Please answer the following questions individually. When finished with the film, you met with your group to discuss your answers and reactions. Each individual should then post their responses to these questions below by Mon. 4/23/12.
1. Name three of the eight key players from the Weather Underground who speak during the film.
2. The Weather Underground began as the Weatherman and was the militant faction of what political student organization? Please provide the full name, not the acronym.
3. In 1969, SDS was the leading anti-war organization in the United States. How many members were active at this time? Where was their annual convention?
4. Describe what the “gut check” was.
5. In the summer of ’69, what was the Weatherman’s plan? What was their motto and what was the philosophy behind their motto?
6. Describe what occurred during the “Days of Rage,” particularly in the Gold Coast area of Chicago in August 1968.
7. December 1969 signaled the end of an era, as many have argued. Fred Hampton, for example, was murdered. Who was he? To which organization did he belong? What was the result of his death?
8. Terry Robbins planned to bomb an important military site in the United States, yet his device accidentally exploded on March 6, 1970 in New York City’s West Village. What was the outcome of this foiled bomb attempt?
9. In a few sentences, provide your general reaction to this film and its contents.
10. Do you think revolution will occur? If so, what path will it take, that of violence or that of nonviolence?
1. Bernadine Dorn, Mark Rudd, and Brian Flanagan
ReplyDelete2. Student for a Democratic Society
3. The SDS annual convention was held at the colosseum in chicago and there was over 100,000 active members
4. the term "Gut Check" was used for the members of SDS to challenge each other to be more violent and revolutionary
5. Weatherman's plan was to protest against the vietnam war and their motto was "Bring the War Home"
6. The "Days of Rage" was 10s of 1,000s of SDS members violently confronting police officers and attempt to break from the norms.
7. Fred Hampton was the Chairman of the Black Panther Party after his death there was intense violence.
8. The outcome of the failed bomb attempt was 3 people was killed and groups of SDS disappeared and was now known as weather underground
9. The film was informative of what was going on in America around the time of vietnam war.Im glad that there was a group that protested against the Vietnam War
10. I believe revolution will occur and it will probably take on both paths violence and nonviolence.
1. Three key players of the Weather Underground who spoke during the film were Mark Rudd, Brian Flanagan, and David Gilbert.
ReplyDelete2. The Weather Underground began as the Weatherman and was part of the political student organization named "Student for Democratic Society."
3. In 1969,SDS (Student for Democratic Society) had 100,000 members and their annual convention was in Chicago.
4. The "gut check" was used to challenge SDS members to be more violent and aggressive.
5. In the summer of 1969, the Weatherman's plan was to break up into different states and their motto was "Bring the War Home." The philosophy behind the motto was for the public to become more aware of the war so they would not avoid it.
6. "Days of Rage" was based on members of the SDS violently confronting police officers and was an attempt to break away from the norms.
7. Fred Hampton was a very inspirational speaker who was a member of the Black Panthers. He was killed in a 15 minutes gun battle and after his death tours were organized in the apartment where he was murdered to show proof of his brutal death. He died on Dec 1969 and the aftermath was intense violence; hippies were randomly killing people and the SDS members were becoming more and more outraged.
8. The result of the failed bomb was the death of three SDS members and the FBI and White House started to notice the treats of what the SDS members are capable off. The SDS went underground to avoid being noticed. The leaders gathered to figure out what went wrong and concluded it was a mistake in the wiring of the bombs and they were very careful not to hurt anyone during their attempts to send out messages to the government.
9. Very interesting as well as graphic. No one held back their opinions and were very truthful in this documentary. Very raw materials providing a direct view of the actual events.
10. I'm not sure if a revolution will occur because I think people are not as brave as those in the past. There are more advanced technology existing which will make it hard for people to go about being unnoticed.
1. The three key players from Weather Underground are Mark Rudd, Brian Flanagan, and Bill Ayers.
ReplyDelete2. Weather Underground was a political student organization name, Student for Democratic Society.
3. In 1969,100,000 members were actively part taking in this organization. There annual convention was held in Chicago.
4. “Gut check” is a challenge that the organization’s members do to each other to be more violent and aggressive.
5. In the summer of ’69 the weatherman’s plan was to moved in the collective houses in the city. Their motto was “bring the war home”. The philosophy behind this motto is that, if they bring the war home, people would not be able to ignore the war anymore. And they will voice their opinion against these wars.
