A Yippie flag was often seen at anti-war demonstrations. The flag had a black background with a five-pointed red star in the center, and a green cannabis leaf superimposed over it. When asked about the Yippie flag, an anonymous Yippie identified only as "Jung" told The New York Times that "The black is for anarchy.

Abbot Howard Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the Chicago Seven. He was also a leading proponent of the Flower Power movement. [1][2]

The New York Yippie Museum featured leftist memorabilia from all over the world, history lessons and displays related to counterculture and Yippie idealism and history.

A pseudonymous Yippie, going by "Jung," explained their flag in 1970 to the New York Times: “The black is for anarchy, the red star is for our five‐ point program and the leaf is marijuana, which is for getting ecologically stoned without polluting the environment.”

Term created by Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin in the mid-1960s to refer to "members" of the Youth International Party (YIP!). The YIP! was dedicated to merging New Left activism and the hippie counterculture to create a revolution that would be both personal and political- …

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.

The poster is largely comprised of the Yippie flag – a pot leaf superimposed on a red star in a sea of black – with text printed in red and white. The "New Nation" statement in the manifesto was meant to embody the group's ethos for an entire generation.

A Yippie flag was frequently seen at anti-war demonstrations. The flag had a black background with a five pointed red star in the center, and a green cannabis leaf superimposed over it. This flag is also mentioned in Hoffman's Steal This Book .

A Yippie flag was often seen at anti-war demonstrations. The flag had a black background with a five-pointed red star in the center, and a green cannabis leaf superimposed over it. When asked about the Yippie flag, an anonymous Yippie identified only as "Jung" told The New York Times that "The black is for anarchy.