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The Youth International Party was founded on December 31, 1967 by Abbie Hoffman, Anita Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Nancy Kurshan and Paul Krassner. Coming out of the beliefs of the hippie movement, the group named themselves yippies and created the backronym Youth International Party. The organization advocated for cooperative and alternative political and social institutions including food co-ops, free health care, permaculture farming, free schools and more. They had a plan for a "new nation" in America that was grounded in collectivism, community, and anarchy and were one of the early schools of the political New Left movement. The movement continued to exist through the later part of the 20th century with protests, smoke-ins, operating cooperative institutions, political farcicality and more.
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Number 14 of the Youth International Party Line, published December 1972-January 1973. The front page of this issue is devoted to a history and explanation of the newsletter itself, written by "Al Bell". Inside there is information on black boxes and how to use them to get around message units, how to build a "T network", telephone decoders, new credit card codes for 1973, an update on the "Captain Crunch" wire fraud case, and a reproduction of an article on phone hacking in England. Letters from readers include tips on reference guides, how to use KP2 for long distance calling, black box use, and debate on whether Bell is recording incoming calls to try to detect phone hacking activity. There is also an appeal for readers to send plans, information, printed materials of their own creation, and the YIPL will send them back the same from other readers.
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Purchased in 2025 from Burnside Rare Books.
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Created by JB Oct. 2025
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