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Abbie Hoffman, American activist, co-founded Youth International Party (born 1936)
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American activist (1936–1989)
Abbot Howard Hoffman was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the Chicago Seven. He was also a leading proponent of the Flower Power movement.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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1960s American youth-oriented counter-cultural political party
The Youth International Party (YIP), whose members were commonly called Yippies, was an American youth-oriented radical and countercultural revolutionary offshoot of the free speech and anti-war movements of the late 1960s. It was founded on December 31, 1967. They employed…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)