David Gilbert (activist) - Contributions

Contributions

David Gilbert co-wrote the pamphlet U.S. Imperialism with David Loud. The pamphlet was used across the country as a study guide by SDSers.

Gilbert co-wrote an article entitled "Praxis and the New Left." It appeared in the first issue of Praxis on February 13, 1967. The article which was written by Gilbert, Bob Gottlieb, and Gerry Tenney was part of a longer position paper called the "Port Authority Statement"

There is a mini-biography on David Gilbert on page 312 of the book "Outlaws of America The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity" written by Dan Berger.

In an article found in the Columbia Daily-Spectator on April 2, 1983 Bob Feldman wrote "Beyond Brinks: David Gilbert Talks About the Robbery, the Underground, the Struggle"

The initial draft of Prairie Fire was written by Bill Ayers and Gilbert was part of a small group who took part in the editing and rewriting of Prairie Fire.

In response to Prairie Fire's purpose Gilbert said, "We needed something to re-mobilize us, we needed to have an organization to fight imperialism."