Mother Country Radicals

Chapter 9: Revolutionary Suicide

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Former members of the Weather Underground and the Black Liberation Army carry out one last action together, with deadly consequences that reverberate across generations. 


For more of the story, check out: 

  • Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography (1987)
  • Dhoruba bin Wahad, Assata Shakur & Mumia Abu-Jamal, Still Black, Still Strong (1993)
  • Dan Berger, Outlaws of America: the Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity (2005)

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