Bernardine Dohrn

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Bernardine Dohrn was a prominent American activist and a cofounder of the Weather Underground, a militant group that emerged from the anti-Vietnam War movement in 1969. The group, originally known as Weatherman, advocated for violent revolution to advance communism and aimed to bring down the U.S. government. Dohrn led the group's "action faction," which promoted street fighting and revolutionary speeches. After early protests, including the "Days of Rage" in Chicago, the group went underground, engaging in bombings of government buildings and institutions across the country. Dohrn was listed by the FBI as one of its 10 most-wanted fugitives.12

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…the SDS, was led by Bernardine Dohrn, James Mellen, and Mark Rudd and advocated street fighting as a method for weakening U.S. imperialism. At the SDS national convention in June 1969, the Third World Marxists presented a position paper titled “You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the…
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…the SDS, was led by Bernardine Dohrn, James Mellen, and Mark Rudd and advocated street fighting as a method for weakening U.S. imperialism. At the SDS national convention in June 1969, the Third World Marxists presented a position paper titled “You Don’t Need a Weatherman to Know Which Way the…
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