Youth International Party
The Youth International Party (YIP), whose members were commonly called Yippies, was an American youth-oriented radical and countercultural revolutionary offshoot of the free speech and anti-war movements of the late 1960s. It was founded on December 31, 1967. They employed theatrical gestures to mock the social status quo, such as advancing a pig as a candidate for President of the United States in 1968. They have been described as a highly theatrical, anti-authoritarian, and anarchist youth movement of "symbolic politics".
YIP poster advertising the 1968 Festival of Life.
A "Yippie!" button on display at the Chicago History Museum
Poster advertising Yippie-sponsored Pittsburgh Smoke-In, Schenley Park, July 2, 1977
Poster advertising Yippie-sponsored Smoke-In at Ohio State University, April 29, 1978.
A smoke-in is a protest in favor of cannabis rights or more specifically legalization of cannabis.
Poster advertising Yippie-sponsored Pittsburgh Smoke-In, Schenley Park, July 2, 1977