Symbionese Liberation Army

The Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) pioneered the use of media in their exploits. Leveraging their kidnapping of Patty Hearst to catapult them onto the world stage, they transformed a small band of terrorists into a worldwide phenomenon. The non-stop coverage they received in the mid 70's laid the groundwork for further large scale exploits in converting a few-to-many media channel to a personal stage for guerrilla communication.