> >Could you please explain what you mean about the above statement. When/where >did this happen and how did she make a mockery of the antiwar effort? > Also , her name is not bernadette it is Bernardine (spell?) A mockery is strong. But the Weathermen did do some strange events. Their first big event was the wild in the streets demo, where they wore helmets and attacked cops. That mainly got them police records. The idea was to mobilize the youth culture but the Weathermen far over estimated that, especially their or anyones ability to organize it. They also went into high school class, shouting things about the War, about school being out and the women stripped. They experimented with communal living which is general a good idea but they included drugs and mass orgies. What that did was give them a insulated sense. They separated themselves off from society, something that is actually not possible. They in this state came up with wild theories about politics that were unrelated to the rest of the country. Even though I had my life disrupted by them, directly and indirectly, I did appreciate their existence, that we did have an underground group, even though it was a flaky. John Johnson Change-Links Progressive Newspaper change@pacbell.net http://www.labridge.com/change-links/ Subscribe to our list server. Email change-links-subscribe@egroups.com (818) 982-1412
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