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WEATHER UNDERGROUND Support. FINANCIAL SUPPORT  Unorganized in methods of funding  Pooled money: Pawning valuables, trust funds, family, drugs, liquidating.

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1 WEATHER UNDERGROUND Support

2 FINANCIAL SUPPORT  Unorganized in methods of funding  Pooled money: Pawning valuables, trust funds, family, drugs, liquidating accounts, financial aid, few held jobs.  Stole food from stores to save money

3 ALLIANCES  No ties outside the country  Symbionese Liberation Army and Federation: Diverse, anti-fascist. Patricia Hearst, 1974  Black Panther Party: Investigated SLA  Black Liberation Army

4 RECRUITMENT  Word of mouth  Days of Rage brought in up to 800 new members  Recruitment efforts spread through Seattle, New York, San Francisco, Boston, Madison WI, etc.  Cincinnati, Cleveland, Ann Arbor MI, Chicago and Detroit received larger recruitment efforts  Days of Rage hurt relationship with Black Panthers

5 CONCLUSION  Not very financially organized.  Had connections to other activist groups in the US, no monetary support.  Had small numbers but the Days of Rage helped slightly increase membership, while also damaging established connections.


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