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TPTB
7th July 2010, 07:43 PM
Remember these kids? Regardless of what you might think of their hard left politics, they did take a stab at the US establishment and actually built up a small but significant antiwar resistance movement in this country. I was personally influenced by some of these peoples rhetoric in the late 60's and early 70's and got my ass beat by the heat protesting that war.

One of the characters is a pal of Obama's today.

Anyway, it's an interesting documentary. Enjoy.

http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=-6078589535743610981&hl
willie pete
7th July 2010, 07:45 PM
Yea, and if I remember correctly, several of 'em got blown up makin' bombs in, was it Greenwich Village? don't know without lookin' ;D
TPTB
7th July 2010, 08:27 PM
Yea, and if I remember correctly, several of 'em got blown up makin' bombs in, was it Greenwich Village? don't know without lookin' ;D


Yeah, blew the crap out of a Brownstone... Two guys and a girl got blown to bits.

They got pretty damn serious for a bunch of Hippie Jews.

One question that didn't get answered in the documentary is, "who was funding the rent for these kids when they were holed up at that boathouse pier in San Fransisco?"