WEATHER UNDERGROUNDSupport

FINANCIAL SUPPORT

Unorganized in methods of funding

Pooled money: Pawning valuables, trust funds, family, drugs, liquidating accounts, financial aid, few held jobs.

Stole food from stores to save money

ALLIANCES

No ties outside the country

Symbionese Liberation Army and Federation: Diverse, anti-fascist. Patricia Hearst, 1974

Black Panther Party: Investigated SLA

Black Liberation Army

RECRUITMENT

Word of mouth

Days of Rage brought in up to 800 new members

Recruitment efforts spread through Seattle, New York, San Francisco, Boston, Madison WI, etc.

Cincinnati, Cleveland, Ann Arbor MI, Chicago and Detroit received larger recruitment efforts

Days of Rage hurt relationship with Black Panthers

CONCLUSION

Not very financially organized.

Had connections to other activist groups in the US, no monetary support.

Had small numbers but the Days of Rage helped slightly increase membership, while also damaging established connections.