6. “Days of Rage” means breaking from the norms. They violently protested against the Vietnam War, and demanded to stop the war.
7. Fred Hampton was the leader of the Black Panther party. He was murdered while he was asleep. The party organized a tour of his house to show the proof, how he was killed. Extreme violence broke out as a result of his murder. The SDS became more violent in protest of Hampton’s death.
8. The result of the foiled bomb attack was three SDS members were killed, and the white house pressured to capture the rest of the group members. FBI got aware of the SDS group's capabilities. All the members went underground, and held a meeting to see what went wrong. They decided from there that they will be more careful from now on to avoid killing innocent people when executing their future plans.
9. It was a very good movie, although it was very graphic, but the materials were very factual.
10. I think revolution will occur very soon. And it will take a path of violence. We are already having a non-violent Occupy Wall Street movement right now, but it is not getting as much spotlight from the government as it is suppose to, maybe this time another frustrated group of protesters will start a violent revolution to achieve their desired goal.
1.Mark Rudd, Brian Flanagan and David Gilbert were three players from the weather underground film.
ReplyDelete2. Student of the Democratic Society was the name of political organization for the weather underground.
3. 100,000 SDS members take part. Their annual convention held at the colosseum, in Chicago.
4. "gut check" was challenge that the organization would take action to see who could be more violent and agressive towards each other.
5. The Weatherman's plan was to make to war visible in America. There motto was "Bring the war home". Their philosophy was to bring the war home for people to be aware that millions of innocent people are being killed.
6. During the "Day of Rage" the organization use violence against the Police Officers to protested what was going on in the Vietnam war.
7. Fred Hampton was the Chairman of the Black Panther Party. The result of his death starts the Weatherman Underground which was violence.
8. Terry Robbins planned to bomb an important military site in the USA but his plan fail; killing 3 SDS members such cause them to go underground not to get caught.
9. SDS organization was violent. They want to bring awareness to the people in USA about the killing of innocent people during the Vietnam war but this approach to solve the problem fail. This goes to show non-violence is mush superior to violence.
10.I dont know if revolution is going to occur. But if and when it do happen, I hope the 99% is being benefit from the results and bring postive changes.
1)Three of the eight key players from the Weather Underground who spoke during the film were Bernadine Dohrn, Brian Flanagan and Bill Ayers.
ReplyDelete2) The name of the political organization at the time the Weather Underground was known as the "Weatherman" was entitled, " Student for Democratic Society."
3) There were approximately, 100,000 members who were active at this time. Every year, their annual convention was due to be held in the state of Chicago.
4) The, "gut check" was an actual check that served the purpose of being a test. In this case, the test would be to see which member of the SDS would take specific violence out upon another member or cause them trouble or harm.
5) The motto for the Weatherman's plan was to, "bring the war home." Their plan was to basically make their case to be known to America and reach many youths, elders, and regular-aged people about their plan and war. They wanted their purpose to be heard and themselves known.
6) During the, "Days of Rage", many protesters would initiate horrible behavior and particularly violence to police officers to protest what was gong on in regards to the Vietnam War. The intention was purposely.
7) Fred Hampton was a particularly important figure in this time period. He was an African-American Activist who belonged to the Black Panther Party. As a result of Hampton's death, the people that assaulted him were praised for their well-doing. After that, the Weather Underground members viciously attacked many police vehicles as a mean of retaliating.
8) On March 6, 1970, Terry Robbins planned to bomb a particular site in the United States. Unfortunately, his plan did not work. His group and himself were putting a final touch on the bomb and then it accidentally exploded. The bomb killed three members of the Weather Underground in a failed attempt.
9) I felt that the entire film was interesting to watch. It shed light on the entire opposite of non-violence. In this case, the members of the Weatherman Underground really used violence as a way to get their point across compared to the ways of Martin Luther King Jr. and Ghandi. It was very different to watch their plans, motives, and intentions in gaining justice.
10) I personally feel that in the long run, a combination of violence as well as non-violence will be what it takes to have a revolution truly occur. It is only a matter of time.
1. Three of the eight key people from the weather underground are David Gilbert, Bill Ayers, and Bernadine Dorhn.
ReplyDelete2. The Weather Underground was apart of the SDS, Students Democratic Society.
