Editing Weather Underground (section)

===Flint War Council===
{{Main|Flint War Council}}
The Flint War Council was a series of meetings of the Weather Underground Organization and associates in Flint, Michigan, that took place 27–31 December 1969.<ref>Federal Bureau of Investigation. (1976) Weather underground organization. Retrieved [from http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/weather.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312225151/http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/weather.htm |date=March 12, 2008 }} Foia.fbi.gov], pp. 382–383</ref> During these meetings, the decisions were made for the Weather Underground Organization to go underground{{sfn|Varon|2004|pp=158–171}} and to "engage in guerilla warfare against the U.S. government."<ref name="foia.fbi.gov">Federal Bureau of Investigation. (1976). Weather underground organization. Retrieved from [http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/weather.htm Foia.fbi.gov] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312225151/http://foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/weather.htm |date=March 12, 2008 }}, pp. 382–383</ref> This decision was made in response to increased pressure from law enforcement,{{sfn|Jacobs|1997|p=41-43}} and a belief that underground guerilla warfare was the best way to combat the U.S. government.<ref name="foia.fbi.gov"/>

During a closed-door meeting of the Weather Underground's leadership, the decision was also taken to abolish Students for a Democratic Society.<ref name="Rudd, M. 2009">Rudd, M. (2009). Underground: my life with sds and the weatherman. New York, NY: HarperCollins. pp. 185–193.</ref> This decision reflected the splintering of SDS into hostile rival factions.<ref name="Rudd, M. 2009"/>