The son of the FBI's most wanted woman tells the electrifying story of a childhood on the run and a half-century of revolutionary struggle in America for readers of Angela Davis' autobiography, THE RETURN by Hisham Matar, and JUST KIDS by Patti Smith
'A fascinating journey that illuminates, in often thought-provoking ways, the politics of violence in radical movements' Angela Davis
The son of the FBI's most wanted woman tells the electrifying, heart-rending story of a childhood on the run - and a half-century of revolutionary struggle in America
We all grapple with a past that defines us- culture, religion, a family story. But what happens when you inherit a revolution?
Zayd Ayers Dohrn was born underground. His parents were fugitives after a decade fighting the US government; his mother co-founded a leftist radical group called the Weathermen, and replaced Angela Davis on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. All his life, Dohrn's parents said his birth marked a clean break with violent revolutionary struggle but, in this explosive memoir, he discovers that story wasn't entirely true.
A masterpiece of personal and social history, Dangerous, Dirty, Violent and Young offers a page-turning account of an infamous family and their life in hiding, as well as the political battles of the '60s and '70s. At its heart it asks big questions- how can a child survive when the place they feel safest - with their family - also puts them in danger? What does it mean to be a good revolutionary, and how should young people today try to change the world?
