A decade of disaster was revisited Thursday night as the infamous anti-war activist Bernardine Dohrn spoke on behalf of the atrocities that she witnessed during the Vietnam War.

Dohrn served as an active participant in the radical anti-Vietnam War movement throughout the ’60s.

Although Dohrn holds a plethora of positions to her name, including multiple degrees from the University of Chicago, she is most notable for her work as a radical anti-war activist.

“She is best known for what she did in the 1960s and ’70s,” associate English professor Larry Johannessen said.

The main topic of discussion centered around Dohrn’s part in the radical “Weather Underground” group during the ’60s.

The Weather Underground and its members took part in doing all they could to change the course of the Vietnam War by educating people on the need for reform.

“We organized both against war and racism,” Dohrn said. “We also taught that all human life is equally valid, not just the body count of the United States.”

Dohrn also highlighted the Underground’s attempts to sway draftees not to go to war.

“We would wait for the draft buses to come by early in the morning and chant for them not to go, that they had other options available,” Dohrn said.

Dohrn stressed her feelings on the present crisis America faces with Iraq.

“We’re sending our kids in there with weapons,” Dohrn said. “We’re ignorant.”

In addition, Dohrn expressed how she felt about the entire American public being cynical to what we face with Iraq.

“We have a population that has not been sold on this war,” Dohrn said.

Overall, Dohrn stressed the importance of learning from the tragic mistakes made during Vietnam to prevent continued disaster.

“The lessons we need to learn from Vietnam is about hearts and minds,” Dohrn said. “We must know what the intended consequences are when we go into war.”