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===Role in policymaking, ideology and public statements for Weather Underground===

Dohrn was a principal signatory on the group's "Declaration of a State of War"  in 1970 that formally declared "war" on the U.S. Government, and completed the group's transformation from political advocacy to violent action. Dohrn also co-wrote and published the subversive manifesto ''[[Prairie Fire]]'' in 1974, and participated in the covertly
-  filmed ''[[Underground (documentary film)|Underground]]'' in 1976. 

In late 1975, the Weather Underground put out an issue of a magazine, ''Osawatamie'', which carried an article by Dohrn, "Our Class Struggle", described as a speech given to the organization's cadres on September 2 of that year. In the article, Dohrn clearly stated support for [[Communism|Communist]] ideology:<ref name=fbi74>[http://foia.fbi.gov/weather/weath1a.pdf "Weatherm(contracted; show full)

According to a 1974 FBI study of the group, Dohrn's article signaled a developing commitment to Marxism-Leninism that had not been clear in the groups previous statements, despite trips to Cuba by some members of the group before and after Weather Underground was formed, and contact with Vietnamese communists there.<ref name=fbi74/>
  

===Leaving the underground===

While on the run from police, Dohrn married another Weatherman leader, [[Bill Ayers]], with whom she has two children. During the last years of their underground life, Dohrn and Ayers resided in the [[Logan Square, Chicago|Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago]], where they used the aliases Christine Louise Douglas and Anthony J. Lee. <ref name=nsnyt120580/> 

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