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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>
 
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>
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==Days of Rage==
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===High School Jailbreaks===
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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>
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One member remarked of the effort: "If you're too chicken to do anything more than leaflet at your high school, then you're part of the problem."<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=6KC36MHH3j8C&pg=PT57 Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity]</ref>
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===Days of Rage===
 
In 1969, the Weathermen held a series of protests known as the "''Days of Rage''".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=pXfNBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 Homeland Security: An Introduction to Principles and Practice, Second Edition]</ref>
 
In 1969, the Weathermen held a series of protests known as the "''Days of Rage''".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=pXfNBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 Homeland Security: An Introduction to Principles and Practice, Second Edition]</ref>
  
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