Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Hakanan a cikin 1968, Oughton da Ayers sun zama ɓangare na Jesse James Gang, wanda ya haɗu tare da wasu 40 don yin adawa da masu matsakaici. Gangungiyar Jesse James ta maye gurbin sashin SDS na Jami'ar Michigan, kuma Robbins, Oughton, da Ayers sun yi aiki tare da Jim Mellen daga Kungiyar 'Yan Matasa na Juyin Juya Halin. Yaƙin Vietnam ya shiga shekara ta uku a tsakiyar 1968. Ƙungiyar dalibai na farko sun ɗauki matsayinsu na ɗabi'a daga koyarwar Albert Camus, wanda ya koyar da cewa mutane masu tunani suna da alhakin neman hanyar a duniya don kada su zama wanda aka azabtar ko mai zartarwa. Abubuwa huɗu a cikin 1968 sun juya motsi na ɗaliban Amurka zuwa masu juyin juya halin Marxist-Leninist: Viet Cong's Tet Offensive, ɗaliban ɗalibai a Jami'ar Columbia, kusan juyin juya hali a Faransa, da Democratic National Convention
a birnin Chicago. Kowane taron ya taimaka canza hanyar da Amurkawa masu tsattsauran ra'ayi suka kalli yanayin kansu.