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<blockquote data-quote="Old Man Jingles" data-source="post: 4735254" data-attributes="member: 18222"><p>Cmon man ... this is me! I watched it on TV and discussed it in school and then I googled it before posting!</p><p>Look it up instead of ignorantly sticking with you erroneous belief!</p><p></p><p>Chicago Seven</p><p>The Chicago Seven were seven defendants—Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, and Lee Weiner—charged by the United States federal government with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot, and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and countercultural protests in Chicago, Illinois during the <strong>1968 Democratic National Convention.</strong></p><p></p><h3>National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1968_Democratic_National_Convention_protests&action=edit&section=2" target="_blank">edit</a>]</h3><p>Further information: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Mobilization_Committee_to_End_the_War_in_Vietnam" target="_blank">National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam</a></p><p>In the fall of 1967, members of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Mobilization_Committee_to_End_the_War_in_Vietnam" target="_blank">National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam</a> (often referred to as "MOBE"), which was directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dellinger" target="_blank">David Dellinger</a>, proposed a massive anti-war demonstration to coincide with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention" target="_blank">1968 Democratic National Convention</a>. In early 1968, the National Mobilization Committee opened a Chicago office directed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennie_Davis" target="_blank">Rennie Davis</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hayden" target="_blank">Tom Hayden</a>, who were leading political organizers at the time and former leaders of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_a_Democratic_Society" target="_blank">Students for a Democratic Society</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention_protests#cite_note-Ragsdale_2008-3" target="_blank">[3]</a>:1–2</p><p></p><p>MOBE was an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_organization" target="_blank">umbrella organization</a> that included groups who were opposed to American participation in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" target="_blank">the Vietnam War</a>. MOBE was run by a small executive board that set up a general framework for mass demonstrations, sent out invitations to the over 500 groups on its <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailing_list" target="_blank">mailing lists</a>, and coordinated activities between the groups.[<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a></em>]</p><p></p><p>MOBE recognized and supported all tactics from marching to civil disobedience.[<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a></em>] MOBE's main aim was to get the largest turnouts at its functions. David Dellinger, MOBE chairman, believed that "The tendency to intensify militancy without organizing wide political support [was] self-defeating. But so [was] the tendency to draw way from militancy into milder and more conventional forms of protest."<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention_protests#cite_note-4" target="_blank">[4]</a></p><p></p><p>For Chicago, MOBE originally planned for two large-scale marches and an end of convention rally at Soldier Field. The goal was originally a massive show of force outside the International Amphitheatre. MOBE also planned to have workshops and movement centers distributed in 10 parks throughout the city, many in predominantly black areas, to allow demonstrators and participating groups to follow their particular focuses.[<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" target="_blank">citation needed</a></em>]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention_protests#cite_note-5" target="_blank">[5]</a></p><p></p><h3>Youth International Party[<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1968_Democratic_National_Convention_protests&action=edit&section=3" target="_blank">edit</a>]</h3><p>Further information: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_International_Party" target="_blank">Youth International Party</a></p><table style='width: 100%'><tr><td><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/38px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></td><td><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikisource" target="_blank">Wikisource</a>has original text related to this article:<br /> <strong><a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Yippie_Workshop_Speech" target="_blank">Yippie Workshop Speech</a></strong></td></tr></table><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yippie!_Button_at_the_Chicago_History_Museum.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Yippie%21_Button_at_the_Chicago_History_Museum.jpg/200px-Yippie%21_Button_at_the_Chicago_History_Museum.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_International_Party" target="_blank">Yippie!</a> button on display at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_History_Museum" target="_blank">Chicago History Museum</a></p><p>The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_International_Party" target="_blank">Youth International Party</a> was one of the major groups in the organization of the protests. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbie_Hoffman" target="_blank">Abbie Hoffman</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rubin" target="_blank">Jerry Rubin</a>, and a few friends engaged in conversation at Hoffman's apartment on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Eve" target="_blank">New Year's Eve</a>, 1967. They discussed the events of the year, such as the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_Love" target="_blank">Summer of Love</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentagon" target="_blank">the Pentagon</a> demonstration. The idea of having a free music festival in Chicago was suggested to defuse political tension.[<em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions" target="_blank">who?</a></em>] Over the next week, the Youth International Party (known as Yippie) took shape. Yippie politicized <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie" target="_blank">hippie</a> ideology and used <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_theatre" target="_blank">street theater</a> and other tactics to critique the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_States" target="_blank">culture of the United States</a> and induce change.