Weather Underground
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Weather Underground was a radical left-wing militant organization active in the United States during the late 1960s and 1970s, known for its opposition to the Vietnam War and its use of bombings and other direct actions to protest government policies.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American clandestine organization
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radical left-wing militant organization ⓘ |
| activePeriodEnd | late 1970s ⓘ |
| activePeriodStart | late 1960s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Weather Underground Organization
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Weatherman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| communicationMethod | public communiqués claiming responsibility for bombings ⓘ |
| considered | domestic terrorist organization by U.S. authorities ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| goal |
overthrow of U.S. government capitalism and imperialism
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support for global revolutionary movements ⓘ |
| ideology |
Marxism
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anti-imperialism ⓘ far-left ⓘ revolutionary socialism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Black Power movement
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Cuban Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ anti-colonial liberation movements ⓘ |
| legalStatus | subject to FBI investigations ⓘ |
| movement | New Left NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Bob Dylan lyric "You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAction |
bombing of the Pentagon in 1972
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bombing of the U.S. Capitol in 1971 ⓘ bombing of the U.S. State Department in 1975 ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Greenwich Village townhouse explosion in 1970 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableMember |
Bernardine Dohrn
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Bill Ayers NERFINISHED ⓘ Cathy Wilkerson NERFINISHED ⓘ David Gilbert NERFINISHED ⓘ Jeff Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Kathy Boudin NERFINISHED ⓘ Mark Rudd NERFINISHED ⓘ Naomi Jaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposed |
U.S. government policies during Vietnam War era
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Vietnam War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Students for a Democratic Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | 1960s counterculture era in the United States ⓘ |
| positionOnViolence | claimed to avoid loss of human life in bombings ⓘ |
| separatedFrom | Students for a Democratic Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| targeted |
corporate offices
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government buildings ⓘ police facilities ⓘ |
| usedTactic |
bombings
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communiqués ⓘ property destruction ⓘ underground organizing ⓘ |
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