YippieManifesto

AbbieHoffmanandJerryRubin(1968)
ComeintothestreetsonNov.5,electiondayVotewithyourfeet.Riseupand
abandonthecreepingmeatball!Demandthebarsbeopen.Makemusicand
danceateveryredlight.Afestivaloflifeinthestreetsandparksthroughout
theworld.TheAmericanelectionrepresentsdeath,andwearealive.

Comeallyourebels,youthspirits,rockminstrels,bombthrowers,bank
robbers,peacockfreaks,toeworshippers,poets,streetfolk,liberatedwomen,
professorsandbodysnatchers:itiselectiondayandweareeverywhere.

Don'tvoteinajackasselephantcrackercircus.Let'svoteforourselves.Mefor
President.Wearetherevolution.Wewillstrikeandboycotttheelectionand
createourownreality.

Canyoudigit:ineverymetropolisandhamletofAmericaboycotts,strikes,sit
ins,pickets,lieins,prayins,feelins,pissinsatthepollingplaces.

Nobodygoestowork.Nobodygoestoschool.Nobodyvotes.Everyone
becomesalifeactorofthestreetdoinghisthing,makingtherevolutionby
freeinghimselfandfuckingupthesystem.

Ministersdraggedawayfrompollingplaces.Freechickenandicecreaminthe
streets.Thousandsofkazoos,drums,tambourines,triangles,potsandpans,
trumpets,streetfairs,firecrackersasymphonyoflifeonadayofdeath.LSDin
thedrinkingwater.

Let'sparadeinthethousandstotheplaceswherethevotesarecountedandlet
murderousracistsfeelourpower.

ForcetheNationalGuardtoprotecteverypollingplaceinthecountry.Brush
yourteethinthestreets.Organizeasackrace.Jointherifleclubofyourchoice.
Freakoutthepigswithexhibitionsofsnakedancingandkarateatthenearest
pigpen.

ReleaseaBlackPantherintheJusticeDepartment.Holdmotorcycleracesa
hundredyardsfromthepollingplaces.FlyanAmericanflagoutofeveryhouse
soconfusedvoterscan'tfindthepollingplaces.Wearcostumes.Takea
burningdraftcardtoSpiroAgnew.

StallforhoursinthepollingplacestryingtodecidebetweenNixonand
HumphreyandWallace.Takeyourclothesoff.Putwallpostersupalloverthe
city.Holdblockparties.Releasehundredsofgreasedpigsinpiguniforms
downtown.


CheckitoutinEuropeandthroughouttheworldthousandsofstudentswill
marchontheUSAembassiesdemandingtovoteintheelectioncauseUnclePig
controlstheworld.Nodominationwithoutrepresentation.

Let'smake2300Chicago'sonelectionday.

(Onelectiondaylet'spaytributetorioters,anarchists,Commies,runaways,
draftdodgers,acidfreaks,snipers,beatniks,deserters,Chinesespies.Let's
exorciseallpoliticians,generals,publishers,businessmen,Popes,American
Legion,AMA,FBI,narcos,informers.

AndthenonInaugurationDayJan.20wewillbringourrevolutionarytheater
toWashingtontoinauguratePigasus,ourpig,theonlyhonestcandidate,and
turntheWhiteHouseintoacrashpad.TheywillhavetoputNixon'shandon
thebibleinaglasscage.

Beginnow:resistoppressionasyoufeelit.Organizeandbeginthewordof
mouthcommunicationthatisthebasisofallconspiracies....

Everymanarevolution!Everysmallgrouparevolutionarycenter!Wewillbe
togetheronelectionday.Yippie!!!