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| − | | + | On September 30, 1969 an interview with Rudd was broadcast on WAAC radio at Terre Haute, Indiana. An exchanange with the interviewer, Bob Rouse, went like this: |
| − | In an interview broadcast on WAAC radio at Terre Haute, Indiana on September 30, 1969, Rudd declared, "I am part of a faction that is somewhat [[Maoist]]." An exchange with the interviewer, Bob Rouse, went like this:
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| | :ROUSE: Excuse me for interrupting but you said a moment ago that the primary purpose of the SDS is to inform. | | :ROUSE: Excuse me for interrupting but you said a moment ago that the primary purpose of the SDS is to inform. |
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| | :RUDD: No, that's the goal. Absolutely. But I said the purpose was to win Americans to this.}} | | :RUDD: No, that's the goal. Absolutely. But I said the purpose was to win Americans to this.}} |
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| | + | Rudd further stated, "the revolution is being forced on us by outside force and that is good." Another exchange went like this: |
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| | + | :ROUSE: Well, are saying to me that life in [[Cuba]], and life in Russia and li8fe in North Vietnam or any other commu nist country is better than life in the U.S. |
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| + | :RUDD: Well, first of all, I think that it is true that life in Cuba for the Cuban people a lot better off in a lot of ways than life in the U.S., even though they have tremendous economic problems for a tiny country. Russia I am not going to defend, because I don't think Russia is a communist country...The U.S. very much wants to build a ring of satellites around China in order to hold in and hold back social revolution...communism is a system that benefits the people of the world and will eventually benefit the Americans....I am part of a faction that is somewhat Maoist...we believe that the third world revolution is happening, that the black struggle is happening, it is starting now...<ref>Foreign Influence - Weather Underground Organization (WUO). FBI Chicago Field Office Report, August 20, 1976. Section IV. Individuals. [http://foia.fbi.gov/weather/weath2a.pdf Mark William Rudd,] Page 217-223 in original (p. 32-38 pdf).</ref>}} |
| − | <ref>Foreign Influence - Weather Underground Organization (WUO). FBI Chicago Field Office Report, August 20, 1976. Section IV. Individuals. [http://foia.fbi.gov/weather/weath2a.pdf Mark William Rudd,] Page 217-223 in original (p. 32-38 pdf).</ref> | |
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| | ==Progressives for Obama== | | ==Progressives for Obama== |