Post by Hippie Tribes on Oct 5, 2010 18:33:17 GMT -5
ACTIVISTS
There we were, just groovin' and doing our own thing - and then we get a notice that we are to report to take a physical for induction to the armed forces to fight a war in a place called Vietnam. WTF? I suppose that the college students were aware of what was happening with the war in Vietnam and other causes before the hippie on the street. They were certainly responsible for organizing many of the anti-war efforts - strikes, marches, moratoriums, etc. The non-student hippies would eventually catch-up with them, as would many older established adults. But DRAFTING HIPPIES??? Hey man, no way - hell no, we won't go!
There were a myriad of organizations and causes. Anti-war, anti-draft, black rights, Chicano rights, American Indian rights, women's liberation, gay rights, marijuana reform, no nukes, ad nauseum. And there were even more organizations to push for those causes, from the non-violent ones like the American Friends Service Committee (A Quaker organization) to government overthrowing revolutionaries like the Weathermen Underground.
One of the best remembered groups are the Yippies (Youth International Party) and their spokesmen Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. They would be considered "Cultural Revolutionaries." Their phrase, "Revolution for the Hell of It!", best sums them up.
This is where we will discuss the political and cultural revolution of the Sixties. There was a lot accomplished in that era - even with the FBI's COINTELPRO (an acronym for Counter Intelligence Program), which was a series of covert, and often illegal, projects aimed at investigating and disrupting dissident political organizations within the United States.
So dig out your copy of "Quotations from Chairman Mao", put on a black beret and blue jean jacket with a "Free Huey" or "Revolution For The Hell Of It!" button and let's "Do It!".
There we were, just groovin' and doing our own thing - and then we get a notice that we are to report to take a physical for induction to the armed forces to fight a war in a place called Vietnam. WTF? I suppose that the college students were aware of what was happening with the war in Vietnam and other causes before the hippie on the street. They were certainly responsible for organizing many of the anti-war efforts - strikes, marches, moratoriums, etc. The non-student hippies would eventually catch-up with them, as would many older established adults. But DRAFTING HIPPIES??? Hey man, no way - hell no, we won't go!
There were a myriad of organizations and causes. Anti-war, anti-draft, black rights, Chicano rights, American Indian rights, women's liberation, gay rights, marijuana reform, no nukes, ad nauseum. And there were even more organizations to push for those causes, from the non-violent ones like the American Friends Service Committee (A Quaker organization) to government overthrowing revolutionaries like the Weathermen Underground.
One of the best remembered groups are the Yippies (Youth International Party) and their spokesmen Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin. They would be considered "Cultural Revolutionaries." Their phrase, "Revolution for the Hell of It!", best sums them up.
This is where we will discuss the political and cultural revolution of the Sixties. There was a lot accomplished in that era - even with the FBI's COINTELPRO (an acronym for Counter Intelligence Program), which was a series of covert, and often illegal, projects aimed at investigating and disrupting dissident political organizations within the United States.
So dig out your copy of "Quotations from Chairman Mao", put on a black beret and blue jean jacket with a "Free Huey" or "Revolution For The Hell Of It!" button and let's "Do It!".