The Radical Pipeline: How 1970s Domestic Terrorists Shaped Today’s Democrat Party

How a Network of 1970s Domestic Terroists, Revolutionaries, and Cuban-Trained Activists Became the Policy Architects, Mentors, and Power Brokers of the Modern Left

You’ve been told the Democrat Party is the party of progress and hope. But the truth runs deeper—and darker. The chaos on America’s streets today—riots paralyzing cities, homeless encampments overtaking neighborhoods, and crime waves shrugged off by seemingly “incompetent” leadership—are not random failures. They are the direct result of a blueprint set in motion decades ago by the radicals and domestic terrorists of the 1970s.

This is not accidental drift. The unprecedented surge of illegal immigration, the redefinition of social norms in public schools, and the normalization of fringe gender ideology aren’t isolated policy flukes.

They are coordinated features of a movement that learned long ago to manufacture crisis in order to force change. Leadership that appears bewildered or out of touch is often nothing of the sort; it is crisis management by design, where chaos is the pretext for transformation.

Behind the scenes, billions in taxpayer dollars—often laundered through agencies like USAID and routed to activist NGOs—fund the networks driving this revolution, under the guise of “development” or “humanitarian aid.” The same radical playbook that once trained activists in Havana now funds chaos at home, undermines borders, and subsidizes policies that turn public order into managed disorder.

What is sold to Americans as “progress” is, in fact, the next phase of a campaign begun in bomb plots, street riots, and revolutionary manifestos. Today’s Democrat Party didn’t simply inherit idealism. It inherited the tactics, networks, and objectives of those who believed America could only be transformed by perpetual crisis—one city, one institution, and one generation at a time.

The Untold Origin: Radicals, Bombers, and Revolutionary Training

The real roots of today’s Democrat Party aren’t in peaceful protests or idealistic reforms—they’re in revolutionary training camps, terror plots, and a global network that ran straight from Fidel Castro’s Cuba to the streets of America’s biggest cities. What the media whitewashes as “progressive history” is, in fact, a chain of domestic subversion and radicalization, with leaders and foot soldiers who would become the backbone of the modern left.

The Venceremos Brigade: Cuba’s Radical Export

Founded in 1969, the Venceremos Brigade was marketed as a “solidarity” project for young Americans to visit Cuba and cut sugar cane. In reality, it was a pipeline for Marxist indoctrination, guerrilla training, and anti-American networking.

• How it worked:
  Every year, the Brigade sent waves of young U.S. activists—college students, future politicians, and radical dreamers—straight into the arms of Castro’s intelligence agencies. There, they weren’t just picking crops; they were absorbing hardline communist doctrine, anti-U.S. propaganda, and practical lessons in subversion and sabotage.
  The Cuban regime watched, coached, and sometimes even directly handled these “brigadistas,” who were expected to return and “bring the revolution home.”

• Notable alumni:

  • Karen Bass (yes, that KAREN BASS - Mayor of LA): Led the South LA Brigade, made at least 15 trips to Cuba, and brought back a militant, revolutionary playbook that would shape her entire political career.

  • Susan Rosenberg (later M-19 terrorist): Trained in Cuba before becoming a notorious bomber.

  • Antonio Villaraigosa (future LA Mayor) and other prominent leftists also passed through the Brigade’s doors.

• Purpose and results:
  The Venceremos Brigade was never just about youthful idealism or cultural exchange. By the mid-1970s, more than 8,000 Americans, including university students, activists, and union members, had traveled to Cuba as part of the Brigade. What was billed as “study abroad” was, in reality, a rigorous pipeline for Marxist indoctrination and covert organization, overseen by Castro’s intelligence apparatus and reserved for only the most committed radicals.

  When these participants returned to the United States, the relationships and discipline they forged abroad became the backbone of a nationwide network.

