Yippies vs. Zippies: New book reveals ’70s counterculture feud

http://thevillager.com/2018/02/25/yippies-vs-zippies-new-jerry-rubin-book-reveals-70s-counterculture-feud/

by acsillag • 8 years ago

22 3 8 years ago

peapicker• 8 years ago

Read pretty far and still no talk about what Yippies or Zippies believe, giving no ground for conflict. I’m not a New Yorker and at almost 50, I’m still too young to ‘just know’.

linksnapzz• 8 years ago

TBH, the more I read about the '60s/70s counterculture, the more I'm convinced Nixon wasn't so bad after all.

thecrash• 8 years ago

The conflicts in the New Left were rarely about actual political beliefs, which were actually fairly consistent across groupings.

As the article says, it was more about individual personality conflicts, money/business issues, romantic feuds, power games...you know, the usual stuff which people fight with each other about.

The difference was the fights often incorporated elements of the political environment. For example, accusing others of being undercovers, or emphasizing minor points of political disagreement between factions. Those details are often the least interesting part of the story, though.

Yippies vs. Zippies: New book reveals ’70s counterculture feud

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