While terrorism, that is, violence or the threat of violence intentionally directed against civilians, has been used since time immemorial as a means to achieve goals political, the 1960s ushered in an entirely new form. of political violence. Motivated by thinkers like Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, this new type of terrorism struggled in vain to stop the vehicle of capitalism: it was led by the opulent and supported by the exploitation of a bloodied working class. Among like-minded New Left groups, the Weather Underground Organization (WUO) carried out a series of bombings to protest perceived American injustice. This expression of hostility on the part of student activists, while far from a true revolutionary movement, stands out as one of the only so-called "terrorist movements" to consistently attack and oppose on American soil . Although officially formed in 1969, the writing had been on the wall since before 1959 and indicators of the Weather Underground's impending conception were prevalent throughout the preceding decade, which had served as a pe...