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With this sequel to Fugitive Days and nights, Ayers charts his life after the Weather Underground, when he becomes the GOP's flaunted "domestic terrorist," a "public foe." Labeled a "domestic terrorist" by the McCain marketing campaign in 2008 and employed by the radical right so that they can castigate Obama for "pallin' around with terrorists," Costs Ayers is actually a dedicated educator, father, and social justice advocate with a pointed memory space and even sharper wit. Community Enemy instructs his story from the moment he and his partner, Bernardine Dohrn, emerged after years on the run and rebuilt their lives as general population statistics, often celebrated for his or her community work and far hated by the radical right. When confronted with defamation by traditional press, including a multimillion-dollar marketing campaign aimed exclusively at demonizing Ayers, and in spite of frequent death risks, Costs and Bernardine stay true with their core values in the energy of protest, demo, and deep commitment. Ayers uncovers how he has navigated the challenges and triumphs of this general population life with steadfastness and a dash of good humor - from the red carpet at the Oscars, to prison vigils and airports (where he's often detained and where he finally "confesses" that he does write Dreams from My Father), and eventually on the floor at Grant Area in 2008 and again in 2012.
