Jerry Rubin

Do it! – Scenarios of the Revolution, 1970
Born:	July 14, 1938 Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Died:	November 28, 1994 Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation:	high-profile American social activist Author, Do it! – Scenarios of the Revolution entrepreneur, businessman

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Education

Rubin attended Walnut Hills High School, co-editing the school newspaper, The Chatterbox. While in high school Rubin began to write for the Cincinnati Post, compiling sports scores from high school games. He later went on to graduate from the University of Cincinnati, receiving a degree in sociology. Rubin attended University of California, Berkeley, in 1964, but dropped out to focus on social activism. Walnut Hills High School is a public college-preparatory classical high school in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. ... The Cincinnati Post is an afternoon daily newspaper published in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... The University of Cincinnati is a state university located in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ... 1964 (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1964 calendar). ... Social activists are people who act as the conscience and voice of many individuals within a society. ...

Early life

Rubin was the son of a bread delivery man and union representative. Born in Cincinnati, Rubin grew up in the then-upscale Avondale neighborhood. Rubin's parents died within 10 months of each other, leaving Rubin the only person to take care of his younger brother, Gil, who was 13 at the time. Jerry wanted to teach Gil about the world and decided to take him to India. When relatives threatened to fight to obtain custody of Gil, based on his plans to go abroad with his brother, Jerry decided to take his brother to Tel-Aviv instead. Gil learned Hebrew, later decided to stay in Israel and moved to a kibbutz. In 1964 Jerry visited Cuba where the revolution was still young. Cincinnati, Ohio viewed from the SW, across the Ohio River from Kentucky. ... Hebrew תֵּל אָבִיב-יָפוֹ Arabic تَلْ أَبِيبْ يَافَا Name Meaning Spring Hill Founded in 1909 Government City District Tel Aviv Population 382. ... “Hebrew” redirects here. ... Kibbutz Dan, near Qiryat Shemona, in the Upper Galilee, 1990s A kibbutz (Hebrew: ‎; plural: kibbutzim: קיבוצים; gathering or together) is an Israeli collective intentional community. ...

Social activism

Rubin began to protest after dropping out of Berkeley. Jerry's first protest was in Berkeley, protesting the refusal of a local grocer to hire African Americans. Soon Rubin was leading protests of his own. Sather tower (the Campanile) looking out over the San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpais. ... African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan and West Africa. ...

Rubin organized the VDC (Vietnam Day Committee), led some of the first protests against the war in Vietnam, and was a cofounder of the Yippies (Youth International Party) with Abbie Hoffman, and Pigasus, the pig who would be president. He played an instrumental role in the disruption of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Along with six others (Abbie Hoffman, Rennie Davis, John Froines, David Dellinger, Lee Weiner, and Tom Hayden; Bobby Seale was part of the original group but was excluded later), Rubin was put on trial for conspiracy and crossing state lines with the intention of inciting a riot. The Vietnam Day Committee (VDC) was a coalition of left-wing political groups, student groups, labour organizations, and pacifist religions in the United States of America that opposed the Vietnam War. ... The Youth International Party (whose adherents were known as Yippies, a variant on Hippies) was a highly theatrical political party established in the United States in 1967. ... Abbott Howard Abbie Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was a social and political activist in the United States, co-founder of the Youth International Party (Yippies), and later, a fugitive from the law, who lived under an alias following a conviction for dealing cocaine. ... Pigasus was a pig which the Yippies, led by Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, ran as their satiric candidate for President of the United States during the massive protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. ... The 1968 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held at International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, from August 26 to August 29, 1968, for the purposes of choosing the Democratic nominee for the 1968 U.S. presidential election. ... Nickname: The Windy City, The Second City, Chi Town, City of the Big Shoulders, The 312, The City that Works. Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in Chicagoland and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government... Abbott Howard Abbie Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was a social and political activist in the United States, co-founder of the Youth International Party (Yippies), and later, a fugitive from the law, who lived under an alias following a conviction for dealing cocaine. ... Rennard Cordon Davis (born 1941) was a prominent American anti-Vietnam War protest leader of the 1960s. ... John Froines is a chemist and anti-war activist. ... David Dellinger after his arrest for failing to report for his World War II draft physical David Dellinger (August 22, 1915 – May 25, 2004) was a renowned pacifist and activist for nonviolent social change, and one of most influential American radicals in 20th century. ... Lee Weiner, a member of the Chicago Seven, was charged with conspiracy and making incendiary devices for his part in the demonstrations that surrounded the 1968 Democratic National Convention. ... Tom Hayden outside the 2004 Democratic National Convention Thomas Emmett Tom Hayden (born December 11, 1939) is an American social and political activist and politician, most famous for his involvement in the anti-war and civil rights movements of the 1960s. ... Bobby Seale Bobby Seale (born October 22, 1936) is an American civil rights activist, who along with Dr. Huey P. Newton co-founded the Black Panther Party For Self Defense in 1966. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

