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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 823160" data-attributes="member: 1246"><p>Ayers had previously been a roommate of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Robbins" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Terry Robbins</span></a>, a fellow militant who was killed in 1970 along with Ayers' girlfriend Oughton and one other member in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Village_townhouse_explosion" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Greenwich Village townhouse explosion</span></a>, while constructing anti-personnel bombs intended for a non-commissioned officer dance at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dix,_New_Jersey" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Fort Dix, New Jersey</span></a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-10" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">[11]</span></a> </p><p> </p><p>Later in 1969, Ayers participated in planting a bomb at a statue dedicated to police casualties in the 1886 <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Haymarket affair</span></a> confrontation between labor supporters and the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_police" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Chicago police</span></a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-Jacobs-11" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">[12]</span></a> The blast broke almost 100 windows and blew pieces of the statue onto the nearby <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Expressway" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Kennedy Expressway</span></a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-Avrich431-12" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">[13]</span></a> (The statue was rebuilt and unveiled on May 4, 1970, and blown up again by other Weathermen on October 6, 1970.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-Avrich431-12" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">[13]</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-13" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">[14]</span></a> Rebuilding it yet again, the city posted a 24-hour police guard to prevent another blast, and in January 1972 it was moved to Chicago police headquarters.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-14" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">[15]</span></a>)</p><p> </p><p>Ayers participated in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Rage" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Days of Rage</span></a> riot in Chicago in October 1969, and in December was at the "War Council" meeting in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint,_Michigan" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Flint</span></a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Michigan</span></a>. Two major decisions came out of the "War Council." The first was to immediately begin a violent, armed struggle (e.g., bombings and armed robberies) against the state without attempting to organize or mobilize a broad swath of the public. The second was to create underground collectives in major cities throughout the country.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-15" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">[16]</span></a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Grathwohl" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Larry Grathwohl</span></a>, a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">Federal Bureau of Investigation</span></a> informant in the Weatherman group from the fall of 1969 to the spring of 1970, stated that "Ayers, along with Bernardine Dohrn, probably had the most authority within the Weatherman".<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-lgbda12-16" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0645ad">[17</span></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 823160, member: 1246"] Ayers had previously been a roommate of [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Robbins"][COLOR=#0645ad]Terry Robbins[/COLOR][/URL], a fellow militant who was killed in 1970 along with Ayers' girlfriend Oughton and one other member in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwich_Village_townhouse_explosion"][COLOR=#0645ad]Greenwich Village townhouse explosion[/COLOR][/URL], while constructing anti-personnel bombs intended for a non-commissioned officer dance at [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Dix,_New_Jersey"][COLOR=#0645ad]Fort Dix, New Jersey[/COLOR][/URL].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-10"][COLOR=#0645ad][11][/COLOR][/URL] Later in 1969, Ayers participated in planting a bomb at a statue dedicated to police casualties in the 1886 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haymarket_affair"][COLOR=#0645ad]Haymarket affair[/COLOR][/URL] confrontation between labor supporters and the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_police"][COLOR=#0645ad]Chicago police[/COLOR][/URL].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-Jacobs-11"][COLOR=#0645ad][12][/COLOR][/URL] The blast broke almost 100 windows and blew pieces of the statue onto the nearby [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_Expressway"][COLOR=#0645ad]Kennedy Expressway[/COLOR][/URL].[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-Avrich431-12"][COLOR=#0645ad][13][/COLOR][/URL] (The statue was rebuilt and unveiled on May 4, 1970, and blown up again by other Weathermen on October 6, 1970.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-Avrich431-12"][COLOR=#0645ad][13][/COLOR][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-13"][COLOR=#0645ad][14][/COLOR][/URL] Rebuilding it yet again, the city posted a 24-hour police guard to prevent another blast, and in January 1972 it was moved to Chicago police headquarters.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-14"][COLOR=#0645ad][15][/COLOR][/URL]) Ayers participated in the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Rage"][COLOR=#0645ad]Days of Rage[/COLOR][/URL] riot in Chicago in October 1969, and in December was at the "War Council" meeting in [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flint,_Michigan"][COLOR=#0645ad]Flint[/COLOR][/URL], [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan"][COLOR=#0645ad]Michigan[/COLOR][/URL]. Two major decisions came out of the "War Council." The first was to immediately begin a violent, armed struggle (e.g., bombings and armed robberies) against the state without attempting to organize or mobilize a broad swath of the public. The second was to create underground collectives in major cities throughout the country.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-15"][COLOR=#0645ad][16][/COLOR][/URL] [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Grathwohl"][COLOR=#0645ad]Larry Grathwohl[/COLOR][/URL], a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation"][COLOR=#0645ad]Federal Bureau of Investigation[/COLOR][/URL] informant in the Weatherman group from the fall of 1969 to the spring of 1970, stated that "Ayers, along with Bernardine Dohrn, probably had the most authority within the Weatherman".[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers#cite_note-lgbda12-16"][COLOR=#0645ad][17[/COLOR][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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