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[[Image:Weathermen house.jpg|thumb|Aftermath of the Weathermen's townhouse explosion]]
 
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The '''Weathermen''' was a radical left-wing group that emerged from the [[1968 protests]]. The name was inspired by a line from the song Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan that went “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”. In [[1970]], they attempted to blow up [[Alma Mater]], but wound up blowing up themselves (and their [[Greenwich Village]] townhouse) instead.
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The '''Weathermen''' was a radical left-wing group that emerged from the [[1968 protests]]. The name was inspired by a line from the song Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan that went “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”. In [[1970]], during preparations to blow up Fort Dix [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/21/1441247], wound up blowing up themselves (and their [[Greenwich Village]] townhouse) instead.
  
 
Members included [[Mark Rudd]] and [[Ted Gold]]. The latter died in the townhouse blast.
 
Members included [[Mark Rudd]] and [[Ted Gold]]. The latter died in the townhouse blast.

Revision as of 08:12, 31 May 2007

See also Wikipedia's article about "Weatherman (organization)".
Aftermath of the Weathermen's townhouse explosion

The Weathermen was a radical left-wing group that emerged from the 1968 protests. The name was inspired by a line from the song Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan that went “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows”. In 1970, during preparations to blow up Fort Dix [1], wound up blowing up themselves (and their Greenwich Village townhouse) instead.

Members included Mark Rudd and Ted Gold. The latter died in the townhouse blast.