  
  Alumni of the Brigade provided energy for protests and the logistical infrastructure—safe houses, communication channels, and strategic planning—that supported groups like the Weather Underground and the May 19th Communist Organization. Figures such as Susan Rosenberg and Karen Bass leveraged their Brigade experience to shape later activism and political careers, from organizing bomb plots to founding multimillion-dollar nonprofits and holding public office.
  

  By the 1980s, the Brigade’s alumni occupied influential positions in academia, labor, and city politics. Their impact extended beyond their own circles, as their model of small, ideologically aligned cells and international training became a template for leftist organizing in America. In short, the Venceremos Brigade was the connective tissue that helped transform radical fringe movements into a durable, institutional force on the American left.

The Weather Underground: Terror in America’s Name

Out of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) came the Weather Underground—a domestic terrorist group that chose violence over peaceful protest and openly declared war on the United States.

• Who they were:

  • Bill Ayers (eventual mentor to Barack Obama, education professor, architect of the modern left’s school reform movement)

  • Bernardine Dohrn (national spokesperson, later law professor, and power-broker in Chicago leftist circles)

  • Kathy Boudin, David Gilbert, Mark Rudd, Susan Rosenberg, Linda Evans, Cathy Wilkerson, and more—a roster that reads like the faculty list of today’s most “progressive” universities.

• What they did:

  • Bombings: The Weather Underground carried out more than 25 bombings—including the U.S. Capitol, the Pentagon, and NYPD headquarters. They issued warnings to minimize casualties, but their intent was clear: “bring the war home” and force a revolutionary crisis.

  • Mass-casualty attempts: The 1970 Greenwich Village townhouse explosion was caused by a nail bomb being prepared for a dance at Fort Dix—had it not detonated prematurely, it would have killed dozens of servicemen and their dates.

  • Robberies and prison breaks: The group aided the Black Liberation Army and later M-19, helping spring violent felons from prison and organizing armed robberies to fund their operations.

• Ideology:
  The Weather Underground was explicitly Marxist-Leninist, anti-American, and anti-capitalist. Members believed violence was a legitimate, even necessary, response to U.S. “imperialism” and “racism.” They idolized Mao, Castro, Ho Chi Minh, and Che Guevara, making Cuba their Mecca for strategy and training.

• Connections:
  Connections between the Weather Underground and the Venceremos Brigade were not merely coincidental—they formed the operational core of America’s revolutionary left. Members of the Weather Underground relied on Brigade alumni for both ideological reinforcement and logistical support. Intelligence reports and congressional testimony revealed that Brigade veterans provided critical safe houses, cash, and communications infrastructure for fugitives on the run from federal authorities.

  In several cases, bomb-making techniques and urban guerrilla tactics were shared directly from Cuban handlers to Brigade members, and then disseminated among Weather Underground cells.

  This was not a vague ideological kinship but a coordinated, intentional pipeline. For example, Susan Rosenberg, who trained with the Venceremos Brigade in Cuba, later participated in both Weather Underground and M-19 bombings across the U.S. These tight-knit networks allowed radicals to evade capture, plan operations, and spread their influence, making the flow of resources and revolutionary know-how from Havana to Harlem a matter of documented fact, not conspiracy.

May 19th Communist Organization (M-19): Women-Led, Ultra-Radical, and Violent

Emerging in 1978, M-19 was a women-founded, women-led splinter that took the Weather Underground’s tactics to even bloodier extremes.

• Who they were:

  • Susan Rosenberg (previously Venceremos Brigade and Weather Underground)

  • Judith Clark

  • Marilyn Buck

  • Laura Whitehorn

  • Kathy Boudin (again—showing how these networks overlapped)

• Crimes and impact:

  • 1983 U.S. Capitol bombing: M-19 called in a warning, then detonated a bomb in the Senate’s north wing.

  • Brink’s robbery (1981): The group executed a deadly armored car heist with Black Liberation Army members, leaving two police officers and a guard dead.

  • Other bombings: FBI HQ, Israel Aircraft Industries, South African consulate, and more—all intended to terrorize, disrupt, and show the world that revolution was possible on American soil.

