The group, lead by Ted Gold and Diana Oughton, planned to bomb the dance at Fort Dix and the library at Columbia. Both were killed during the New York Townhouse explosion so fortunately these plans were never carried through.
SNCC, "Statement of Purpose", Oct. 1960 "We affirm the philosophical or religious ideal of non-violence as the foundation of our purpose…and the manner of our action….Through non-violence, courage displaces fear. Love transcends hate. Acceptance dissipates prejudice; hope ends despair. Faith reconciles doubt. Peace dominates war. ….Justice for all overthrows injustice. The redemptive community supersedes immoral social systems."
"Weathermen Communiqué #1", 1971 "Black people have been fighting almost alone for years. We’ve known that our job is to lead white kids to armed revolution….Tens of thousands have learned that protests and marches don’t do it. Revolutionary violence is the only way."
The Weather group went "underground" in December 1969 and soon after launched a campaign of bombings aimed at toppling the "establishment. ''They sustain certain kinds of ideological and ethical commitments into their lives beyond the armed struggle,'' said Jeremy Varon, an assistant professor of history at Drew University in Madison, N.J.
On October 20, 1981 in Nanuet, New York, the group robbed a Brinks armored truck containing $1.6 million. The robbery was violent, resulting in the murders of two police officers and a security guard. Boudin, Clark, and Gilbert were found guilty and sentenced to lengthy terms in prison. Media reports listed them as former Weatherman Underground members considered the “last gasps” of the Weather Underground. The documentary The Weather Underground described the Brinks Robbery as the "unofficial end" of the Weather Underground.