Welcome to Beyond Politics. A show about the current political temperature and the intense energy around it. Join Jennie and Bo as they bring comedy and drama together for an hour of : holy shit, I cant believe they said that'' and "omg are they that highly evolved"  But seriously, we're here to shine a light in the dark and bring knowlege to the table.

Tonight special guest is Mark Rudd :

Mark Rudd was the Chairman of the Columbia Chapter of Students for a Democratic Society, SDS, in the spring of 1968, during the great student strike against the university's complicity with the war in Vietnam and its racism.  The following year he was elected the last National Secretary of SDS.  He was a founder of the violent Weather Underground in 1970, and became a federal fugitive for seven and a half years.

 

Since 1978 he's been living in Albuquerque.NM.  He was an instructor at Central New Mexico Community College; active in many peace and social justice and environmental issues;  a lifelong organizer and student of organizing.  He wrote the book "Underground:  My Life in SDS and Weatherman.  He's still active working on environmental justice issues in his community and in transforming the Democratic Party into a party of the people.