Posted on 05/02/2024 8:31:14 AM PDT by george76
“Ayers was hunted by the FBI for his alleged involvement in the 1970 bombing of the New York City Police Department headquarters, 1971 bombing of the United States Capitol building and the 1972 bombing of the Pentagon.”..
Bill Ayers, famous for being a leading member of the ‘Weather Underground,’ a domestic terror group in the 1960s, showed up at the anti-Israel encampment at the University of Chicago, where he ended up teaching for years.
People who remember the 2008 election will recall that Ayers became a political lightning rod because he was an old friend of Barack Obama, who famously dismissed their relationship, calling Ayers just a ‘guy from the neighborhood.’
FOX News reports:
Obama-connected professor who led radical group that bombed US speaks at anti-Israel encampment
A retired professor with connections to former President Barack Obama and a history of involvement in far-left militant activism spoke at an anti-Israel encampment at the University of Chicago.
An anti-Israel encampment formed on the Main Quadrangle or “Quad” of the University of Chicago Monday was visited by Bill Ayers roughly seven hours into the demonstration, according to reporting from the Chicago Maroon and the Hyde Park Herald.
Ayers, listed on the University of Chicago’s website as a creative writing lecturer in the school’s Division of the Humanities, is best known for his co-founding of the far-left Weather Underground, a militant organization classified as a Domestic terrorist organization by the FBI that operated throughout the 1960s and ’70s and sought to overthrow the U.S. government.
Ayers was hunted by the FBI for his alleged involvement in the 1970 bombing of the New York City Police Department headquarters, 1971 bombing of the United States Capitol building and the 1972 bombing of the Pentagon.
It actually makes perfect sense that Ayers would show up to speak to these students. He is their ideological grandfather, after all.
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Of course, there’s more to the story—Obama’s run for the Senate kicked off in 1995 with a fundraiser at the residence of… you guessed it, Bill Ayers and his wife, Bernadine Dohrn. Adding further fuel to the fire, the two were partners at the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, an initiative to improve public schools.
Ayers’ appearance underscores what many feel is the real aim of the protesters—to create mayhem, endorse violence, and subvert authority. Do they really care all that much about the Palestinians? It would seem not, given the multiple reports of wild-eyed protesters who seem to have no idea what they’re actually demonstrating for or against.
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If you know anything about the radical left in the 60s, it is to America's everlasting shame we let a man in the White House who was friends with this vile murderer.
I’d bet he’s there to instruct them to limit property damage because the optics are bad.
There’s a reason I won’t contribute any money to my alma mater.
Ayers, Mike Klonsky, and other SDS/Weather Underground veterans have been training pro-Iran activists since at least the tail end of the Trump administration, when Ayers posted on the subject on his blog.
Democrats expecting massive show of force from protesters at DNC Mon, Aug 19, 2024 – Thu, Aug 22, 2024
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