1. Symbionese Liberation Army By: Jenniffer Anderson Nathan Wilcox Jordanne Bakewell

2. Demographics Ages 18-25 Educated –Academic Scholarship –Training With CIA Stable Lives Wealthy Families All But One White

3. Political Affiliation Left Fringe –Violence –Champions of the Oppressed –Considered themselves leaders of the Black Revolution Dissident Terrorist Group

4. SLA Beginnings Started as a result of –Prison Visitation Program Venceremos –Tupamaros Movement in Uruguay –Radical Left Film Screenings Sympathy for the Devil –60’s Anti-War Movement

5. Beliefs Concentration Camps Political Prisoners Motto –"Death to the fascist insect that preys upon the life of people."

6. Hydra Symbol Seven Principles of Kwanzaa –Unity –Self-determination –collective work and responsibility –Cooperative economics – purpose –creativity –faith

7. Dr. Foster SLA’s First Public Act Foster First Black Superintendent of Schools Unlikely Target Killed Because –Student ID Cards –Police Officers in Schools Died November 6,1973

8. Aftermath Rumors of Blame Racially Confused Descriptions Communiqué No. 1 Rejection of SLA

9. Patty Hearst Kidnapped –February 4, 1974 Bank Robbery –April 15 1974 Ransom $70 Food Tania Hideout Burned –May 1974 –Six Died

10. Patty Hearst Cont…. Arrested Sep. 1975 Claimed Harsh Psychological Treatment Trial Convicted –March 20, 1976 Sentence Commuted –Jimmy Carter –February 1, 1979 Pardoned –Clinton –January 20, 2001

11. Brainwashing Design Confinement under inhuman conditions to lower resistance The insistence on confession of past misdeeds Manipulating confessions into the context of the ideology Telling the person that his former society had turned against him

12. Brainwashing Cont…. "Undeserved" liberties are granted commensurate with the person's conversion which makes the person grateful to his captors. The person's weakened physical state and feeling of shame and inferiority merge into a bond with the captor Captors prove their sincerity by using the same tactics on their fellow prisoners. Even upon returning to society, the person will experience confusion and doubt.

13. End of SLA Most of Members Gone –Fire –Prison –In Hiding

14. References Baker, Marilyn,. Brompton, Sally,. (1974). Exclusive!: The inside story of Patricia Hearst and the SLA. New York: MacMillan Publishing. Hearst, Patricia., Moscow, Alvin. (1982). Every secret thing. New York. Doubleday and Company. Pearsall, Robert. (1974). The Symbionese Liberation Army. New York. McGraw-Hill. Symbionese Liberation Army (1974). www.courttv.comwww.courttv.com