We welcome Bernadine Dohrn, Director and Clinical Professor of Law, Children and Family Justice Center, Northwestern University School of Law – former SDS activist (Students for a Democratic Society), leader of the Weathermen, and a life-long political activist and advocate for social change.

About the Ayers Thing: Bill Ayers is Bernardine Dohrn’s husband. The McCain campaign tried to make Ayers a problem for Obama, but it didn’t happen. She says the bigger message here has nothing to do with ’60’s history – the Republicans message is that whatever you do doesn’t make a difference. Of course she rejects that idea, and revels in the victory of ground-up social movements. And reminds us this is no time to demobilize.

"This is a decisive move for our country – but we have to look at where we came from. The challenge now is how are we going to get a universal healthcare system, how are we going to get out of Iraq and untwine the tentacles of militarism from our society? We have to live differently."

There’s an academy award nominated film available from Shadow Distribution about the Weather Underground. Here’s the trailer:

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