By solomonopoly
“40 years ago [Tuesday], the Weather Underground blew the living fuck out of the pisser at the Capital Building. No one shit themselves or pissed themselves or were harmed in any way, shape, form or fashion. However, it was just the beginning of a long line of direct action protest demonstrations then eventually ended in tragedy for members in the forms of death and imprisonment. It did not end the Vietnam conflict, but it did gain awareness and achieved the objective of agitating the public into further research on many important social issues.
“I do not personally condone or defend the acts of the Weather Underground, but I do feel that they deserve serious critical analysis and attention.”
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Posted on March 2, 2011