bring flower children, acidheads and old lefties together into one group that could change the course of American society.
The Yippies! got worldwide attention that October when they applied for permission to levitate the Pentagon during a massive anti-Vietnam War demonstration that attracted 50, 000 to Washington D.C. Fass can be heard on tapes of the event (along with Ed Sanders of the rock group, The Fugs, and a woman named Mountain Girl) chanting, ut demons, out! as they attempt to exorcize the evil spirits at the War Department.
But not every one appreciated the Yippies sense of humor and it proved hard to keep things light in 1968. Fass and his friends spent months on the air plotting a march on Chicago to coincide with the Democratic National Convention that August. They dubbed it the estival of Life, in contrast to the estival of Death, they felt the