A bunch of would-be revolutionaries, drunk on the post-60s hubris of the hardcore-politico fringe of the counterculture. They achieved notoriety by kidnapping heiress Patricia Hearst, and wringing concessions from the Hearst family, like food giveaways (which turned into some sort of sick, chaotic performance art piece). Back in the news now, after the surrender of Kathy Soliah. 70s basketball star (and current NBC
commentator) Bill Walton was an associate, of sorts.