• Cuban pipeline:
  The Cuban pipeline to M-19 was more than ideological; it was logistical and operational. Multiple M-19 members, including Susan Rosenberg and Marilyn Buck, traveled to Cuba through the Venceremos Brigade, where they received not only Marxist indoctrination but also hands-on training in guerrilla tactics, bomb-making, and counter-surveillance. Congressional investigations from the 1980s noted that Cuba’s DGI intelligence agency actively cultivated relationships with American radicals, providing safe haven, resources, and tactical instruction.

  By the early 1980s, at least a dozen known M-19 members had participated in Brigade trips or maintained direct contacts with Cuban operatives. This international support structure allowed M-19 to organize a series of coordinated attacks—including the 1983 U.S. Capitol bombing, which caused nearly a quarter million dollars in damage, and a string of other bombings and armed robberies. The group’s leaders communicated regularly with counterparts in Cuba, ensuring that the operational blueprint for American political violence was being drawn up, in part, thousands of miles from U.S. soil. Far from being “isolated bad actors,” M-19 was a product of cross-border radical collaboration, enabled and encouraged by Havana’s revolutionary machinery.

The Radical Blueprint: How It All Ties Together

This wasn’t just a loose collection of angry activists—it was a meticulously constructed network, purpose-built to change America from the inside out. Here’s how the blueprint worked, how it’s still working, and how modern Democrats have openly praised, rehabilitated, or elevated its architects:

Foreign Training, Domestic Execution

• Cuban Communist Doctrine: Through the Venceremos Brigade, American radicals received first-hand training in Marxist ideology, guerrilla organizing, and anti-American messaging straight from Fidel Castro’s regime.

• Real-World Application: Upon return, these activists didn’t just share stories—they imported tactics. Networks established in Cuba became logistical and ideological support for groups like the Weather Underground and M-19.

Example:
Karen Bass made numerous trips to Cuba, led the South LA Brigade, and maintained those international connections as she rose through California’s political ranks.

Karen Bass, after Fidel Castro’s death:
“The passing of the Comandante en Jefe is a great loss to the people of Cuba.”

Interlocking Networks: From Street Action to Academia

• Shared Members & Resources: Many key figures overlapped across multiple organizations—Weather Underground, M-19, the Venceremos Brigade, and local radical collectives.

• Safehouses and Strategy: Members provided safe harbor for each other, shared bomb-making knowledge, and planned actions that would later shape “community organizing” tactics.

Example:
Susan Rosenberg participated in both the Venceremos Brigade and M-19; Kathy Boudin, David Gilbert, and Bernardine Dohrn cycled between Weather Underground, later educational, and legal activism.

Columbia University on hiring Kathy Boudin as a professor:
“Kathy Boudin’s life and work are a testament to the power of transformation and the importance of social justice.”

Recruitment and Radicalization Pipeline

• Young Idealists to Lifelong Activists: The Brigade and associated movements targeted students and young activists for recruitment. Many of these would become professors, attorneys, or organizers, embedding the ideology deeper into American institutions.

• Legacy in Higher Education: Radicals became professors (Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, Kathy Boudin), ensuring the ideology was handed down to future “reformers.”

Example:
Bill Ayers became an education professor in Chicago, influencing generations of teachers and policy-makers. Bernardine Dohrn became a law professor, shaping the minds of legal activists and future political leaders.

Obama Connection:
Barack Obama’s rise in Chicago politics was directly connected to this radical network:

• Obama’s first political fundraiser was famously hosted at the home of Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.

• Obama and Ayers served together on the board of the Woods Fund of Chicago, collaborating on education reform and grant-making.

• Both participated in academic panels and local civic projects—well after Ayers’s radical past was widely known.

While Obama was careful never to openly praise Ayers, the reality is in the facts:

Obama’s political career began in the living room of an unrepentant Weather Underground leader, and his early Chicago activism drew on the same progressive circles shaped by Ayers, Dohrn, and their radical network.

