Yippie Girl

Outspoken Blogging & Passionate Posts on Life with the Yippies - Judy Gumbo Albert

Judy Gumbo Albert

is an original member of the 1960s counter-cultural anti-war group known as the Yippies. Judy is co- author of The Sixties Papers: Documents of a Rebellious Decade (Greenwood Press, 1984) and The Conspiracy Trial (Bobbs Merrill, 1970). For many years, Judy was an award winning fundraiser for Planned Parenthood. She is currently living in Berkeley, California, writing a memoir titled "Yippie Girl™".

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The FBI Greek Chorus

Here is a chapter from Yippie Girl that will appear toward the end of my book, right after the chapter about the years Stew Albert and I lived in a tiny cabin in the Catskill Mountains -- and I discovered a homing device on my car.

Does this chapter work? Please let me know -- honestly!

Read the Piece...

Stew Albert, Judy Gumbo and Jerry Rubin , May, 1971

New book on People's Park

Learn about this new collection, edited by Terry Compost.

New by Judy Gumbo

Judy & David's Wedding
Photos, Brochure, and VIdeo from the glorious day: 9/6/09
A Brave New Life
How Stew and I first met.
Growing up with Communist Party Parents
"Just forget I said that, understand?" my father said.
The FBI Greek Chorus
The story -- in their own words -- of the how FBI agents burgularized Stew's and my Catskill Mountain cabin in the 1970's.
My Body, My Story: In Memory of Dr. George Tiller
I am one of the 45 million American women who's had an abortion.
In Search of Spring at Mid-Space
New poem by Xuan Oanh, former emissary from North Vietnam to the American Peace Movement.
Celebrate 60's Radicals Week
Book signings, an historic poster exhibition, a theatrical event and a 'Champion of Justice' award all shine a light on Sixties activists and their progeny.
People's Park
Berkeley's Peoples' Park Remembered and Zayd Dohrn’s play, Magic Forest Farm
Judy Gumbo Albert: The Battle of Chicago
CounterPunch piece published on the 40th anniversary of the Chicago Democratic Convention
Un-convention-al: 40 years ago: The Battle of Chicago
A Daily Kos diary on Judy's Counterpunch piece about the Battle of Chicago
"Palling Around" with "Terrorists"
The inside story of how my late husband Stew Albert and I became prime suspects in CAPBOM, which is the FBI codename for the 1971 Weather Underground bombing of the United States Capitol Building in Washington.
Stew Albert's Yippie Reading Room
The ultimate site on Judy's late husband, Stew
Who the Hell is Stew Albert?
Order the last remaining signed copies of Stew's memoir, $30 each.
Stew Albert (wikipedia)
wikipedia entry on Stew
Steve Hamilton of the Oakland 7
Celebrating the life of a radical political activist who remained committed to core progressive ideals for his entire life