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| − | Born May 11, 1947, in Fort Dodge, Iowa | + | '''Linda Evans''' was a radical member of the terrorist group [[Weather Underground]].<ref>http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/horowitz090601.asp</ref> |
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| + | Born May 11, 1947, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, she was a revolutionary and anti-imperialist since 1967. She was a [[Students for a Democratic Society]] (SDS) regional organizer against the U.S. [[Vietnam War]] and a supporter of the Black liberation movement. In 1969, she participated in the anti-war delegation to North Vietnam to receive POW's released by the Vietnamese. | ||
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| + | ==Arrest== | ||
| + | In 1970, she was arrested for conspiracy and crossing the state line to incite riot while organizing for SDS's National Action, [[Days of Rage]], in Chicago, and for conspiracy/transportation of weapons and explosives in Detroit. These charges were eventually dropped because of government misconduct while collecting evidence using illegal wiretaps. Additionally, she was a Political/cultural worker in guerilla street theatre troupe, all-women's band, and women's printing/graphics collective in Texas. She was active in the women's liberation movement and in the lesbian community, organized support for struggles led by Black and Chicano/Mexicano grassroots organizations against the Ku Klux Klan, forced sterilization, and use of deadly force by local policing agencies, and fought racism, white supremacy, and Zionism as a member of the [[John Brown Anti-Klan Committee]]. | ||
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| + | Later, she built support for Black/New Afrikan, Puerto Rican, and Native American POW's and political prisoners, and for the right of these nations to independence and self-determination. She began working to develop clandestine resistance capable of struggle on every front, and she was also active in building solidarity for South African, Palestinian and Central American struggles for self-determination by organizing material aid for these [[national liberation struggle]]s and to oppose U.S. intervention. She also organized support for Black/New Afrikan, Native and Puerto Rican PP/POW's. | ||
Evans began working to develop clandestine resistance capable of conducting armed struggle as part of a multi-level overall revolutionary stategy. Evans was arrested on May 11, 1985 and charged with acquisition of weapons, ID, safe houses, finances, political and military training and actions to bring terrorist activity against U.S. home to America. Targets of these activities include the [[U.S. Capitol]] Building, National War College, Navy Yard Computer Center and Navy Yard Officers Club, Israeli Aircraft Industries, the FBI office and New York Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. She received a 40-year sentence, which was commuted by [[President Clinton]] January 20, 2001. | Evans began working to develop clandestine resistance capable of conducting armed struggle as part of a multi-level overall revolutionary stategy. Evans was arrested on May 11, 1985 and charged with acquisition of weapons, ID, safe houses, finances, political and military training and actions to bring terrorist activity against U.S. home to America. Targets of these activities include the [[U.S. Capitol]] Building, National War College, Navy Yard Computer Center and Navy Yard Officers Club, Israeli Aircraft Industries, the FBI office and New York Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. She received a 40-year sentence, which was commuted by [[President Clinton]] January 20, 2001. | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| − | *[[Bill Clinton]] | + | * [[Bill Clinton]] |
| − | *[[Eric Holder]] | + | * [[Eric Holder]] |
| − | *[[Liberalism]] | + | * [[Liberalism]] |
| − | *[[Anti-war]] | + | * [[Anti-war]] |
| + | * [[Larry Grathwohl]] | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | {{reflist}} | + | {{reflist|1}} |
| + | ==External links== | ||
*''Interview With Lesbian Political Prisoners'' [http://web.archive.org/web/20030302032139/burn.ucsd.edu/archives/ats-l/1995.Nov/0041.html] | *''Interview With Lesbian Political Prisoners'' [http://web.archive.org/web/20030302032139/burn.ucsd.edu/archives/ats-l/1995.Nov/0041.html] | ||
*FBI Weather Underground file, [http://foia.fbi.gov/weather/weath2b.pdf pp.23-25 pdf] | *FBI Weather Underground file, [http://foia.fbi.gov/weather/weath2b.pdf pp.23-25 pdf] | ||
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*''Linda Evans, Anti-imperialist political prisoner'' [http://www.prisonactivist.org/pps+pows/linda.html] | *''Linda Evans, Anti-imperialist political prisoner'' [http://www.prisonactivist.org/pps+pows/linda.html] | ||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Linda}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Evans, Linda}} | ||
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[[Category:Terrorists]] | [[Category:Terrorists]] | ||
[[Category:Weather Underground]] | [[Category:Weather Underground]] | ||
Revision as of 12:17, July 1, 2017
Linda Evans was a radical member of the terrorist group Weather Underground.[1]
Background
Born May 11, 1947, in Fort Dodge, Iowa, she was a revolutionary and anti-imperialist since 1967. She was a Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) regional organizer against the U.S. Vietnam War and a supporter of the Black liberation movement. In 1969, she participated in the anti-war delegation to North Vietnam to receive POW's released by the Vietnamese.
Arrest
In 1970, she was arrested for conspiracy and crossing the state line to incite riot while organizing for SDS's National Action, Days of Rage, in Chicago, and for conspiracy/transportation of weapons and explosives in Detroit. These charges were eventually dropped because of government misconduct while collecting evidence using illegal wiretaps. Additionally, she was a Political/cultural worker in guerilla street theatre troupe, all-women's band, and women's printing/graphics collective in Texas. She was active in the women's liberation movement and in the lesbian community, organized support for struggles led by Black and Chicano/Mexicano grassroots organizations against the Ku Klux Klan, forced sterilization, and use of deadly force by local policing agencies, and fought racism, white supremacy, and Zionism as a member of the John Brown Anti-Klan Committee.
Later, she built support for Black/New Afrikan, Puerto Rican, and Native American POW's and political prisoners, and for the right of these nations to independence and self-determination. She began working to develop clandestine resistance capable of struggle on every front, and she was also active in building solidarity for South African, Palestinian and Central American struggles for self-determination by organizing material aid for these national liberation struggles and to oppose U.S. intervention. She also organized support for Black/New Afrikan, Native and Puerto Rican PP/POW's.
Evans began working to develop clandestine resistance capable of conducting armed struggle as part of a multi-level overall revolutionary stategy. Evans was arrested on May 11, 1985 and charged with acquisition of weapons, ID, safe houses, finances, political and military training and actions to bring terrorist activity against U.S. home to America. Targets of these activities include the U.S. Capitol Building, National War College, Navy Yard Computer Center and Navy Yard Officers Club, Israeli Aircraft Industries, the FBI office and New York Patrolmen's Benevolent Association. She received a 40-year sentence, which was commuted by President Clinton January 20, 2001.
Writings
- The Prison Industrial Complex and the Global Economy, with Eve Goldberg
- Statement from Women Political Prisoners on the Takeover of KPFA, July 14, 1999
See also
References
External links
- Interview With Lesbian Political Prisoners [1]
- FBI Weather Underground file, pp.23-25 pdf
- Linda Evans, Anti-imperialist political prisoner [2]