Barack Obama (on Bill Ayers, 2008):
“Bill Ayers is a guy who lives in my neighborhood… he’s not someone I exchange ideas with on a regular basis.”

Political Rehabilitation and Influence

• Pardons and Positions: Many former radicals were pardoned or had sentences commuted by Democrat leaders, clearing their path into mainstream activism and influence.

• Fundraising and Advocacy: Some, like Susan Rosenberg, moved into powerful positions in non-profits, influencing fundraising for causes and movements that became central to left-leaning political strategies (e.g., BLM).

Example:
Susan Rosenberg sat on the board of Thousand Currents, which processed donations for major activist groups; Judith Clark’s release was championed by political leaders; Kathy Boudin taught at Columbia and mentored a new generation of activists.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, commuting Judith Clark’s sentence (2016):
“Clark’s commitment to redemption and service to others is clear. New York is a state of forgiveness.”

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio (on Judith Clark’s release):
“Judith Clark’s life has been defined by second chances and by her service to others, and her rehabilitation and remorse are genuine.”

Bill Clinton administration (on Susan Rosenberg’s commutation):
“The president believed their sentences were disproportionate and recognized their work since imprisonment.” (paraphrased from White House statement and left-wing activists)

Family Trees and Political Dynasty

• Next Generation: Children of original radicals entered public office and criminal justice reform movements.

• Policy Influence: Many platform points—from criminal justice “reform” to activist-driven social policy—reflect the ideology and rhetoric that originated in the radical blueprint.

Example:
Chesa Boudin, son of Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, became District Attorney of San Francisco, running on platforms shaped by his parents’ radical beliefs.

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (on Chesa Boudin’s election):
“Congratulations @chesaboudin! Now THIS is what criminal justice reform looks like.”

San Francisco Democratic Socialists of America (DSA):
“Chesa is a champion for justice—someone who honors the legacy of his parents and leads the way for real criminal justice reform.”

Mainstreaming the Blueprint

• From Underground to Mainstream: What began as bomb plots and manifestos evolved into mainstream advocacy, political campaigns, and lawmaking. The blueprint for radical change now influences the platforms, policies, and priorities of the American left and major urban power structures.

Example:
Ideas such as “defund the police,” decarceration, and open borders are now widely debated, advocated, and in some places, implemented—reflecting the same worldview once championed by 1970s revolutionaries.

Food for Thought:
The “radical blueprint” wasn’t a relic of the past; it was a strategic, multi-decade effort to move revolutionary ideology from the shadows to the center of cultural, academic, and political life. NFetworks forged in Cuba and underground collectives became the mentorship pipeline, policy machine, and activist army for a new era—leaving a legacy visible in today’s political debates, institutions, and leadership. And today’s Democrat leaders are not just inheritors—they’re open admirers, apologists, and, in many cases, collaborators in rewriting the narrative and legitimizing these radical roots.

The Transformation: From Terrorists to Teachers, Activists, and “Progressive” Mentors

When the smoke cleared from the bombings and robberies of the 1970s and 1980s, it might have seemed that America’s homegrown revolutionaries had been defeated—jailed, killed, or scattered. But history tells a different story. In truth, many of these radicals simply changed tactics. The era of dynamite and gunplay gave way to the long game: infiltration, education, legal activism, and the building of “respectable” non-profits that would come to define—and drive—the modern American left.

• By the 1990s and 2000s, more than half a dozen convicted terrorists had gone on to become professors at top U.S. universities—Columbia, NYU, University of Illinois, Northwestern, and more.

• Thousands of students every year now pass through programs, classes, and seminars created or led by these former radicals.

• Bill Ayers: Once called a “domestic terrorist” by the FBI, became Distinguished Professor of Education at University of Illinois at Chicago, authoring influential books and training thousands of teachers.

• Bernardine Dohrn: Became Director of the Children and Family Justice Center at Northwestern University School of Law.

• Kathy Boudin: Joined Columbia University’s School of Social Work, co-founded the Center for Justice, and mentored dozens of young activists.

