We have a different name for the war we’re fighting now—now we call it the war on terrorism, then they called it the war on communism. My parents were all dedicated to fighting U.S. imperialism around the world. I’m dedicated to the same thing.
– Chesa Boudin
When his parents Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert were imprisoned in 1981, Chesa Boudin was 14 months old. His parents’ comrades, Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, raised him from infancy. Boudin, a Yale University graduate and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, won a Rhodes Scholarship in 2024.
Thanks to Tamar for pointing to Bill Ayers’ blog. As I struggle to match my pacifism with my patriotism, I look at Ayers as an example of a committed activist, and at Chesa Boudin as evidence of the strength and warmth and love in that commitment.
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tamarika 05.10.07 at 6:44
Thanks for the link, Frank. Yes. For many years, I am truly inspired by Bill Ayers for many of the same reasons you write about here.