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Symbionese Liberation Army: Kidnapping
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The Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) was an American-based terrorist group that committed several murders and acts of violence in the early to mid 1970s. The word "Symbionese" is thought to be derived from symbiosis, a term used in biology to denote mutually beneficial interaction between different species; apparently the founders of the SLA had different human races in mind when coining the term.
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The revolutionary Symbionese Liberation Army formed in Berkeley, California, just months before the kidnapping. Berkeley had long been America's center of radical militarism. By the early Seventies, after years of protest and resistance, some fringes of the Left were developing a sense of urgency. In the ever-present debate between non-violent and violent actions, the idea of terrorism was gaining ground.
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The wealthy daughter of the famous Hearst newspaper family made headlines in 1974, when a radical group called the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnapped her. Hearst then stunned the nation by joining forces with her captors, even taking part in a bank robbery.
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The word "Symbionese" is thought to be derived from symbiosis, a term used in biology to denote mutually beneficial interaction between different species; apparently the founders of the SLA had different human races in mind when coining the term. Although the SLA considered themselves leaders of the Black revolution, DeFreeze was the only Black member.
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A Japanese American artist, Yoshimura spent three years underground during the 1970s, on the run from weapons and explosives charges, joining the Symbionese Liberation Army. Curtis Choy introduces viewers to Wendy Yoshimura in this video. Her support fro m the Japanese American community after her arrest is ... noted.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - In a Dec. 31 story about the release from prison of Sara Jane Moore, who attempted to kill President Ford in 1975, The Associated Press reported erroneously that she was involved with the Symbionese Liberation Army. Moore was involved with leftist political causes in the Bay area at the time, but her former defense attorney, Frank Bell, said he knew of no connection between Moore and the SLA.
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