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The Days of Rage demonstrations were a series of direct actions taken over a course of three days in October 1969 in Chicago, and organized by the Weatherman faction of the counterculture-era group Students for a Democratic Society. The group planned the October 8–11 event as a "National Action" built around John Jacobs' slogan, "bring the war home".〔Sale, Kirkpatrick, ''SDS'', Vintage Books, 1974, ISBN 0-394-71965-4〕 The National Action grew out of a resolution drafted by Jacobs and introduced at the October 1968 SDS National Council meeting in Boulder, Colorado. The resolution, which read "The Elections Don't Mean Shit—Vote Where the Power Is—Our Power Is In The Street", was adopted by the council; it had been prompted by the success of the Democratic National Convention protests in August 1968 and reflected Jacobs' strong advocacy of direct action as political strategy. Such direct actions included vandalizing homes, businesses, and automobiles as well as assaulting police officers. Dozens were injured, and more than 280 members of the Weather Underground were arrested. ==Sociopolitical background== In 1969 tensions ran high among the factions of SDS. Weatherman was still part of the organization but differences were coming to the surface. “Look at it: America 1969” put forth SDS’s bottom line regarding the National Action. By the end of August, the differences between Weatherman and Revolutionary Youth Movement II (RYM II) had emerged, leading to the resignation of RYM II leader and member of SDS Mike Klonsky from the Weatherman-controlled National office leadership.〔pg 84 Harold Jacobs. Weatherman published 1970〕〔pg 21 Ron Jacobs. ''The Way the Wind Blew: A History of the Weather Underground''. Published 1997〕 He accused Weatherman of going back on the convention’s mandate. Weatherman members Mark Rudd and Terry Robbins responded, saying that priority must be given to building an anti-imperialist youth movement.〔pg 84 Harold Jacobs. Weatherman. Published 1970〕 In the months before the Days of Rage, despite the tensions within SDS, many members of Weather/SDS worked non-stop in promoting the demonstration. Lyndon Comstock was sent, along with three other members, to Lansing, Michigan to organize and promote the event. Leaflets were printed and distributed to high school and community college students during the day, while at night members would spray paint anti-war graffiti on local school campuses.〔Berger, Dan. ''Outlaws of America: Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity''. Paperback ed. Oakland, Calif.: AK Press 2006. ISBN 1-904859-41-0〕 On October 6, 1969, the statue commemorating the policemen killed in the 1886 Haymarket affair in Chicago was blown up; the blast broke nearly 100 windows and scattered pieces of the statue onto the Kennedy Expressway below;〔Avrich, ''The Haymarket Tragedy'', 1984, p. 431; Ayers, ''Fugitive Days: A Memoir,'' 2001; Shepard, "Antiwar Movements, Then and Now," ''Monthly Review'', February 2002; "Statue Honoring Police Is Blown Up in Chicago," ''New York Times'', October 8, 1969; "Haymarket Statue Bombed," ''Chicago Tribune,'' October 7, 1969.〕 no one was ever arrested for the bombing.〔Adelman, William J. (1986) (). Haymarket Revisited (2nd ed.). Chicago: Illinois Labor History Society. pp. 38–39. ISBN 0-916884-03-1〕 Weatherman found itself isolated from SDS, but maintained hopes that thousands would attend the mass demonstration in Chicago.〔p. 85 Harold Jacobs. ''Weatherman''. Published 1970〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Days of Rage」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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