Weatherman

by Harold Ed. Jacobs

John Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover have declared Weatherpeople to be outlaws in America and have mobilized the vast police powers of the state against them. Nevertheless, Weatherman carries out its underground activities with relative as the level of repression has grown, so too has the number and sophistication of Weatherman bombings. And this is likely to continue. This book is about these mother country revolutionaries. It describes and analyzes who they are, how they emerged, the actions they have taken, and the nature of their politics. The first complete picture of Weatherman in the words of those who theorized, those who acted and those who watched it all - from the SDS split in June of 1969 to the bombings in June, 1970. Selected by Harold Jacobs, who provides his own analysis, the book includes the original Weather-statement, photographs of Weatherman actions, and articles by Eldridge Cleaver, Tom Hayden, Andrew Kopkind, David Horowitz, Carl Oglesby, I. F. Stone, Bernadine Dohrn and many more.

Genres: Nonfiction, History

519 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1970

Reviews

[Ciara · Rating 2 out of 5]

for a while, & still, really, i was reading everything i could find about the weather underground. a lot of it is kind of hard to find--they were a little bit obscure before the SDS decided to start back up again (don't even get me started on how stupid that idea is) & before barack obama was linked to bill ayers, etc etc. this book was originally published quite some time ago, & is a kind of general history of the group written by someone who was not in the weather underground, drawing from limited primary documents (like some of the communiques, & the film they did underground) & a more generalized history of the period. as such, it's pretty uncompelling, generic, & boring. there are better books about the group now, which offer a lot more information, criticism, & historical analysis. maybe this is a decent overview for the casual dabbler, but i found it to be a real letdown. downright boring, actually.

[Jeanie Wallenstein · Rating 4 out of 5]

Compendium of Speaches and letters from the leadership of the Weather Underground detailing their developement out of the Students for a Democratic Society. Includes entire text of "You don't need a weatherman to tell which way the wind is blowing."

[Tim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great resource for original theorising, writings and activism that gave rise to the brief moment of the Weatherman in 1969-1970.

[Jerrica Hoey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book. Covers Weatherman from 1969-1970. A collection of essays, mostly. About half of them are written by Weathermen and Weatherwomen. Very interesting to read up on their theory.