The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground"You don't need a Weatherman to know which way the wind blows." -- Bob Dylan A gripping account of 1960s radicals who took up arms against the state. The arrest and subsequent imprisonment of Silas Bissell, former heir to the rug-cleaning fortune who was discovered living near Eugene, Oregon, in 1987, drew a line under one of the most spectacular and bizarre episodes in the historv of the American New Left, for it marked the official end of the Weathermen. Product of splits within the antiwar movement during the late 1960s, the Weather Underground would become synonymous with violent, clandestine resistance to racism and imperialism in the United States and, for some, a symptom of how the movement went wrong. In the first comprehensive history of the Weathermen, Ron Jacobs narrates the origins, development and ultimate demise of the organization: its emergence from the Students for a Democratic Society; its role in the famous Days of Rage in Chicago during October 1969; its decision to go underground; the various actions it staged -- and in some cases bungled -- during the 1970s; its role as goad to other left organizations to sustain the struggle against racism and imperialism; and finally its disintegration, as various members were either captured or surrendered. Drawing on a rich array of documents, interviews with participants and an unrivalled knowledge of the history of the New Left, Jacobs weaves a gripping tale, by turns inspiring and hair-raising -- a fitting testimony to the serried adventures of Weatherman itself. The Way the Wind Blew fuses the excitement of a thriller with an objective assessment of US 1960s radicalism. It is an indispensable resource for comprehending the recent history of the US left. |
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The way the wind blew: a history of the Weather Underground
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Contents
The Break and the Statement | 24 |
Days of Rage | 38 |
Going Underground | 66 |
Women the Counterculture and | 90 |
Changing Weather | 127 |
A Second Wind? The Prairie Fire Statement | 157 |
Weather and | 170 |
| 188 | |
A Weather Chronology | 195 |
The Cast | 203 |
| 210 | |
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| Title | The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground Haymarket (Paperback) Haymarket Series The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground, Ron Jacobs |
| Author | Ron Jacobs |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Verso, 1997 |
| ISBN | 1859841678, 9781859841679 |
| Length | 216 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / United States / 20th Century Political Science / Political Ideologies / Radicalism Political Science / Political Process / General |
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