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Bill Ayers talks

He was probably one of the most referenced names in the 2008 US election. But he deliberately chose not to comment on the linking of his name with Obama and “domestic terrorism”. Now Bill Ayers has given an interview to Salon. Two things I found particularly interesting – it does appear clear that his acquaintance with Obama was slight (and that Obama was unaware of his past at the campaign coffee in 1995), and perhaps more revelatory – what it feels like to be at the centre of a political firestorm and to be demonised.

Ayers says:

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