ies ▁( who ▁were ▁led ▁by ▁Abb ie ▁Hoff man ), ▁The ▁Dig gers , ▁Up ▁Again st ▁the ▁Wall ▁Mother f uck ers , ▁and ▁the ▁White ▁Pan ther ▁Party . ▁By ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 6 , ▁the ▁Dig gers ▁opened ▁free ▁stores ▁which ▁simply ▁gave ▁away ▁their ▁stock , ▁provided ▁free ▁food , ▁distributed ▁free ▁dru gs , ▁gave ▁away ▁money , ▁organized ▁free ▁music ▁concert s , ▁and ▁performed ▁works ▁of ▁political ▁art . ▁The ▁Dig gers ▁took ▁their ▁name ▁from ▁the ▁original ▁English ▁Dig gers ▁led ▁by ▁G err ard ▁W inst an ley ▁and ▁sought ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁mini - soci ety ▁free ▁of ▁money ▁and ▁capital ism . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁the ▁Y ipp ies ▁employed ▁the atr ical ▁gest ures , ▁such ▁as ▁adv ancing ▁a ▁p ig ▁(" P ig as us ▁the ▁Im mort al ") ▁as ▁a ▁candidate ▁for ▁President ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁to ▁mock ▁the ▁social ▁status ▁qu o . ▁They ▁have ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁highly ▁the atr ical , ▁anti - author itar ian , ▁and ▁an arch ist ▁youth ▁movement ▁of ▁" symbol ic ▁politics ". ▁According ▁to ▁ABC ▁News , ▁" The ▁group ▁was ▁known ▁for ▁street ▁the ater ▁pr anks ▁and ▁was ▁once ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁the ▁' Gr ou cho ▁Marx ists ' ." ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁" old ▁school " ▁political ▁left ▁either ▁ignored ▁or ▁den ounced ▁them . ▁ ▁Many ▁New ▁Left ▁think ers ▁in ▁the