Looking backward: Personal reflections on language, gesture and mythology in the Weather Underground
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Several fictional accounts of the workings of the central committee of the Weather Underground are written in the past few years and although they provide insightful comments, they cannot be considered authoritative histories of the organization, since the authors have did not have access to key documents or to reliable interviews with former fugitives. An attempt is made to describe the role of the Weather Underground, and its intricate network of friends and sympathizers, played in the aboveground activities, including anti-war demonstrations in the 1970s.
Publication Name: Socialism and Democracy
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0885-4300
Year: 2006
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Jack London, burning man: Portrait of an American socialist
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Jack London, an American author, addressed the students of University of California at Berkeley on the subject of revolution, for the first time in January, 1905 and by December, 1905, when he spoke to thousands of undergraduates at Harvard, he has mastered the art of public speaking and was rightly claimed as the poster boy for American socialism. Jack was caught up in the political fury of an era when socialism grew by leaps and bounds, inspiring a great generation around the world.
Publication Name: Socialism and Democracy
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0885-4300
Year: 2005
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The Weather Underground's place in history: A response to Jonah Raskin
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Jonah Raskin's position both as an insider and an outsider offers a valuable perspective on the Weather Underground Organization (WUO). A need is felt to understand how power functioned in the organization along with the inflated sense that leaders often had of themselves and the deleterious impact it had on the organization's culture and actions.
Publication Name: Socialism and Democracy
Subject: Political science
ISSN: 0885-4300
Year: 2006
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