Mark Rudd - interview 1 of 5 by Jim Terr

"Famous 60s radical" Mark Rudd, on the publication of his memoir, UNDERGROUND: MY LIFE WITH SDS AND THE WEATHERMEN (see Mark's website, http://www.MarkRudd.com ), talks with Jim Terr and Vanessa Scobie about his book and his life. A fascinating interview if I do say so myself. In five parts:

PART ONE: With a particular emphasis on New Mexico
PART TWO: Irony, sexism, feminism, life underground in Santa Fe
PART THREE: Jewish mom, "primitive communism", land-based "peasant" community, wealth, casual New Mexico law enforcement, temporary insanity
PART FOUR: Background: Columbia, political theory, Che Guevara, Malcom X
PART FIVE: Reflections: Consensual Power / Non-violence, the Brinks robbery, parents

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[pkpapers]

Mark Rudd grew up with better education and financial resources than I did. That's why he deserves to have the power rto force me to be an atheist, guilty "white" person, ashamed of heterosexuality, slave to female supremacy, etc. etc. Get the reducation camps ready for me!!!

[hymiehymie]

@pkpapers  You've been listening to too much Michael Savage, my friend. Mark Rudd has only the kindest plans for you. You will be very happy in your re-education camp. Do you know how to wash dishes? .. just kidding.. relax please. Listen to the fucking interview, for starters.

[rentslave]

If Mark really wanted to bring down a President,he'd come out of retirement,take over the Columbia Student Records Building,and expose Obama to the world.

[hymiehymie]

@rentslave What's the explosive evidence in the Columbia Student Records building, out of curiosity?

[rentslave]

@hymiehymie That Obama applied for aid as a citizen of Indonesia,and never re applied for US citizenship.In 1963,Jersey City mayor Thomas Gangemi was exposed as an illegal alien.

[hymiehymie]

@rentslave Exciting stuff. I'm sure Mark Rudd will get right on it. Thanks for addressing the major issues of the day. I'm sure that with your continued help the planet will not go down the shitter after all.

[ImDavidGurney]

Mark must be beaming with what is going on in NYC right now.I agree with rentslave in that a visit to Columbia by the protestors may prove to be very interesting.

[Larkinchance]

The so-called illegals and Chicano people are Native Americans!

[countercultureaustin]

Hey students, the new SDS is getting strong and needs your support. Mark is a great guy, and hope to see him in Austin in the MDS movement.

[emzyking]

Met and had coffee with Mark a few years ago and consider it one of the great pleasures of my life. What a full, adventurous and examined life! From one idealist to another, kudos, Mr. Rudd. The weatherunderground went terribly wrong, but the motivation was always pure and the ideal world was always the goal.