The Weathermen believed that the evil of these acts warranted an extreme response-in fact, it warranted a revolution. To be sure, it was almost unique among radicals in that period in using dynamite bombs to protest government war policies, racial unfairness and corporate greed. Yet the Weather organization was minuscule.
The FBI decision garnered Weatherman a huge amount of publicity and made some of its leaders famous. In retrospect, it seems odd that the Federal Bureau of Investigation elevated a band of about one hundred young people, mostly college students, into a leading place on the Bureau’s Most Wanted List. Starting in the summer of 1970, FBI wanted posters featuring images of Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn and a dozen others were hung prominently in every post office in the United States, and this continued for years. Earlier this year, IBM said it would cut about 3,900 workers, with many of the reductions focused on employees who remained after units had been divested.The Weather Underground Organization was the most famous American radical group committed to political violence in the late 1960s and early 1970s. IBM has since sought to re-orient itself around cloud-computing and has sold legacy infrastructure unit Kyndryl Inc.
It completed the acquisition in January 2016. IBM announced the purchase in October 2015 for an undisclosed amount as part of an effort to extend its move into the then-hot Internet of Things market. The division was acquired in a deal that included the apps and websites of the Weather Channel and Weather Underground. The discussions were reported earlier by the Wall Street Journal. is considering selling its weather business as the company continues to focus on software and cloud services.īig Blue is having early stage conversations about selling the weather unit with no deal imminent, according to a person familiar with the issue who asked not to be named discussing private matters. (Bloomberg) - International Business Machines Corp.
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