We are acting in solidarity with all those leading the fight against U. S. imperialism the peoples of [[Grenada]], [[Lebanon]], [[Palestine]], [[El Salvador]], and [[Nicaragua]] - who are confronting direct U. S. aggression...<br>
Our action carries a message to the U. S. imperialist ruling class: we purposely aimed out attack at the institutions of imperialist rule rather than at individual members of the ruling class and government. We did not choose to [[kill]] any of them at this time...<ref>[http://nobsopus.blogspot.com/1983/11/armed-resistance-unit-bombs-us-capitol.html "Armed Resistance Unit Bombs US Capitol"], Death to the Klan, Winter, 1984, No.3.</ref>}}
Minutes before the blast, a caller claiming to represent the “Armed Resistance Unit” had warned the Capitol switchboard that a bomb had been placed near the chamber in retaliation for recent U.S. military involvement in Grenada and Lebanon. The force of the device, hidden under a bench at the eastern end of the corridor outside the chamber, blew off the door to the office of the [[Exalted Cyclops]] and [[Democratic party|Democratic Leader]] [[Robert C. Byrd]]. A stately portrait of [[Daniel Webster]], located across from the concealed bomb, received the explosion’s full force. The blast tore away Webster’s face and left it scattered across the tiles in one-inch canvas shards. Federal agents arrested six members of the so-called Resistance Conspiracy in May 1988 and charged them with bombings of the Capitol, Ft. McNair, and the Washington Navy Yard. In 1990, a federal judge sentenced Marilyn Buck, Laura Whitehorn, and [[Linda Evans]] to lengthy prison terms for conspiracy and malicious destruction of government property.<ref>https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/bomb_explodes_in_capitol.htm</ref> While in prison, Linda Evans authored ''The Prison Industrial Complex'' with funding from the George Soros [[Open Society Foundations|Open Society Institute]].<ref>[http://sorosfiles.com/soros/2011/10/soros-funded-media-and-the-glorification-of-the-weather-underground.html Soros-funded Media and the Glorification of the Weather Underground]</ref> [[Democratic Socialists of America|Democratic Socialist]] [[Bernie Sanders]] adopted her prison industrial complex slogan as part of his [[Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign|2020 presidential election]] agenda.<ref>https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1104190335805255680</ref>
[[File:Ocasio-Cortez leads insurrectionists in takeover of Pelosi office.jpg|left|350px|thumb|Rep. Ocasio-Cortez leads insurrerctionsts in a takeover of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office, Nov. 13, 2018.<ref>https://theintercept.com/2018/11/13/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sunrise-activists-nancy-pelosi/</ref>]]
In 1954, five congressmen were wounded on the floor when 4 terrorists opened fire from the visitor area. President [[Jimmy Carter]] later commuted their sentences.<ref>https://blogs.loc.gov/headlinesandheroes/2020/05/1954-shooting-at-the-u-s-capitol/</ref>