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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.
Sources
The following served as information sources for sections of this site:
THE PLAYERS
The Chicago 10
CHICAGO 10 press kit
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Or Chicago Eight)
The MOBE
The Washington Post: The Vietnam Protests: When Worlds Collided
The Yippies
Yippies: St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture Summary
Detroit Metro Times: Film: Can’t Jail A Revolution
Los Angeles Times: Stew Albert, 66, Helped Found the 1960s Yippie Countercultural Group
Museum Will Have Abbie’s Trash, Rubin’s Road Kill
THE STAGE
The Convention
CHICAGO 10 press kit
CNN.com: All Politics: Brief History of the Chicago 1968 Democratic Convention
The Trial
CHICAGO 10 transcript
CHICAGO 10 discussion materials
CHICAGO 10 press kit
The Times
CHICAGO 10 press kit
Chronology of events relating to the Chicago Conspiracy (Chicago 7) Trial of 1970
Smithsonian Magazine: 1968 Democratic Convention: History & Archaeology
CNN.com: All Politics: Brief History of the Chicago 1968 Democratic Convention
HuffingtonPost.com: Paul Krassner: The Parts Left Out of CHICAGO 10
PBS.org: INDEPENDENT LENS: NEW YEAR BABY: Southeast Asia Timeline
BBC: War and Protest: the U.S. in Vietnam (1972–1975)
The Search for Peace in Vietnam, 1964-1968, By Lloyd C. Gardner, Ted Gittinger
PROTEST
Media Coverage
New York Civil Liberties Union: Rights and Wrongs at the RNC (PDF)
JoFreeman.com: The 1968 Democratic Convention
The Minnesota Independent: Embedded with the “anarchists”
FOX News.com: Anti-War Protest at GOP Convention Turns Violent
Activists
United for Peace & Justice: About Us
Organizing
CounterPunch: A Street Protester Looks Back at 1968
Is That A Computer In Your Pants?
Records of Student Protests and Strikes at Northwestern University (PDF)
International Socialist Review: Interviews: Wayne Heimbach and Bill Roberts
Permits
New York Civil Liberties Union: Rights and Wrongs at the RNC (PDF)
KSTP.com: Protesters warm up for convention in St. Paul
The DenverChannel.com: Protest Group Upset About Permit Process for DNC
The DenverChannel.com: Mayor Announces Permit Process for DNC Now Open
Minnesota Public Radio: Debate in Minneapolis over city’s protest permit policy
JoFreeman.com: The 1968 Democratic Convention
Police Activity
Democracy Now!: Amy Goodman & Two Democracy Now! Producers Arrested at RNC Protest
SFGate.com: 250 protesters arrested
StarTribune.com: Police raid RNC protest sites in Twin Cities
cbs5.com: Anti-war Veterans March On GOP Convention in St. Paul
USAToday.com: St. Paul arrests only a fraction of NYC in ‘04
Village Voice: Minnesota Cops Promise a Kinder, Gentler RNC
Democracy Now!: Guantanamo On the Hudson: Detained RNC Protester Describe Prison Conditions
Times Online: Police hold 1,000 at “Guantanamo on the Hudson”
CNN.com: All Politics: Brief History of the Chicago 1968 Democratic Convention
JoFreeman.com: The 1968 Democratic Convention
CNN.com: All Politics: Back in TIME for Sept. 6, 1968
Time.com: Chicago Examined: Anatomy of a “Police Riot”
Twin Cities IndyMedia: RNC 8 Charged with “Conspiracy to Riot in Furtherance of Terrorism”
Surveillance
New York Times: City Police Spied Broadly Before G.O.P. Convention
PBS.org: NOW with David Brancaccio. Politics & Economy. Criminalizing Dissent. COINTELPRO Again?
New York Times: Police Surveillance Before Convention Was Larger than Previously Disclosed
New York Civil Liberties Union: Rights and Wrongs at the RNC (PDF)
New York Times: New York Police Covertly Join In at Protest Rallies