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16 de oct. de 2020 · In the aftermath in September, a federal grand jury met to consider criminal charges. A group that became known as the Chicago 7 was charged with conspiracy, inciting to riot and other crimes. The ...
16 de oct. de 2020 · John Froines became friends with Tom Hayden. Advertisement ADVERTISEMENT Read on to find out where each of the Chicago 7 — and eighth member, Bobby Seale — ended up after their infamous trial.
24 de oct. de 2016 · Famed ’60s anti-war activist Tom Hayden, whose name became forever linked with the Chicago 7 trial, has died at 76.
10 de sept. de 2020 · The Chicago Eight included Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, David Dellinger, Jerry Rubin, Lee Weiner, Rennie Davis, John Froines and Bobby Seale. However, the last man, Seale, was eventually removed from the proceedings, which dropped the total number of defendants to seven. 16 co-conspirators were also named but never prosecuted.
The activists, who included Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Tom Hayden, and their attorneys, William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass, insisted that the First Amendment was on trial. Their witnesses were a virtual who's who of the 1960s counterculture: Allen Ginsberg, Timothy Leary, Arlo Guthrie, Judy Collins, Norman Mailer, among them.
About 200 persons, including Chicago Seven defendants David Dellinger, Rennie Davis, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, and Jerry Rubin, attended the meeting. A twenty-one page document, authored by Hayden and Davis, was distributed at the meeting.
The Trial of the Chicago 7 ist ein dramatischer Spielfilm von Aaron Sorkin, der am 16.Oktober 2020 bei Netflix erschien und von den Chicago Seven erzählt, gegen die 1969 ein Prozess wegen Verschwörung und Aufhetzung angestrengt wurde. Im Rahmen der Oscarverleihung 2021 erhielt der Film in sechs Kategorien eine Nominierung, so als bester Film und für das beste Originaldrehbuch