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention_protests#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old Man Jingles, post: 4735254, member: 18222"] Cmon man ... this is me! I watched it on TV and discussed it in school and then I googled it before posting! Look it up instead of ignorantly sticking with you erroneous belief! Chicago Seven The Chicago Seven were seven defendants—Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, and Lee Weiner—charged by the United States federal government with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot, and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and countercultural protests in Chicago, Illinois during the [B]1968 Democratic National Convention.[/B] [HEADING=2]National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam[[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1968_Democratic_National_Convention_protests&action=edit§ion=2']edit[/URL]][/HEADING] Further information: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Mobilization_Committee_to_End_the_War_in_Vietnam']National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam[/URL] In the fall of 1967, members of the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Mobilization_Committee_to_End_the_War_in_Vietnam']National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam[/URL] (often referred to as "MOBE"), which was directed by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Dellinger']David Dellinger[/URL], proposed a massive anti-war demonstration to coincide with the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention']1968 Democratic National Convention[/URL]. In early 1968, the National Mobilization Committee opened a Chicago office directed by [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennie_Davis']Rennie Davis[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Hayden']Tom Hayden[/URL], who were leading political organizers at the time and former leaders of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students_for_a_Democratic_Society']Students for a Democratic Society[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention_protests#cite_note-Ragsdale_2008-3'][3][/URL]:1–2 MOBE was an [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_organization']umbrella organization[/URL] that included groups who were opposed to American participation in [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War']the Vietnam War[/URL]. MOBE was run by a small executive board that set up a general framework for mass demonstrations, sent out invitations to the over 500 groups on its [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailing_list']mailing lists[/URL], and coordinated activities between the groups.[[I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed']citation needed[/URL][/I]] MOBE recognized and supported all tactics from marching to civil disobedience.[[I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed']citation needed[/URL][/I]] MOBE's main aim was to get the largest turnouts at its functions. David Dellinger, MOBE chairman, believed that "The tendency to intensify militancy without organizing wide political support [was] self-defeating. But so [was] the tendency to draw way from militancy into milder and more conventional forms of protest."[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention_protests#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] For Chicago, MOBE originally planned for two large-scale marches and an end of convention rally at Soldier Field. The goal was originally a massive show of force outside the International Amphitheatre. MOBE also planned to have workshops and movement centers distributed in 10 parks throughout the city, many in predominantly black areas, to allow demonstrators and participating groups to follow their particular focuses.[[I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed']citation needed[/URL][/I]][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention_protests#cite_note-5'][5][/URL] [HEADING=2]Youth International Party[[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1968_Democratic_National_Convention_protests&action=edit§ion=3']edit[/URL]][/HEADING] Further information: [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_International_Party']Youth International Party[/URL] [TABLE] [TR] [TD][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/38px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png[/IMG][/TD] [TD][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikisource']Wikisource[/URL]has original text related to this article: [B][URL='https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Yippie_Workshop_Speech']Yippie Workshop Speech[/URL][/B][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Yippie!_Button_at_the_Chicago_History_Museum.jpg'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Yippie%21_Button_at_the_Chicago_History_Museum.jpg/200px-Yippie%21_Button_at_the_Chicago_History_Museum.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_International_Party']Yippie![/URL] button on display at the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_History_Museum']Chicago History Museum[/URL] The [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youth_International_Party']Youth International Party[/URL] was one of the major groups in the organization of the protests. [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbie_Hoffman']Abbie Hoffman[/URL], [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rubin']Jerry Rubin[/URL], and a few friends engaged in conversation at Hoffman's apartment on [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Year%27s_Eve']New Year's Eve[/URL], 1967. They discussed the events of the year, such as the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_of_Love']Summer of Love[/URL] and [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pentagon']the Pentagon[/URL] demonstration. The idea of having a free music festival in Chicago was suggested to defuse political tension.[[I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Words_to_watch#Unsupported_attributions']who?[/URL][/I]] Over the next week, the Youth International Party (known as Yippie) took shape. Yippie politicized [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippie']hippie[/URL] ideology and used [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_theatre']street theater[/URL] and other tactics to critique the [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_the_United_States']culture of the United States[/URL] and induce change.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Democratic_National_Convention_protests#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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