According to '' The Harvard Crimson '' : In the fifties , the most effective sanction was terror . Almost any publicity from HUAC meant the ' blacklist . ' Without a chance to clear his name , a witness would suddenly find himself without friends and without a job . But it is not easy to see how in 1969 a HUAC blacklist could terrorize an SDS activist . Witnesses like Jerry Rubin have openly boasted of their contempt for American institutions . A subpoena from HUAC would be unlikely to scandalize Abbie Hoffman or his friends . Yippie theatrics culminated at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago . YIP planned a six-day Festival of Life – a celebration of the counterculture and a protest against the state of the nation . This was supposed to counter the " Convention of Death . " This promised to be " the blending of pot and politics into a political grass leaves movement – a cross-fertilization of the hippie and New Left philosophies . " Yippies ' sensational statements before the convention were part of the theatrics , including a tongue-in-cheek threat to put LSD in Chicago 's water supply . " We will fuck on the beaches ! ... We demand the Politics of Ecstasy ! ... Abandon the Creeping Meatball ! ... And all the time ' Yippie ! Chicago – August 25 – 30 . ' " First on a list of Yippie demands : " An immediate end to the war in Vietnam . " Yippie organizers hoped that well-known musicians would participate in the Festival of Life and draw a crowd of tens if not hundreds of thousands from across the country . The city of Chicago refused to issue any permits for the festival and most musicians withdrew from the project . Of the rock bands who had agreed to perform , only the MC5 came to Chicago to play and their set was cut short by a clash between the audience of a couple thousand and police . Phil Ochs and several other singer-songwriters also performed during the festival
1968 Democratic National Convention
1968 Democratic National Convention
Youth International Party