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| The Yippie Flag. |
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| Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman (late 1960s). |
The Youth International Party was launched as a counter-cultural, radical, protest; and probably just to say "fuck you" to the man and have some fun.
The Yippies had no formal membership or hierarchy. Abbie and Anita Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Nancy Kurshan, and Paul Krassner founded the Yippies (according to his own account, Krassner coined the name) at a meeting in the Hoffmans' New York apartment on December 31, 1967. "If the press had created 'hippie,' could not we five hatch the 'yippie'?" Abbie Hoffman wrote. Wikipedia
The year 1968, was born with a mad desire for total rebellion... reflected in the absurdist Yippies. Love them or hate them, they had a point, and managed to shut down Disneyland for a day... so there's that!
Sources:
Yippies, Counter Culture in the 1960s.
The Yippie Museum, New York Art World.
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