Days of rage
by Bryan Burrough · first published 2015
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Covers the 1970s American radical underground, including the Weather Underground and SLA, with a neutral tone and well-documented history of left-wing bombings; suited to readers wanting context on that era.
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…considered, they are leftists, not liberals, which makes it even more astonishing to me). It's quite astounding just how fragile our memories are and how easily we can be (emotionally) manipulated. "Days of Rage" by Bryan Burrough is a good read on the subject (political violence in the late 60s and 70s). There's a good blog / semi-book review that I link people to when they seem intent on learning more of the…
on “America is giving up on the pandemic?” ↗To everybody interested in all this I will strongly recommend Bryan Burrough’s Days of Rage. Too few know just how much left-wing terrorism there was during that time, how much they got away with, and just how much support they got from mainstream society.[0] Lennon came to regret much of his…
on “Experience: I spent 29 years in solitary confinement (2010)” ↗You should read Bryan Burrough’s “Days of Rage”. The latter part documents how the new left ripped itself apart in the 1970s in precisely this way. The language is strikingly similar. It might be a cautionary less for contemporary progressives.
on “Sensitivity Readers Are the New Literary Gatekeepers” ↗…relatively unlikely to hurt people: in the floor drain of a restroom, in a disused room, up in the ceiling. There's a fascinating history of the militant revolutionary movements that cropped up around 60s, Days of Rage by Bryan Burrough.
on “No suspicious package or device found after scare at Facebook in Menlo Park” ↗…the 1970s thought this. Then the generation of young people in the 1980s thought this, and so on. I'll be 50 this year, I've gotten to see it twice myself. I've started reading about it historically (Days of Rage by Burrough is informative and neutral tone). Capitalism isn't a cancer. It's just a framework that gives you enough liberty to succeed or fail. Many fail. Many who fail spend years pouting about it,…
on “Ask HN: Widespread Apathy?” ↗…of reality in which huge portions of the population hate each other and there’s an excellent chance of widespread violence at the level of the US in the 1960’s again. https://status451.com/2017/01/20/days-of-rage/ >> “People have completely forgotten that in 1972 we had over nineteen hundred domestic bombings in the United States.” — Max Noel, FBI (ret.) > Recently, I had my head torn off by a book: Bryan Burrough’s…
on “What would happen if Facebook were turned off?” ↗Here ya go: https://status451.com/2017/01/20/days-of-rage/ >Days of Rage is important, because this stuff is forgotten and it shouldn’t be. The 1970s underground wasn’t small. It was hundreds of people becoming urban guerrillas. Bombing buildings: the Pentagon,…
My personal favorite example to get some perspective is from the book Days of Rage. During the 1970s domestic bombings were a daily occurrence, and at the peak there were over 2000 a year. Even the massive amount of violence in modern day Chicago is nothing in comparison to what was…
on “Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper (1807)” ↗Agreed. Days of Rage is an amazing look into groups I had never heard of prior to reading it. Got it for chapters on the Weather Underground and SLA, but thought the whole thing was very well done
on “1950s New York City’s ‘Mad Bomber’” ↗Anyone unfamiliar with the Patty Hearst kidnapping may want to read the excellent book Days of Rage [0]. I started reading it after it was recommended by another user on this forum a long time ago. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Days_of_Rage:_America%27s_Radi...
on “Dutch Police intelligence services unlawfully spied on whole population groups” ↗Go read the book Days of Rage. This is nothing.
this is true today, but the right has never come close to the left in 1970. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22571602-days-of-rage
Awhile back someone* here recommended the book "Days of Rage"* about US domestic terrorism/bombings in the late 60s and 70s. Weather Underground and their ilk were entirely a bunch of morally smug bastards fuelled by exactly this sentiment. It is terrifying to…
on “The Inescapable Rise of Moral Superiority” ↗I think there's a reasonable chance that the judge and prosecutors in this case are familiar with _Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence_ by Bryan Burrough; and consider the failure of the criminal justice system of the time to impose extremely severe…
on “30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech” ↗I recently read Days of Rage about the various groups committing political violence during the 60s and 70s. Weatherman, Black Panthers, Black Liberation Army, etc. I don't know if there was really a 'message' more than just reporting…
on “Over 150k Flights: Airlines Just Flew the Busiest Day in Recorded History” ↗