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Chesa Boudin (born August 21, 1980) is a writer and lecturer, whose parents were members of the Weather Underground and served time in prison.

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Early Life and Family

Chesa Boudin was born in New York, NY, on August 21, 1980. His parents, Kathy Boudin and David Gilbert, were radical anti-war activists and members of the Weather Underground. His mother's family had a long left-wing history. His great-great-uncle was Louis Boudin, a Marxist theorist, lawyer, and author of the acclaimed Government By Judiciary.[1] His grandfather, attorney Leonard Boudin, had represented such controversial clients as Judith Coplon, Fidel Castro, and Paul Robeson.[2] Chesa Boudin's great uncle was the famed independent journalist I.F. Stone[3]. Chesa Boudin's uncle, Michael Boudin, is currently a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.[4]

When Chesa Boudin was 14 months old, his parents were arrested for their role in the fatal Brinks Robbery (1981) in upstate New York. His mother was sentenced to 20 years to life and his father to 75 years to life. Chesa Boudin was adopted by Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, and raised as one of their three sons. His mother, Kathy Boudin, was released under parole supervision in 2003.[5]

Education

Chesa Boudin attended Yale University and graduated summa cum laude in 2003 with honors in the history department and a member of Phi Beta Kappa. After college he went to Oxford University on a Rhodes Scholarship. At Oxford he earned two masters degrees, one in Forced Migration and the other in Public Policy in Latin America. He is currently a student at Yale Law School.

Public Life

The front page of the NY Times[6] profiled Boudin when he won the Rhodes Scholarship in 2002. He has also been interviewed on CNN[7] and in dozens of newspapers and radio programs. He lectures in English and Spanish at venues across the US and on three continents on topics including the impact of parental incarceration, Latin American politics, community service in universities and US foreign policy. He has contributed to The Nation magazine, and several other periodicals.[8]

Boudin translated Understanding the Bolivarian Revolution: Hugo Chavez Speaks with Marta Harnecker into English (Monthly Review Press, 2005),[9] co-edited Letters From Young Activists: Today's Young Rebels Speak Out, (Nation Books, 2005),[10][11] and co-wrote The Venezuelan Revolution: 100 Questions – 100 Answers (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006).[12] His latest book, Gringo: A Coming of Age in Latin America, was released in April 2009 from Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.[13] The book received reviews in several national papers including the New York Times[14] and the San Francisco Chronicle[15]. He is currently a student at the Yale Law School.

References

  1. ^ Questia Library[1]
  2. ^ Underground Woman[2]
  3. ^ I.F. Stone online[3]
  4. ^ Federal Judicial Center listings[4]
  5. ^ With Bouquet And a Wave, Boudin is Free 22 Years Later[5]
  6. ^ From A Radial Background a Rhodes Scholar Emerges [6]
  7. ^ Paula Zahn transcript[7]
  8. ^ The Nation author bios[8]
  9. ^ Monthly Review Press[9]
  10. ^ The Nation Books[10]
  11. ^ Letters From Young Activists webpage[11]
  12. ^ Amazon.com listing[12]
  13. ^ Simon and Schuster listing[13]
  14. ^ New York Times' review[14]
  15. ^ San Francisco Chronicle Review[15]

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