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Mother Country Radicals
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Zayd Dohrn was born underground - his parents were radicals and counter-culture outlaws, on the run from the FBI. Now Zayd takes us back to the 1970s, when his parents and their young friends in the Weather Underground Organization declared war on the United States government. They brawled with riot cops on the streets of Chicago, bombed the Pentagon and the U.S. Capitol, broke comrades out of prison, and teamed up with Black militant groups to rob banks, fight racism - and help build a revolution.
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Chapter 4: Bring the War Home
Jun 16, 202200:38:22Tap to summarizeThe Weathermen decide to bring the horrors of the Vietnam War back to America’s doorstep, planning an action that will change the future of the organization, and Zayd’s family, forever.For more of the story, check out: Bill Ayers, Fugitive Days: Memoirs of an Antiwar Activist (2001)Cathy Wilkerson, Flying Close to the Sun: My Life and Times as a Weatherman (2007)
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Chapter 1: The Most Dangerous Woman in America
Jun 9, 202200:52:30Tap to summarizeIn 1970, a former law student named Bernardine Dohrn declared war on the United States government. Decades later, her son Zayd Ayers Dohrn tells the story of how his mother was radicalized, and became the most wanted woman in America. For more of the story, check out: Students for a Democratic Society, The Port Huron Statement (1962) Revolutionary Youth Movement, "The Weatherman Paper" (1969)
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Chapter 3: I Am A Revolutionary
Jun 9, 202200:43:56Tap to summarizeJamal Joseph is radicalized at 15, and joins the New York Black Panthers. And a deadly attack by Chicago Police puts both Panthers and Weathermen on a path towards violent revolution. For more of the story, check out: Jamal Joseph, Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion and Reinvention (2012)Stanley Nelson, The Black Panther Party: Vanguard of the Revolution (2016)
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