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Author

Jerry Rubin's anti-establishment beliefs were put down in writing in his book Do it! – Scenarios of the Revolution (Simon and Schuster, 1970, ISBN 0-671-20601-X), with an introduction by Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver and unconventional design by Quentin Fiore. In 1971 his Journal, written while incarcerated in the Cook County Jail, was published under the title "We are Everywhere", by Harper & Row, SBN: 06-090245-0, LOC 77-154054. The book includes an inside view of the trial of the Chicago Seven, but otherwise focuses on the Weatherman Underground, the Black Panthers, LSD, Women's Liberation and the coming revolution that never came. In 1976, Rubin wrote another book entitled "Growing (Up) at Thirty-Seven," which contained a chapter narrating his experience at an Erhard Seminars Training (EST) that was later included in the reader "American Spiritualities." "Growing (Up) at Thirty-Seven," is described as "tracing his personal odyssey from radical activist of the 60's to a practitioner in the growth potential movements of the 70's." Jean-François Millet Le Semeur (The Sower) Simon & Schuster logo, circa 1961. ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... This article is about the American political organization. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Quentin Fiore is a graphic designer, particularly of books. ... Erhard Seminars Training, or est (always in lower-case), was a controversial New Age large group awareness training (LGAT) seminar program, widespread during the 1970s. ...

Change of political views

After the Vietnam War ended, Rubin changed his political views and became an entrepreneur and businessman. He was an early investor in Apple Computer. Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... For the computer game previously called Entrepreneur, see The Corporate Machine. ... A businessman (sometimes businesswoman, female; or businessperson, gender neutral) is a generic term for a wide range of people engaged in profit-oriented enterprises, generally the management of a company. ...

In the 1980s he embarked on a debating tour with Abbie Hoffman entitled "Yippie versus Yuppie." Rubin's pitch in the debates was that activism was hard work, that abuse of drugs, sex and private property had made the counter-culture "a scary society in itself," and that "wealth creation is the real American revolution - what we need is an infusion of capital into the depressed areas of our country."

Rubin's differences with Hoffman were political and not personal (despite the popular 60s adage equating the two things). When Hoffman died apparently by suicide in 1989, Rubin was the only member of the Chicago Seven to attend his funeral. The Chicago Seven The Chicago Seven were seven (originally eight, at which point they were known as the Chicago Eight) defendants charged with conspiracy, inciting to riot, and other charges related to violent protests that took place in Chicago, Illinois on the occasion of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. ...

Death

On November 14, 1994, Rubin jaywalked on Wilshire Boulevard, near UCLA in Los Angeles, California, approximately 30 feet from an intersection. It was a weekday evening and as typical, the street was very busy with three lanes in each direction. A car swerved to miss Rubin and a second car (immediately behind the first car) was not able to avoid Rubin. He was brought to the UCLA Medical Center and died 14 days later. He is interred in the Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California. November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile District, looking east toward Downtown Los Angeles Wilshire Boulevard in Westwood, looking east toward the Millionaires Mile Wilshire Boulevard is one of the principal east-west arterial roads in Los Angeles, California. ... Binomial name Ucla xenogrammus Holleman, 1993 The largemouth triplefin, Ucla xenogrammus, is a fish of the family Tripterygiidae and only member of the genus Ucla, found in the Pacific Ocean from Viet Nam, the Philippines, Palau and the Caroline Islands to Papua New Guinea, Australia (including Christmas Island), and the... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Official language(s) English Capital  Sacramento Largest city  Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. ... The Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery is located at 6001 W. Centinela Avenue, in Culver City, California. ... Culver City Seal Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. ...