3. In 1969 over 100,000 members were active in the SDS. Their annual convention was kept in the Chicago Coliseum.
4. The gut check was when members would challenge each other to be more violent or disciplined.
5. In the summer of 1969 the Weatherman's plan was to move off campus, and live in working class neighborhoods in collective houses. Their motto was 'Bring the War Home', which meant that people will be more aware of the war in vietnam and their eyes will be opened to the destruction and tradegies that was happening overseas.
6. The "Days of Rage" was attempt of members to break the norms and let over 100,000 people challenge the police.
7. Fred Hampton was the deputy chairman of the Black Panther Party. The reesult of his death lead to intense violence and despair.
8.The outcome of the failed bomb attempt resulted in members of the SDS making a concious decision to not hurt any innocent people and civilans when bombing their special locations.
9. The film was very informative. I do feel that different groups and organizations were standing up and fighting for different reasons and the media kind of grouped them together, they made little distinction between them.
10. I'm not to sure if a revolution will occur, but if it does it will take the path of non violence. Non violence seem to work out better for either side in the long run.
1. Three of the the eight key players from the Weather Underground were Mark Rudd, Brian Flanagan, and David Gilbert.
ReplyDelete2. They were part of the the SDS "Student Democratic Society"
3. In 169, there were about 100,000 members active. Their annual convention was held in Chicago.
4. "Gut Check" was the members challenging each other to be more aggressive and violent.
5. Their motto was "to bring the war home". Their plan that summer was to let Americas youth, elders and everyday people aware of the war. They wanted their voice and purpose to be heard and seen.
6. During "Days of Rage" was very violent towards the police in regards to the war.
7. Fred Hampton , was part of the The Black Panthers. He was murdered in his sleep. His murder lead to extreme violence.
8. The fioled attempt lead to the death of three members of the SDS.
9. The film was very interesting and informative. The different organziations were fighting for what they believed and they felt that being violent was a better way to go about it.
10. Nowadays I just can't see a revolution occuring. People don't seem to be as out spoken about stuff as much as people where 30 40 years back. They rather allow government and the higher power handle things thing speak their minds. If one does occur it will proably be a non violent revolution.
1.The key players from the Weather Underground that spoke in the movie were Bernadine Dohrn, Brian Flanagan and Bill Ayers.
ReplyDelete2.Student for Democratic Society
3.There was about 100,000 members in the SDS. Their annual convention were held in Chicago.
4.The, "gut check" was a type of test between members in the organization to see who would be more aggressive and violent.
5.The motto for the Weatherman's was, "Bring the War Home." Their plan was for America to see what they were about and what they stood for. As well let the public be informed of what was going around in these wars.
6.During "Days of Rage" was when violence occurred towards the police in concerns to the war.
7.Fred Hampton was part of the The Black Panthers and murdered in his sleep. His murder lead to an extreme violence outrage of riot amongst the public.
8.The result of the failed bomb attack was that three SDS members were killed. This made many SDS disappear from the public eye and moved themselves to be the “weather underground”. They all decided to be careful on the actions they took so there wouldn't be innocent people being harmed.
9.It was interesting to view another explanation of the word terrorist. Informative to view the participants experience inside the movement. It was also different then what we normally are use to, this targeted on using violence for a form of change. Point that caught my attention was when they said the "violence is an act of crime or mental ill that one is taught at a very young age".
10.I don't think a revolution will occur as of now. I do believe that a revolution should include both violence and non-violence to get the attention and their voices hear. Hopefully more nonviolence because I wouldn't want to see innocent people being hurt or killed.
1. Three of the eight key players from the Weather Underground are: Bernardine Dohrn, David Gilbert and Bill Ayers.
ReplyDelete2. The Weather Underground began with the "Student Democratic Society" organization.
3. In 1969, there were about 100,000 members vividly involved in the anti-war organization within the United States. Their annual convention took place in Chicago.
4. The "gut check" was a test used by the members of the SDS to test each members character. It was used to test the amount of violence and aggression each individual had so that it can be used to overthrow the U.S goverment.
5. In the summer of '69, the weatherman's plans was to move to different locations. Their motto was "Bring the War home". Their motto was basically about resistance, not indulging to the things of their society but taking a stand and being involved.
6. During the "Days of Rage" things were getting pretty intense, the amount of pressure was petty high. Alot of violence was breaking out towards police officers.
