The first issue of YIPL, the "Youth International Party Line" is published. Intended to be the magazine of the Youth International Party (the Yippies), it includes a formula for the AT&T Telephone Credit Card Code.
Published June, 1971
Monthly
THE YOUTH INTERNATIONAL PARTY LINE'S FIRST ISSUE
We at YIPL would
like to offer
thanks to
all you phreeks
out there. Most of you who are now
receiving this met us in Washington on Mayday,
where we distributed 10,000 promo flyers. So far
we have received over 50 responses, complete with
contributions, encouragement, and spirit. We may
not have done well percentage-wise, but the fact
that there are 50 people all over the country willing
to fight back speaks for itself. We are sure that from
the spirit of response, YIPL membership will really
skyrocket. However, more important than our numbers,
in our opinion, is the feeling and motivation for this
movement. The disappointment we feel toward Amerika has
turned to hatred as we saw the futility of the movement
to improve it, and to frustation as our outside efforts
were repressed and forbidden. But we did NOT turn our
backs on the movement for change. YIPL believes that
education alone cannot affect the System, but deucation
can be an ivaluable tool for those willing to use it.
Specifically, YIPL will show you why something must be
done immediately in regard, of course, to the improper
control of the communication in this country by none
other than the BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY.
So if your friends want to get in on the fun, let them
read your newsletter, and you might want to research your
own questions in your local library, and help to start the
education of your community of the phone company's part in the
war against the poor, the non-white, the non-conformist, and in
general, against the people. Show your neighbors, friends and the
representatives of your area how the Bell System and the Amerikan
government are co-conspirators. If your friendscan't subscribe to
YIPL, that; is cool, is convenient for our small staff, and is right on
if they can send a buck as a donation and read your newsletter. We also
need stamps, letters, and envelopes, which maybe they can get from their
office at work. Because we are already sending out issues to people short
on bread, we really do need this kind of help. We will report on all of our
finances from time to time, and if you can dig it, we will probably need some
kind of bail fund set up. If any YIPL busts happen, we'd like to ask you all
in advance to work extra hard for the cause. People, thanks again. Love