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'''Chesa Jackson Gilbert Boudin''' (b. 1980) is the son of [[United States|American]] [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] [[Radicalism|radicals]] and [[Weather Underground]] members [[Kathy Boudin]] and [[David Gilbert]]. His parents were incarcerated when he was fourteen months old, leaving him to be raised by Weather Underground members [[Bernardine Dohrn]] and [[Bill Ayers]] (who had then emerged from hiding). Dohrn and Ayers later [[adoption|adopted]] Boudin, but he retained a relationship with his birth mother and father.

Boudin attended [[Yale University]] for his [[undergraduate]] years and attended [[University of Oxford|Oxford University]] as a [[Rhodes scholar]] for [[graduate school]]. He speaks and writes regularly on the topic of children with [[prison|incarcerated]] parents. He is an Latin Americanist, an anti-war activist, and a writer. He recently translated ''Italic text''Understanding the Venezuelan Revolution: Hugo Chavez talks to Marta Harnecker''Italic text'' published by Monthly Review Press, and co-edited ''Italic text'' Letters from youth activists: Youth rebels speak out''Italic text'' with the Nation Books. His third book, ''Italic text''The Venezuelan Revolution: 100 Questions and 100 Answers''Italic text'' is due out in January 2006 with Thunders Mouth Press.

==Links==

*An [http://dir.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/01/18/visiting/index.html article] by Chesa Boudin on Salon.com and [http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030929&s=boudin another] on The Nation's website.
*An [http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=03/08/21/1441247 interview] on Democracy Now with Chesa Boudin the day after his mother's successful parole hearing.
*An [http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/boudin070805.html] on MRZine
[[Category:1980 births|Boudin, Chesa]]