in response to the resignation of mike klonsky (national secretary for sds in 1968–1969 and rym leader) and his opposition to the weather's theoretical paper and their dismissal of the white working class as "hopelessly reactionary," both robbins and mark rudd challenged klonsky's approach by insisting that the first and most urgent obligation of whites was to fight in support of the peoples of the world who were "rising up against them" and that they needed to create movements that fight, not just talk about fighting. "the aggressiveness, seriousness, and toughness of militant struggle will attract vast numbers of working class youth."