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The Youth International Party (whose adherents were known as Yippies, a variant on "http://www.answers.com/topic/hippie" that is also used to designate the surviving circles of activists who came out of the now-defunct YIP) was a highly theatrical http://www.answers.com/topic/political-party-1 established in the http://www.answers.com/topic/united-states in http://www.answers.com/topic/1966. An offshoot of the http://www.answers.com/topic/free-speech-movement and anti-war movements of the http://www.answers.com/topic/1960s-1, the Yippies presented a more radically youth-oriented and http://www.answers.com/topic/counterculture alternative to those movements. They employed theatrical gestures-such as advancing a pig ("http://www.answers.com/topic/pigasus-politics the Immortal") as a candidate for President in 1968-to mock the social status quo.
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What is movement that rejected traditional American values?
hippies and yippies
Who found the Vietnam Day Committee and co founded the Yippies?
Jerry Rubin
What group rejected the traditional values of the establishment during the 1960s?
Hippies and Yippies
What group was founded by Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin in 1968?
The Yippies (Youth International Party)
Where was the 1968 democratic conference held?
The 1968 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago.
Who was a radical philosopher in 1960's?
Perhaps the most well known radical philosophers of the 1960s was Abbie Hoffman. He co-founded the Youth International Party who were known as Yippies. Others were Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, Lee Weiner, Bobby Seale, and David Dellinger.
Why did antiwar democrats protest the convention?
Yippies carried out demonstrations in the streets outside the 1968 Democratic Convention. Chicago Police attacked them. Anti-War Protesters were trying to influence the Democratic Convention to choose a Peace Candidate to end the war in Vietnam which had escalated rapidly under LBJ.
Why did the Chicago race riot start?
Actually, it was not (l968 Riot here) racially motivated. it concerned a group of Hippies and Yippies (led?) by Abbie Hoffmann and others and turned out aimed against the political climate of the day- the Democratic National Convention was in session in the city. The riot is an ugly picture. There was some grim humor as some Yippies ( Youth International Party- also called Yipsters)- (Liberated) a live hog from the slaughter yards- and nominated him ( Pigasus) as a political candidate to run- on what else- a platform of garbage! things got a lot sicker. The riot was politically and not racially motivated, if you mean the l968 Chicago uprisings- this led to the trials of the Chicago 8- later 7, as one suspect was acquitted or let go for lack of evidence.
When was Youth International Party created?
The Youth International Party, also known as the Yippies, was created in 1967 in the United States. It was founded by activists, including Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, as a countercultural and political party to protest the Vietnam War and advocate for social change.
What are some seven letter words with 1st letter Y and 2nd letter I and 5th letter I?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 5 words with the pattern YI--I--. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter Y and 2nd letter I and 5th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are: yippies yipping yirding yirking yirring
What are some seven letter words with 1st letter Y and 2nd letter I and 3rd letter P?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern YIP----. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter Y and 2nd letter I and 3rd letter P. In alphabetical order, they are: yippers yippies yipping
What are some seven letter words with 1st letter Y and 2nd letter I and 4th letter P?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern YI-P---. That is, seven letter words with 1st letter Y and 2nd letter I and 4th letter P. In alphabetical order, they are: yippers yippies yipping
