History of Seattle Weather Collective in Timeline

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Seattle Weather Collective

The Weather Underground was an organization that formed collectives around the U.S. to challenge the government in solidarity with the Black Power movement and Vietnamese liberation. They organized white working-class individuals against imperialism through demonstrations and property damage.

October 1969: Organizing for the Days of Rage in Chicago

In October 1969, the Seattle collective focused on organizing for the Days of Rage in Chicago, producing pamphlets to raise awareness and encourage participation in the event.

1969: Formation of "the core of the Seattle Weathermen"

In 1969, during the Ave Riots, the women involved united and formed "the core of the Seattle Weathermen," a group that emerged less than a week after these riots, which protested the Vietnam War and police brutality.

May 1970: Protesting Reserve Officers' Training Corps centers

In May 1970, the Weather Underground protested Reserve Officers' Training Corps centers. During this time, thirty ROTC buildings were burned or bombed, and National Guard units were mobilized on twenty-one campuses.