Debate on Revolutionary Violence

I remember going to the last above ground weather, uh, it was the

weathermen or the weather, uh, the Weather Underground, the last above

ground convention and, um, sitting in a room

and the question that was debated, um, was,

was it, was it,

was it or was it not the duty of every good revolutionary to

kill all newborn white babies?

Uh, and at that point, it seemed like a relevant

framing of an issue. Uh, the logic being, hey, look,

through no fault of their own, these white kids are gonna grow up to be

part of an

oppressive, uh, um, racial establishment n-- uh,

internationally and so really, um, you know, your duty is

to kill newborn white babies. And I remember one guy kind of

tentatively and apologetically suggesting that that seemed like it may

be contradictory to the larger humanitarian aims of the movement

and being kind

of booed down.