Today in Labor History August 24, 1967: Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party (Yippies) temporarily disrupted trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them. Hoffman organized the action with LGBTQ activist Jim Fouratt. War Resisters League organizer, Marty Jezer, assumed they’d have to look straight to get in, so he got a haircut and donned a suit and tie. The Yippies, including Hoffman, tried to get in wearing tie dyes and long hair. When security refused them entry and said they don’t let demonstrators in, Hoffman replied “We’re not demonstrators. We’re Jews.” And the guard let them in, not wanting to be accused of antisemitism.

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Today in Labor History August 24, 1967: Led by Abbie Hoffman, the Youth International Party (Yippies) temporarily disrupted trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them. Hoffman organized the action with LGBTQ activist Jim Fouratt. War Resisters League organizer, Marty Jezer, assumed they’d have to look straight to get in, so he got a haircut and donned a suit and tie. The Yippies, including Hoffman, tried to get in wearing tie dyes and long hair. When security refused them entry and said they don’t let demonstrators in, Hoffman replied “We’re not demonstrators. We’re Jews.” And the guard let them in, not wanting to be accused of antisemitism.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #yippies #abbiehoffman #stockexchange #lgbtq #protest #guerillatheater #directaction #money