7. Fred Hampton was an African American Activist and the chairman of the black Panther Party. As a result of his death, thousands of people came out and showed their respect at his funneral. Also, an abundance amount of violence broke out. There were alot of violent riots and bombings.
8. Terry Robbins outcome to the bomb he created resulted to the deaths of 3 individuals. 2 males and 1 female.
9. I think the film was very informative. I truly learned alot, I believe this was the first time I've seen and her about this film. It was very profound and detailed.
10. I kinda believe revolution is occurring slowly but assurely. One would hope that it makes a difference and turns out to be a great outcome, mainly using a nonviolent attitude.
1. Three key players from the Weather Underground were Brian Flanagon, Mark Rudd and David Gilberg.
ReplyDelete2. Weatherman was the militant of the student organization called student democratic society.
3. There were 100,000 active members and the annual convention was in chiago.
4. The gut check was to challenge each other to be more violent.
5. The weatherman plan was to move off campus, organization of the youth and build collect houses. The motto was bring the war home. It was yo make the war visble.
6. During the days of the range there were marches and it was the fight to stop violence in Vietam.
7. He was a black plather leader. He was the chairman. It made the group more aggressive and violent.
8. The FBI finally realized that the organization was serious and the white house was determined to find them.
9. The film put light nto my eye about the weatherman because I never knew there was such a organization back in the 1960s.
10. no i dont think the revolution will occur.
1) Three key players were Bernadine Dorn, Mark Rudd, and David Gilbert
ReplyDelete2)The name was The student for a democratic society.
3) Their annual convention was held in Chicago and there were about 100,000 around that time.
4) “Gut check” was a term they used, in which they challenged each other to be more aggressive and violent.
5) Their motto was to “Bring the war home” Their plan was to move in collective houses and then open peoples eyes about the Vietnam War. They wanted people to see the inhumanly acts that were being carried out there by them being inhumanly to the public.
6) During this SDS members violently confronted police officers to break the norms.
7) Fred Hampton was the Chairman of the Black Panther Party, and he was murdered while in his sleep. This then resulted in violent protests.
8) The failed bomb attempt led to the SDS members to make their bomb attempts not hurt innocent people. For example in one attempt they called ahead to make sure people cleared the building before a certain time.
9) I thought the film was quite interesting. It’s something I’ve certainty never heard about through the school system, which doesn’t surprise me. Also I think its great because it shows the side of protests that is not common this day in age.
10) I do think a revolution is bound to happen but not anytime soon. I think people have been getting just more and more distrusting of the government and what they do. I also think that if it happens it’ll be non violent and violent. Non-violent because people have seen what inhumanly things happen during violent revolutions, but violent because violence gets a greater amount of attention.
1.) Three of the eight key players from the Weather Underground were: Bernadine Dorn, Mark Rudd, David Gilbert.
ReplyDelete2.) The militant faction for the political student organization was: student democratic society.
3.) There were about or over 100,000 members active members, it was held in the Colosseum in Chicago.
4.) Gut check was to challenge one another to be more violent, and give up one's bourgeois existence.
5.) The Weatherman's plan was to move off campus, then live in collective homes.Their motto was "Bring the War Home". The point to this was the open the people's eyes to the war's negativity.
6.) During the "Days of Rage" ten's of thousands of protesters would violently confront the police.
7.) Fred Hampton was the Chairman of the Black Panther Party. The result of his death were violent outrages like: violent riots and bombings.
8.) The foiled bomb attempt got three young people killed. This lead other SDS members underground and in becoming more cautious when planning an attack to not hurt innocents again.
9.) I had a hard time telling who were the good guys and who were not. It seemed that everyone wanted what was best for the nation, but in very different ways. In the end it just became memory. There was no revolution, not too much change, just another point in American history. A couple of the SDS members now live normal lives and just all seems like a dead close.
10.) I don't believe it will happen anytime soon. Someday yes, because history repeats itself and people are, if anything, consistent. I don't see people today being as extreme as people then, and even for those there was no revolution.
1. Three names of the eight key players are Bernardine Dohrn, Mark Rudd, and Brian Flanagan.
ReplyDelete2. The political student organization's name was the Students for a Democratic Society.
3. There were over a 100,000 members and the annual convention was held in Chicago.
4. The "gut check" was the fact that it challenged each member to become more aggressive and violent.
5. The Weatherman's plan was a revolution in process inviting everyone to join their cause. Their motto was "Bring the war Home" and to not act in violence.
