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by BeetleB 1621 days ago
I strongly recommend the documentary "Weather Underground". They interview key members who introspect a great deal on the actions they had taken. You'll get the full spectrum ("no regrets" to "we were totally wrong"). One of the members put it succinctly:

> When you feel that you have right on your side you can do some horrific things.

> If you think that you have the moral high ground, that's a very dangerous position and you can do some really dreadful things.

For those who don't know, the Weather Underground were a violent revolutionary/militant/terrorist group in the US in the 70's who aimed to (more or less) overthrow the US government.