Jerry Rubin

There were many radical groups assembled at the 1968 Chicago convention, including the Youth International Party, or Yippies, who used outrageous media stunts to draw attention to the antiwar movement, including running a pig named Pigasus as their presidential candidate. The name and idea for the Yippies was conceived at a New Year's Eve party eight months earlier.

Jerry Rubin was one of the founders of the Yippies who used shock and humorous antics to protest the war. In the following excerpt from his book Do It! he explains the creation and ideology of the Yippies.

We got very stoned so we could look at the problem logically:
It's a youth revolution.
Gimme a "Y."
It's an international revolution.
Gimme an "I."
It's people trying to have meaning, fun, ecstasy in their lives—a party.
Gimme a "P."
Whattaya got...