Quotations

"I am a child of America. If ever I'm sent to Death Row for my revolutionary 'crimes', I'll order as my last meal: a hamburger, french fries and a coke." Do It

"A hip capitalist is a pig capitalist...They are traitors to their long hair."

"What would happen if the white ideological Left took power? The hippie streets would be the first cleaned up by the 'socialist' pigs. We'd be forced to get haircuts and shaves every week. We'd have to bathe every night, and we'd go to jail for saying dirty words. Sex, except to produce children for the revolution, would be illegal. Psychedelic drugs would be capital crimes and beer drinking mandatory. Rock dancing would be taboo, and mini-skirts, Hollywood movies and comic books illegal."

"The New Left sprang, a pre-destined pissed off child, from Elvis's gyrating pelvis."

"A young person without an arrest record has been living his life in a closet."

Century of the Self

Jerry Rubin appeared in the 2002 British documentary by Adam Curtis, The Century of the Self. He appears in episode part 3 of 4. This segment of the video discusses the Est Training in great detail, and includes interviews with New York Times columnist Jesse Kornbluth, Werner Erhard, and Est graduate John Denver. Jerry Rubin himself was a graduate of Erhard Seminars Training. For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Adam Curtis at the San Francisco International Film Festival in 2005 Adam Curtis (born 1955) is a British television documentary producer. ... The Century of the Self is an acclaimed documentary by filmmaker Adam Curtis released in 2002. ... Erhard Seminars Training, or est (always in lower-case), was a controversial New Age large group awareness training (LGAT) seminar program, widespread during the 1970s. ... The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ... A columnist is a journalist who produces a specific form of writing for publication called a column. Columns appear in newspapers, magazines and the Internet. ... Werner Hans Erhard (born John “Jack” Paul Rosenberg on September 5, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), [11] became arguably best known to the general public for the programs he set up: the “est Training” (1971 – 1981) and the “Forum” (1981 – 1991). ... Erhard Seminars Training, or est (always in lower-case), was a controversial New Age large group awareness training (LGAT) seminar program, widespread during the 1970s. ... John Denver (December 31, 1943 – October 13, 1997), born Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr. ... Erhard Seminars Training, or est (always in lower-case), was a controversial New Age large group awareness training (LGAT) seminar program, widespread during the 1970s. ...

Trivia

• Jerry Rubin appeared on Saturday Night Live's second episode of its first season (in one of the few comedic moments in a show almost entirely devoted to a Paul Simon musical performance). His sketch is a fake commercial for wallpaper featuring famous protest slogans from the 1960's and 1970's (i.e., "Make Love, Not War", "Off The Pig!", "Give Peace A Chance", "Hell, No, We Won't Go!", etc). He ends the sketch by parodying a famous radical slogan as "Up against the wall-paper, motherfuckers!"
• In the motion picture about Abbie Hoffman, Steal This Movie, Rubin was portrayed by Kevin Corrigan.
• When he was subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee, Rubin turned up one day dressed as a bare-chested guerilla armed with a plastic rifle, and the next day as Santa Claus. Finally he cut his hair and shaved his beard to appear as a soldier of the American Revolutionary War, while reminding the legislators that George Washington grew and smoked pot.
• Jerry Rubin appeared on TV in Cleveland in an infamous interview by veteran broadcaster Dorothy Fuldheim about his book Do It!. He started to purposefully antagonize the no-nonsense Fuldheim, who threw him off the set when he repeatedly used profanity.
• The title of his book Do It! may have inspired the titles of two unrelated works:
  • Eat It is a cookbook written by Dana Crumb with illustrations by her husband Robert Crumb (The book has been followed by a second volume; Still Eatin' It).
  • Grow It, by Richard Langer, is a guidebook on small-scale farming.

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External links

• Cincinnati Post article: Jerry Rubin: Activist changed his rap
• Minneapolis Tribune article: April 1970: Jerry Rubin leads Honeywell protest
• Obituary in The Guardian newspaper (UK) by Martin Walker, 30 November 1994
• Norman Mailer, The Armies of the Night: History as a Novel, The Novel as History (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1968, ISBN 0-297-17627-7)