![]() He writes about the culture of this violent underground in his new book, Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, The FBI and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence. ![]() "The intent by and large was not to kill, but to protest some aspect of the American condition."īut that doesn't mean none of the protesters set out to kill, Burrough says. "Most of the bombs that we're talking about were detonated late at night inside empty buildings," Burrough tells NPR's Arun Rath. He writes that the bombings functioned as "exploding press releases." They were targeted protests, carried out by a multitude of radical activist groups: The Weather Underground, the Symbionese Liberation Army, the FALN, the Black Liberation Army.Īccording to author Bryan Burrough, there were at least a dozen underground organizations carrying out these attacks at the time. In the early 1970s thousands of bombings were taking place throughout the country - sometimes up to five a day. ![]() Your purchase helps support NPR programming. ![]() Close overlay Buy Featured Book Title Days of Rage Subtitle America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age of Revolutionary Violence Author Bryan Burrough ![]()
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