The Days of Rage demonstrations were a series of direct actions taken over a course of three days in October 1969 in Chicago, and organized by the Weatherman faction of the counterculture-era group Students for a Democratic Society.
The group planned the October 8–11 event as a "National Action" built around John Jacobs' slogan, "bring the war home". The National Action grew out of a resolution drafted by Jacobs and introduced at the October 1968 SDS National Council meeting in Boulder, Colorado. The resolution, which read "The Elections Don't Mean Shit—Vote Where the Power Is—Our Power Is In The Street", was adopted by the council; it had been prompted by the success of the Democratic National Convention protests in August 1968 and reflected Jacobs' strong advocacy of direct action as political strategy. Such direct actions included vandalizing homes, businesses, and automobiles as well as assaulting police officers. Dozens were injured, and more than 280 members of the Weather Underground were arrested.
Days Of Rage (Full title: Days of Reage, a requiem for Europe, Greek: Μέρες Οργής, ένα ρέκβιεμ για την Ευρώπη ) is a 1995 Greek feature film, directed by the Greek director writer and producer Vassilis Mazomenos. The film was the first video to film Greek feature and it was first presented at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival and represented Greece at the Belgrade Film Festival of 1996. As Vrasidas Karalis wrote in the History of Greek cinema:Vassilis Mazomenos had appeared with his first film in 1995 with Days of Rage — A Requiem for Europe (Meres Orgis — Ena Rekviem gia tin Evropi), an eschatological visual exploration of the last days of Europe, based on the classical myth of Deadalus and the science-fiction idea of establishing a utopian society through coercion and torture. Part of the film trilogy about the end of the West, that was presented and awarded in the 2001 retrospective in Fantasporto.
I was in a room, it was beautiful and this is something that can be shared. We moved together and no one felt alone. There was music and something else in the air. Not like a drug, it felt like love. Why exclude when there's room in here. Fear's what stops us. Hatred stops us. Pride can stop us. Weakness stops us. Ignorance stops us. Self-doubt stops us. We're on a mission and this exclusion kills us. Fear's what stops us. Hatred stops us. Pride can stop us. Weakness stops us. Ignorance stops us. Self-doubt stops us. We're on a mission and this exclusion kills us. The moon was so bright on our back. Like a train yah got to move faster. The pain of being around for such a short time. The immortality you seek from being part of something more. Fear's what stops us. Hatred stops us. Pride can stop us. Weakness stops us. Ignorance stops us. Self-doubt stops us. We're on a mission and this exclusion kills us. Fear's what stops us. Hatred stops us. Pride can stop us. Weakness stops us. Ignorance stops us. Self-doubt stops us. We're on a mission and this exclusion kills us. We're on the right track in one tiny scene but for things to change our ideals must be mainstream. The subdivision of subculture has our numbers growing thin. Ignore the difference. Bring 'em in! Bring 'em in! We got a group with an ethic of tolerance and a practice of ignorance, a standard of activism and a practice of inaction. A history of collectivism but community is the place to begin. Did i mention there's guitars. Bring 'em in! Bring 'em in! Fear's what stops us. Hatred stops us. Pride can stop us. Weakness stops us. Ignorance stops us. Self-doubt stops us. We're on a mission and this exclusion kills us. Fear's what stops us. Hatred stops us. Pride can stop us. Weakness stops us. Ignorance stops us. Self-doubt stops us. We're on a mission and this exclusion kills us. Share the ideal! Live the way you feel! Try to move faster and stay awake!