Two statements, described as a "Yipanther Pact," from the Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver and an assortment of prominent Yippies (Stewart Albert, Abbie Hoffman, and Jerry Rubin). The statements, which originally appeared in the Berkeley Barb (Vol 7 No 15 Issue 164, October 4-10, 1968), came after the infamous clashes at the August 1968 Democratic National Convention, where the Yippies had called for a Festival of Life and tried unveiling a pig (Pigasus) as their presidential nominee.
Thinking back to the era when I became aware of civil rights and political protests, it occurred to me that two trials are likely to bracket my political consciousness …
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