• Susan Rosenberg: After her sentence was commuted by Bill Clinton, became a major figure in non-profit fundraising, vice-chair of Thousand Currents, and influential in left-wing philanthropy.

• Chesa Boudin, son of Weather Underground/M-19, became San Francisco DA running on his parents’ radical vision.

Building Obama’s Launchpad: The Ayers-Dohrn Connection

The influence of the Weather Underground and its intellectual network didn’t end with the last bomb scare or the final arrest in the 1980s. In fact, it laid the groundwork for a new kind of political revolution—one that would go mainstream through Barack Obama and the “progressive” wave that followed.

• Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn’s transformation from wanted fugitives to respected academics wasn’t just a story of redemption—it was a calculated rebranding. By the late 1990s, they were fixtures in Chicago’s left-wing political and philanthropic world.

• From 1999 to 2002, Barack Obama and Bill Ayers served together on the board of the Woods Fund of Chicago, a major left-leaning philanthropy.

• The Fund granted millions of dollars to “community organizing” groups, education reformers, and social justice causes—including many connected to Ayers’s personal network.

• In 1995, Barack Obama’s first political fundraiser (“coming-out party” in Chicago politics) was held at the Hyde Park home of Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn.

• Both Obama and Ayers served as advisors to the Chicago Annenberg Challenge (1995–2002), a $49.2 million education reform project that funneled money to activist-led curriculum programs, “social justice” teaching, and radical education workshops.

• Obama and Ayers lived less than one mile apart in Hyde Park. Their children attended the same schools and neighborhood events.

Key Takeaway:
Barack Obama didn’t just rise near the orbit of 1970s radicals. He was launched and supported by their network—one that took its revolutionary ideals from the streets and faculty lounges of Chicago straight into the highest levels of American political power.

Karen Bass: The Radical Pipeline in Action

Today, Karen Bass holds the highest office in Los Angeles as mayor, but her rise is a case study in how radical movements of the 1970s and 1980s quietly built the foundation for today’s political left. Her career is a direct product of the very networks, ideology, and pipeline forged by the Venceremos Brigade, the Weather Underground, and their Marxist mentors.

• In the 1970s and 80s, Karen Bass was a leader in the South LA Venceremos Brigade—a group founded and funded by the Cuban Communist Party for the explicit purpose of radicalizing American youth.

• Bass traveled to Cuba at least 15 times—often at a time when such travel was illegal for Americans and considered a national security risk by U.S. authorities.

• The South LA Brigade was a who’s-who of future “progressive” leaders and activists, many of whom maintained careers in academia, government, or the non-profit sector.

• Bass’s activism put her in direct orbit with radical attorneys, activists, and organizers who would later shape Democrat Party policy on immigration, criminal justice, and policing.

• Her activist background propelled her into Los Angeles politics as the founder of Community Coalition in 1990—an organization dedicated to “empowering Black and Latino communities” but rooted in the radical community organizing models imported from her Cuba years.

• Bass quickly rose through the ranks of state government, becoming Speaker of the California Assembly and then a U.S. Congresswoman before winning the mayoralty of LA.

• Her campaigns and legislative career were openly backed by “progressive” organizations and individuals with deep roots in the 1970s radical left.

• Under Bass’s leadership, Los Angeles has doubled down on sanctuary city policies, fought to limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, and increased taxpayer funding for services to illegal immigrants.

• Bass’s ascent from Marxist brigadista to the mayor’s office is more than personal—it’s emblematic of the left’s long game.

The Radical Legacy: How the Democrats Became the Party of Yesterday’s Revolutionaries

The story isn’t just about radicals finding redemption—it’s about a deliberate, decades-long project to move the ideological fringe into the halls of power. What started as the underground bomb plots, manifestos, and revolutionary training of the 1970s has become the foundation of today’s Democrat Party leadership, priorities, and language.

