jailbreak", where students would run through campus shouting "jailbreak", in an effort to urge others to join them.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=f2izljFZO_wC&q=weather+underground+high+school+jailbreak The Weather Underground: report of the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session]</ref>