Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1968, Oughton da Ayers sun shiga rukunin Jesse James Gang, waɗanda suka haɗa kai da wasu mutane 40 don su yaƙi masu ra'ayin daidaitawa. Gangungiyar Jesse James ta maye gurbin sashen 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 'yan juyin juya halin Marxist-Leninist da suka bayyana kansu: Viet Cong's Tet Offensive, ɗaliban ɗalibai a Jami'ar Columbia, kusan juyin juya hali a Faransa, da kuma
Taron kasa na jam'iyyar Democrat a Chicago. Kowane taron ya taimaka canza hanyar da Amurkawa masu tsattsauran ra'ayi suka kalli yanayin kansu.