Jerry Rubin

Jerry Rubin ( * July 14, 1938 in Cincinnati, Ohio, † November 28, 1994 in Los Angeles ) was a renowned American activist in the 1960s and 1970s, and an anarchist. He led some of the first protests against the Vietnam War and was put on trial for the violent attacks on the Democratic.

Life

Rubin was the son of a bread suppliers and union representative. He grew up near Abondale in Cincinnati, was then a prosperous area. He attended Walnut Hills High School, and was co-editor of the school newspaper, The Chatterbox. In high school, Rubin began writing about high school sports for the Cincinnati Post. Later he got a degree in sociology at the University of Cincinnati.

Rubin's parents both died in the space of 10 months. Rubin was only one person to whom he had to worry about his underage brother Gil. Jerry Gil wanted to show the world, and decided to take him to India. As related to this plan were threatening to go to attack his right care for his brother, Jerry decided instead to go with his brother to Tel Aviv. Gil learned Hebrew and later decided to stay in Israel and moved to a kibbutz.

Rubin decided to attend the University of Berkeley. In 1964, he broke off, however, in order to concentrate on his political activities. His first protest took place in Berkeley. It was about a retailer who refused to hire blacks. Rubin led the protests soon independently.

Rubin organized the VDC (Vietnam Day Committee) initiated a few of the first protests against the Vietnam War and was a co-founder of the Yippies ( Youth International Party ), with Abbie Hoffman and Pigasus, a pig that the of the Yippies as sarcastic presidential candidate in 1968 USA were prepared.

On November 14, 1994 Rubin was captured while crossing Wilshire Boulevard in front of his apartment in Los Angeles by a car. On November 28, 1994, he succumbed to his injuries in the UCLA Medical Center.

He is buried at Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City.

Work

Rubin was instrumental in disrupting the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He was put together with six others ( Abbie Hoffman, Rennie Davis, John Froines, David Dellinger, Lee Weiner and Tom Hayden ) in court. Bobby Seale was also part of this group, but was later excluded. He was charged with conspiracy and crossing of state lines with the intent to incite a riot. Julius Hoffman was the presiding judge. The defendants were commonly referred to as the Chicago Eight, respectively - after the exclusion of Bobby Seale - as the Chicago Seven. The defendants turned the courtroom into a circus. Five of the seven remaining defendants were indeed found guilty, to have instigated a popular uprising, but the verdict was later overturned on appeal.

Jerry Rubin's critique of society was in the book Do it! - Scenarios of the Revolution, written down. The introduction written by the co-founder of the Black Panthers Eldridge Cleaver and the unusual design is by Quentin Fiore. The German edition was published in 1971 in paperback in a translation by Mark W. Rien. and in the same year reached a circulation of 30,000 copies.

After the end of the Vietnam War Rubin changed his political views and was an entrepreneur and businessman.

In the film about Abbie Hoffman, Steal This Movie, Ruby was portrayed by Kevin Corrigan.