#dave dellinger

[oldpersonnewspaper]

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[gregorygalloway]

The Chicago Seven (Lee Weiner, John Fronies, Abbie Hoffman, Rennie Davis, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden, Dave Dellinger) photographed by Richard Avedon, 25 September 1969.

The Chicago Seven (originally Eight, but Bobby Seale was removed for a separate trial, which never occurred) were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot, “impede law enforcement officers in their lawful duties,” and to teach “construction and use of an incendiary device“ during the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, IL.

The trial began the day before Avedon took the photograph.

In February 1970, all seven were acquitted of conspiracy. Rennie Davis, Dave Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, and Jerry Rubin were convicted of crossing state lines to incite a riot (their convictions were overturned in 1972).

Avedon’s photograph was first exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Art in the summer of 1970.

[seanhowe]

From Conspiracy Capers #1, 1969. Art by Jay Lynch.

[fakeoldmanfucker]

dave dellinger my beloved. This guy stood up for everything he could, disconnected from capitalism as much as possible (lived in a commune since he was ~25), continued activism into his 80s. I don't know if I'm as much of a pacifist as he was, I don't think I am. But I really admire how deep his commitment to pacifism was, in that he never harmed anyone physically and as far as I can tell never really raised his voice, but never used that as an excuse to be less radical.

[fakeoldmanfucker]

I'm reading More Power Than We Know, Dave Dellinger's "retrospective" on the antiwar movement of the 1960s and 1970s, and I'm trying to remain objective and skeptical, at least initially, so I can make a cogent analysis for my book review....but damn this guy doesn't miss!