6. The Days of Rage was an attempt to break from the norms accepted. They wanted to stop the violence in Vietnam.
7. Fred Hampton was a speaker in Chicago. He inspired many people. Person who could be a great leader. He was part of the Black Panthers Party. The Black Panther Party organized tours of where Hampton got murdered and it got the attention of the legal system.
8. The outcome of the foiled bomb attempt was that James Oughton's daughter was killed and she was part of the Weatherman. After the explosion the group went underground.
9. The film was interesting. A revolution happens when one and more individuals share a particular vision and want to see it through. They were determined individuals who didn't even blink to consider the consequences.
10. Revolution is in the midst of occurring. Right now it's been nonviolent but I think that later it has to be violent to get the change it deserves.
1. Three of the eight key players from the Weather Underground were: David Gilbert, Bernadine Dorn, and Mark Rudd.
ReplyDelete2. The political student organization's name was the Students for a Democratic Society
3. Over 100,000 active members, it was held in Chicago.
4. The “Gut check” was a term they used, in which they challenged people to be more aggressive and violent.
5. Weatherman's plan was revolution in process of inviting everyone to join the cause. Their motto was "Bring the war Home" The point was to open the people's eyes to the war's negativity.
6. During the "Days of Rage" Alot of violence was breaking out towards police officers. People wanted to stpop the Viettnam violence.
7. Fred Hampton was a speaker in Chicago. He inspired many people. He was part of the Black Panthers Party. The Black Panther Party organized tours of where Hampton got murdered and his death caused many riots.
8. The outcome of the foiled bomb attempt was that three young people were killed and James Oughton's daughter was one of them. She was apart of the Weatherman. After the explosion the group went underground for many years.
9. The film was very graphic but interesting and it just goes to show that nobody is safe when it comes to violence, not men, women or children, thats just how evil we are as humans.
10. Revoultion will always occur because there will always be situations that we as people wont agree with and begin to fight back. Hopefully we wouldn't resort to violence, but the way how evil man kind is, no promises can be made.
Harddy Ceballos
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Professor Addis D’Amato
April 23, 2012
Homework 5:
1. Three of the eight key players from the underground who spoke during the film are Mark Rudd, Bill Ayers, and Bernardine Dohm.
2. The Weather underground began as the weatherman and was the militant faction of the Students Democratic Society which was a political student organization.
3. In 1969 the SDS had over 100,000 active members and had their annual convention in the Chicago at the coliseum.
4. The “Gut check” was a challenge between the members to make each other more aggressive, Disciplined and violent.
5. In the summer of 1969 the weatherman’s plan was to get off campus, have the revolution and to invite everyone to join it. They also wanted everyone to be aware of the war and for their voices to be heard so that people could know their purpose. Their motto was ‘Bring the War Home’ and the philosophy behind it was for Vietnam to open their eyes and notice what is going on the tragedies happening overseas.
6. During the “Days of Rage” in the gold coast area of Chicago, in august on the year 1968, Members and people were acting violently towards police in regards of the war. This was basically an attempt of the members breaking the norms and letting over 100,000 people go against the police.
7. Fred Hampton was the deputy chairman of the Black Panther’s and was also a speaker in Chicago. He was part of the Black Panthers organization. His death led to extreme violence and despair.
8. The outcome of Terry Robbins foiled bomb attempt was the death of 3 members of the SDS and to not hurt any innocent people or civilians during their bomb attempts. James Oughton's daughter was one of the victims of the bombing. After this the weatherman decided to go underground.
9. I enjoyed watching this film because it showed me things that I haven’t seen before or even heard of. There were many parts in the film that were interesting like the fact that the weatherman group were hiding for 11 years which is a very long time when it comes to doing crimes. I also liked the fact that the organizations were using violence towards each other to fight for what they believe in. I prefer nonviolence but if the other team is using fire we have to fight back with fire, it’s only fair.
10. I think a revolution will occur due to the fact that the people don’t get much say in this country even though we have our rights to do a lot of change. The government makes laws that slightly bend our rights so that we don’t have enough power to over throw the law or the government. I think that it depends on the reason that the revolution is happening. If it’s due to violent acts being done by government then the violent but if it’s a political issue then nonviolent.