"Two, Three, Many Vietnams," Weatherman

"Two, Three, Many Vietnams," Weatherman

New Left

This pamphlet describes the revolutionary organizing strategy of the Weather Underground. According to this analysis, traditional mass-based non-violent protest, like those led by the National Moratorium Committee, only serve to reinforce U.S. imperialism and stave off more radical solutions. The Weatherman see the growing radicalization of the black freedom struggle as a vanguard of a global Third World anti-imperialist struggle. The Weather Underground's main goal is to organize the white working-class, which it calls "the least organized enemies of imperialism," into a revolutionary force in solidarity with third world struggles at home and abroad. "Our organizing strategy," they explain, "consists of organizing a white fighting force of young people who are ready to side with the blacks and third world." In the end, they conclude, "This big, fat, rich motherfucking country is going to be overthrown. Being a part of a revolutionary army that joins with other revolutionary armies defeat imperialism is the greatest thing anybody could want to be."

Weatherman

Roz Payne

Center for Digital Research in the Humanities, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

ca. 1970

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