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Fugitive Days A Memoir

Bill Ayers

The author--a famous 1960s radical--shares details of a decade spent living underground, from his days on the "ten most wanted list" to his part in breaking Timothy Leary out of jail.

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Honestly with Bari Weiss

In the episode, Eli Lake referenced the memoir and noted that it portrayed the Weather Underground as fundamentally opposed to killing civilians, a claim he said was inaccurate. He highlighted the discrepancy between the book's depiction and the historical record, effectively critiquing its portrayal.

Critiqued

Episode: When Students Become Terrorists

It was described as painting the Weather Underground as fundamentally opposed to killing civilians, but that was not true, according to the speaker.

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In Bill Ayers' memoir, Fugitive Days, he paints weather as fundamentally opposed to killing civilians and, well, that's simply not true.

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