On July 30th, 2024, WKCR aired an exclusive interview with Mark Rudd. Rudd discusses his experience in the 1968 Columbia protests and his thoughts on the current pro-Palestine student movement on Columbia’s campus.
Mark Rudd was a leader of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), one of the leading student groups during the 1968 Columbia Protests which saw students occupy 5 Columbia buildings on anti-racist and anti-war principles. After the Columbia occupation, Rudd would try to push SDS in a more radical direction, creating The Weathermen faction within SDS. Eventually this group would split off from SDS and move underground where they conducted covert operations against the United States government on anti-imperialist principles, notably calling to “Bring the War Home” in reference to the Vietnam War.
This interview was conducted by Sarah Barlyn and Ian Pumphrey and this show is hosted by Ted Schmiedeler.