Mark Rudd says a lot has changed in half a century, but not the reason college kids paralyze a campus.
But 76-year-old Rudd says the anti-war protesters who are now encamped on a lawn in the heart of the Columbia campus share an essential motivation with those of his time.
“For me, it's the most normal thing in the world to look at the murder of 34,000 people and the displacement of close to 2 million in Gaza and say, ‘Hey, stop!” he said. Demonstrators at Columbia University picket around the encampment established in support of Palestinians in Gaza on April 29, 2024.In his time as a macho leader, Rudd moved from campus protests to co–founding the Weather Underground to “bring the war home.” The Weathermen staged “days of rage” smashing store windows as they rampaged through a business district in Chicago. They bombed the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon.
“They don't have the violent rhetoric we had, like calling the cops pigs and ‘up against the wall, motherfucker,’ that kind of craziness,” he said. “I think they’re a lot more careful. I think they’re smarter.” “This gets complicated,” Rudd allowed. “I'm Jewish, and I was raised to believe like most American Jews my identity as a Jew is based in some manner on Israel. It took me a long time to get over that.”
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