Jim Mellen

James Gerald Mellen (13 August 1935 – 17 February 2023) was an American Marxist college professor, revolutionary, and a founding member of the Weathermen, a far-left revolutionary organization.

Early life and academic career Mellen was born in Inglewood, California, in 1935, to Helen and Dennis Mellen. His parents divorced when he was young, and he later explained that growing up in poverty fueled his leftist politics. He then attended San Francisco State College, where he began protesting the proliferation of nuclear weapons. After gaining a PhD from the University of Iowa, Mellen took a position as a political science and international affairs professor at Drew University. The FBI have said that the Weather Underground eventually claimed to be behind for 25 bombings.