• Chesa Boudin, son of Weather Underground and M-19 members Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, was raised by Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn after his parents were imprisoned. In 2019, he was elected District Attorney of San Francisco, openly campaigning on the radical vision and criminal justice philosophies that defined his family’s activism.

• Angela Davis, a 1970s Communist Party USA candidate and supporter of the Weather Underground, has become a celebrated speaker for the Democrat Party, honored at DNC events and university commencements.

• Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, and their mentees helped rewrite teacher training, restorative justice, and equity-focused curriculum in dozens of states—including California, Illinois, and New York.

• Policies that were once radical—like ending cash bail, open sanctuary cities, and eliminating standardized testing—are now official policy in cities and states run by Democrats.

• Over 20 major U.S. cities controlled by Democrats cut police funding or moved to “reimagine” policing between 2020–2022, directly echoing the abolitionist rhetoric of 1970s radicals.

• As of 2024, over 180 U.S. jurisdictions (cities and counties) have sanctuary policies—nearly all Democrat-run—shielding illegal immigrants from federal authorities, echoing the “international solidarity” language of the Weather Underground and Venceremos Brigade.

• Non-profits led or founded by former radicals (Critical Resistance, Thousand Currents, Center for Justice at Columbia, Dream Defenders) have moved over $500 million through the activist ecosystem in just the past decade.

• Black Lives Matter and related groups, whose fiscal sponsorship was handled by Susan Rosenberg’s Thousand Currents, received over $90 million in donations in a single year.

• Top Democrats, including Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, have openly praised or campaigned alongside activists and family members of Weather Underground and Black Liberation Army alumni.

• Dozens of university programs and departments, from Columbia to Northwestern to the University of Illinois, are directly shaped by former radicals or their mentees.

Bottom line:
If you want to understand why the Democrat Party governs the way it does in 2025, look no further than the blueprint—and the faces—of the 1970s radical left.

From Dynamite to Democrats

Today’s Democrat Party is the product of a radical pipeline, not a random swing to the left.

This story isn’t just about ideas or influence—it’s about violence, trauma, and lives forever altered. The bombers of the 1970s and 80s didn’t simply fade away. The organizations that shaped today’s left—Weather Underground, M-19, and their allies—left a literal body count in their wake.

A Trail of Bombs, Robberies, and Blood

• Weather Underground:

  • From 1969 to 1977, the Weather Underground was responsible for more than 25 bombings targeting the U.S. Capitol, Pentagon, State Department, police headquarters, banks, and courthouses.

  • Their bombs caused massive property damage, forced mass evacuations, and left Americans in constant fear of domestic terror.

  • The group’s most deadly operation was the 1981 Brink’s armored car robbery in Nanuet, New York (in collaboration with M-19 and Black Liberation Army). That attack resulted in the murder of two police officers—Nyack Sgt. Edward O’Grady and Officer Waverly Brown—and Brinks guard Peter Paige.

  • At least 4 law enforcement officers and security guards were killed by Weather Underground/M-19-linked operations.

  • Dozens more were wounded in bombings and armed robberies.

  • The 1970 Greenwich Village townhouse explosion (a failed Weather Underground bomb plot) killed three of their own members and would have massacred U.S. servicemen and their dates had it gone as planned.

• M-19 (May 19th Communist Organization):

  • From 1978–1985, M-19 carried out over a dozen bombings—including the 1983 bombing of the U.S. Capitol, the FBI’s New York field office, the Washington Navy Yard, and the South African Consulate.

  • While M-19 often phoned in warnings to avoid mass civilian deaths, their bombings still injured dozens and inflicted significant trauma and psychological harm.

  • The organization’s joint operations with the Black Liberation Army (including the Brink’s robbery) accounted for the most deadly violence, resulting in multiple fatalities and many more injuries.

• Legacy of Terror:

  • These attacks cost hundreds of millions in property damage and forced a dramatic expansion of federal and local law enforcement counter-terror efforts.

  • Thousands of Americans—police, government employees, bystanders—lived with the daily threat that their workplace or neighborhood might be the next target.

