#Chicago8
Arlo Guthrie tells the story of Alice's Restaurant to Judge Julius Hoffman at the trial of the Chicago Seven/Eight, in a courtroom illustration by Franklin McMahon, 1968

This actually happened!
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July 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
TODAY IN HISTORY: SEPTEMBER 24, 1969
The Chicago 8 trial opened. Eight antiwar organizers were charged with crossing state lines to incite a riot at the 1968 Democratic convention.

#ThisDayInHistory #Chicago8
September 24, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Coming to Chicago

Listings drawn primarily from Now Is, supplemented by Sound & Gravity, Elastic Arts, Constellation, Hungry Brain, and University of Chicago Events. Saturday, August 29 Jeff Chan with Suwan Choi, Yun Sil Jang, and Tatsu AokiThe CheckOut, 4116 N. Clark St., Chicago8:00 PM Sunday,…
Coming to Chicago
Listings drawn primarily from Now Is, supplemented by Sound & Gravity, Elastic Arts, Constellation, Hungry Brain, and University of Chicago Events. Saturday, August 29 Jeff Chan with Suwan Choi, Yun Sil Jang, and Tatsu AokiThe CheckOut, 4116 N. Clark St., Chicago8:00 PM Sunday, August 30 Taalib-Din Ziyad TrioFirst Presbyterian Church of Chicago, 6400 S. Kimbark Ave., Chicago…
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August 29, 2026 at 2:45 PM
🗣️ They weren’t always the Chicago 7.

⚖️ Bobby Seale made them the Chicago 8. His gagged & shackled courtroom ordeal was one of the darkest chapters in U.S. legal history — and it changed the trial forever.

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#Chicago8 #BobbySeale
August 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
October 29, 1969 - U.S. Federal Judge Julius Hoffman ordered a defendant in the courtroom gagged and chained to a chair during his trial after he repeatedly asserted his right to an attorney of his own choosing or to defend himself.

#BobbySeale #Chicago8

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October 29, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Coming to Chicago

Listings drawn from Now Is and supplemented by Elastic Arts, Constellation, Hungry Brain, New Music Chicago, Urban Rivers, and other presenting organizations. Saturday, September 12 Janna Lee, Chad Clark, Weasel Walter; People in Trouble; Emily Beisel, Labratio, Sam Robinson, and…
Coming to Chicago
Listings drawn from Now Is and supplemented by Elastic Arts, Constellation, Hungry Brain, New Music Chicago, Urban Rivers, and other presenting organizations. Saturday, September 12 Janna Lee, Chad Clark, Weasel Walter; People in Trouble; Emily Beisel, Labratio, Sam Robinson, and Jeff Goulet; SandpusherNot Not, 3950 W. Grand Ave., Chicago8:00 p.m. Ben LaMar Gay with special guestBridgeport Music Collective, 3201 S.
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September 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
February 18, 1970 - Five of the "Chicago Eight" (Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, and Jerry Rubin) were found guilty of crossing state lines to incite a riot during the 1968 Democratic convention.

#Chicago8

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February 19, 2026 at 1:53 AM
February 18, 1970 - Five of the "Chicago Eight" (Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, and Jerry Rubin) were found guilty of crossing state lines to incite a riot during the 1968 Democratic convention.

#Chicago8

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February 18, 2025 at 8:36 PM
"Chicago Courts Still Dealing With Convention Riot Charges"
August 21, 1969
#History #OTD #Chicago #1960s #Chicago8
August 21, 2024 at 12:30 PM
and gradually forced it all to stop. Sorry this is an old book not kindle-able but worth a read for inspiration! (Dellinger was the elder Quaker member of Chicago8. Says that mass protests kept Nixon from using nuclear bombs... ) www.amazon.com/More-power-t...
More power than we know: The people's movement toward democracy
More power than we know: The people's movement toward democracy [Dellinger, David T] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. More power than we know: The people's movement toward democracy
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October 16, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Remember the Chicago 8? Nah? It’s OK. They don’t teach real history in school. Here’s some info. But seriously, Dems are not just wall flowers, they’re wall paper paste. Grow some ovaries guys and birth a movement
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The Chicago Eight Conspiracy Trial: An Account
Welcome to Famous Trials, the Web’s largest and most visited collection of original essays, trial transcripts and exhibits, maps, images, and other materials relating to the greatest trials in world h...
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September 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Sure and I agree the charges are bogus- but that doesn’t mean she won’t go to jail for bogus charges.

Remember the #Chicago8?

(Kat and team would not but OG Chicagoans, real activists, and historians sure as hell do!)

This is beyond her control.
January 28, 2026 at 7:02 PM