Scott Braley
Scott Braley | |
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| Born | March 26, 1947 Weather Underground Organization |
Scott Braley (born March 26, 1947) was a leftist
Revolutionary beginnings
Martin Luther King Jr. was an inspiration for Scott Braley, and the reason for Braley's desire to see an escalation in the struggle for equal rights.[1] "It seemed like a pretty clear choice," Braley was quoted as saying, "To be on the immoral and historically losing side of white supremacy, or to join a vibrant struggle for liberation around the world."[2] It was because of MLK that Braley dropped out of school in 1967 and started organizing SDS chapters in his area full-time.[2]
Flint War Council
Braley attended the December 1969 SDS National Meeting, held in
Hampton-Clark murders
Government surveillance and violence against civil rights leaders served to strengthen Scott Braley's political resolve.
Underground
Braley remained underground with the group until the dissolution of WUO in 1977. Originally opposed to the suggestion of surfacing, Braley stated in an interview excerpted in Dan Berger's book Outlaws of America that the decision was tormenting.[9]
Red Dragon Print Collective
In 1973, the Weather Underground Organization established a printing operation called the Red Dragon Print Collective, a venture which Braley helped run.[10] Operating out of a soundproof apartment, the print collective was a formative part of the Weather Underground Organization for its final three years.[10] The Red Dragon Print Collective was responsible for producing the Weather Underground Organization's book Prairie Fire. All printing, binding, and collating of materials was done by the members themselves.[10] As a precaution, work was done wearing gloves to ensure that no fingerprints would be left.[10]
Later life
Scott Braley lives in Oakland, California where he works as a photographer for social justice and non-profit organizations.[11]
Notes
- See References below for publications cited
References
- Berger, Dan (2006). Outlaws of America. ISBN 978-1-904859-41-3.
- FBI Files: Weather Underground Organization (Weathermen) Retrieved from http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/weather.htm
- Varon, Jeremy (2004). Bringing the War Home: The Weather Underground, the Red Army Faction, and Revolutionary Violence in the Sixties and Seventies. ISBN 978-0-520-24119-0.
- The Weather Underground. Documentary produced by Carrie Lozano, directed by Bill Siegel and Sam Green. New Video Group, 2003, DVD.
- The Weather Underground: report of the Subcommittee to Investigate the Administration of the Internal Security Act and Other Internal Security Laws of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-fourth Congress, first session. January 1975.