From Bombers to Bureaucrats

Yet, instead of being permanently exiled from public life, many of these perpetrators (or their immediate protégés) went on to become professors, community organizers, nonprofit directors, “criminal justice reform” advocates, and, ultimately, architects of Democrat policy.

• Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn: From FBI’s Most Wanted to academic “stars,” educators, and Obama’s Chicago mentors.

• Kathy Boudin: From Brink’s robbery accomplice to Columbia University professor and progressive policy shaper.

• Chesa Boudin: From child of revolutionaries to District Attorney of San Francisco.

• Susan Rosenberg: From explosives trafficker and M-19 activist to high-profile fundraising for Black Lives Matter and other left-wing movements.

The Price Paid and the Lesson Ignored

• At least 5 people killed, including 3 police officers, 1 armored guard, and 1 participant.

• Dozens wounded, including law enforcement and bystanders.

• Hundreds traumatized and tens of thousands evacuated due to bomb threats and attacks.

• Many of these radicals never apologized for the violence. In a 2001 interview, Bill Ayers declared, “I don’t regret setting bombs… I feel we didn’t do enough.”

• The very ideology that justified bombings, robberies, and political violence was rebranded, whitewashed, and pushed into mainstream institutions—schools, nonprofits, government offices, and now city halls.

Where Are We Now?

This isn’t ancient history. It’s the engine room of the party that governs America’s largest cities—and it’s aiming higher every cycle.

Today’s Democrat leadership didn’t stumble into crisis and chaos by accident. The blueprint of “managed chaos,” radical street action, and ideological subversion has simply evolved—migrating from bomb plots to boardrooms, from underground pamphlets to “equity” policy, and from Cuba-funded guerrilla camps to the halls of Congress and city hall.

• Purposeful Chaos, Not Ignorance:
  What appears to the public as incompetence—soaring crime, homelessness, unchecked protests, the undermining of police, and the relentless erosion of public order—is, in fact, a tactic as old as the 1970s radical playbook: create crises, destabilize the system, and use the resulting fear to justify radical, permanent change.
  The “leaders” now in charge are trained in crisis management, not crisis prevention—because chaos opens doors for sweeping, unpopular transformations.

• Protest as Policy:
  Riots and mass protests are no longer spontaneous; they’re organized, funded, and even recruited for through activist networks descended from the very radicals this article exposes. Organizations with deep ties to old revolutionary networks provide the money, legal cover, and logistics for “grassroots” unrest.
  The professionalization of protest—often supported by shadowy grants and global NGOs—mirrors the same strategies pioneered by the Weather Underground, Venceremos Brigade, and their foreign sponsors.

• Money Laundering and Foreign Influence:
  Billions in taxpayer funds, funneled through government grants, “humanitarian” aid, and non-governmental organizations, now bankroll activism and advocacy that undermines American sovereignty.
  USAID and other agencies—originally chartered for overseas development—routinely fund NGOs and activist outfits that push radical politics, often with little oversight or accountability.
  The same pipeline that once ran through Havana now runs through DC and New York, with left-leaning philanthropies and international NGOs laundering influence, ideology, and sometimes even illegal immigrants directly into America’s streets, politics, and protest movements.

• The New Normal:
  Policies once seen as radical—decriminalization of crime, open borders, defunding police, and the weaponization of the legal system—are now standard in Democrat strongholds. When citizens protest, they’re met with the same gaslighting tactics the radical left perfected: deny the problem, blame “systemic” forces, and double down on failed ideology.

If you wonder why lawlessness, dysfunction, and anti-American rhetoric have become the new normal, look no further than the radicals who went from bombing buildings to building today’s Democrat Party. What’s happening isn’t incompetence or neglect. It’s strategy—tested, perfected, and now executed at the highest levels of American power.

The faces have changed, but the blueprint remains. And the cost? It’s measured not just in dollars, but in lives lost, justice denied, and a nation’s trust systematically destroyed.