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The Film

TakePart.com: Chicago 10
Explore the TakePart.com film site for CHICAGO 10, which includes multimedia features and features ways to take social and political action.

Detroit Metro Times: Film: Can’t Jail A Revolution
Read an interview with filmmaker Brett Morgen on his hopes for CHICAGO 10.

1968

All Politics: CNN.com | TIME: Dementia in the Second City, Sept. 6, 1968
Read an article from Time published on September 6, 1968, written in the aftermath of the Chicago protests and violence.

Time.com: Chicago Examined: Anatomy of a “Police Riot”
Peruse a 1968 editorial on the Chicago “police riots” at the Democratic National Convention.

All Politics: CNN.com: Brief History of the Chicago 1968 Democratic Convention
Learn about the events leading up to the 1968 convention, its controversial duration and its aftermath.

Smithsonian Magazine: 1968 Democratic Convention: The Bosses Strike Back
Look at this August 2008 article, wherein journalist Haynes Johnson shares recollections on the “lacerating event” of the 1968 DNC.

UMKC: The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Or Chicago Eight)
Explore this site from the faculty of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law, which includes audio clips and transcripts from the trial, as well as quotes, biographies and more.

BBC: War and Protest: the U.S. in Vietnam (1972–1975)
Examine this BBC timeline, which includes the events of the American involvement in Vietnam and the activities of the anti-war movement.

The Players

The Yippie Museum
Take a trip back in time. Based in New York City, the Yippie Museum “exists to preserve the history of the Youth International Party and all of its offshoots.” The site includes a copy of the original Yippie Manifesto.

The Abbie Hoffman Web Page
Meet Abbie Hoffman. This Hoffman tribute site includes pictures, links, writing and related media material.

Bobby Seale
Learn more about number 8 in the Chicago 10. This official site features books, audio, video, DVDs and historical photographs by and about Bobby Seale and the Black Panthers, as well as speaking engagements and “BARBEQUE'N with Bobby Seale” videos.

CNN Cold War: Episode 13: Make Love, Not War
Delve into this multimedia site that includes interviews with Bobby Seale and Rennie Davis on the 1960s, the anti-war movement, the Black Panther Party and the Chicago DNC.

Democracy Now!: Revolutionary Non-Violence: Remembering Dave Dellinger
Read the transcript of a 2004 Democracy Now! episode commemorating the life and work of David Dellinger. Chicago Conspiracy Trial attorney Leonard Weinglass and defendant Tom Hayden are among those who share their thoughts.

Tom Hayden
Browse Tom Hayden’s site, which includes books, articles,statements and a record of the legislation he has written as a politician.

Counterpunch.org: Bill Kunstler’s Last Big Speech
Study this 2003 article that shares Chicago Conspiracy Trial attorney William Kunstler’s speech to graduating students at the University of Buffalo in 1995.

Cincinnati Post: Jerry Rubin: Activist changed his rap
Investigate this 1999 interview, where Jerry Rubin talks about “the myth of the ‘60s” and responds to accusations that he “sold out to the Man.”

Protest: Now

Twin Cities IndyMedia
Explore the Twin Cities, Minnesota IndyMedia site, which includes extensive coverage and news stories about the protest activity that occurred at the 2008 Republican National Convention.

Protest the 2008 Republication National Convention
View protest events and more, all related to the 2008 RNC in Minnesota.

New York Civil Liberties Union: Rights and Wrongs at the RNC
This PDF report from the NYCLU details the police and protest activity at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City.

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