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  David Dellinger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
David Dellinger (August 22, 1915 – May 25, 2004) was a renowned pacifist and activist for nonviolent social change, and one of most influential American radicals in 20th century.
Dellinger was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts to a well-to-do family (his father was a lawyer and a prominent Republican).
As US involvement in Vietnam grew, Dellinger applied Gandhi's principles of non-violence to his activism within the growing anti-war movement, of which one of the high points was the Chicago Eight trial.
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 Boston.com / News / Local / Vt. / David Dellinger, one of the Chicago Seven, dies at 88   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
David Dellinger, whose advocacy for peace stretched from draft resistance in World War II to the Chicago Seven trial in the late 1960s to his strong opposition to the Iraq war, has died at 88.
Dellinger's first arrest as an activist came during a union-organizing protest at Yale, where he was a student in the 1930s.
Dellinger's protests against war were bound up in his critique of capitalism, which he said led to imperialism and violence.
www.boston.com /news/local/vermont/articles/2004/05/26/david_dellinger_one_of_the_chicago_seven_dies_at_88?pg=full   (821 words)

  
 David Dellinger, 88; Pacifist, Member of 'Chicago Seven'
David Dellinger, a lifelong and preeminent peace activist who was one of the "Chicago Seven" defendants following the riots at the 1968 Democratic Party convention, has died.
Dellinger was 54 at the time — the "old man" of the group of radicals who faced prison after the antiwar protests they had planned during the convention turned into riots when Chicago police attacked demonstrators.
Dellinger was born Aug. 22, 1915, in Wakefield, Mass.
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 [Marxism] Chicago 7 defendant David Dellinger dies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Chicago 7 defendant David Dellinger dies May 27, 2004 BY DAVID GRAM Peace activist David Dellinger, one of the Chicago Seven arrested and tried for their part in the violent anti-war demonstrating outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, was a generation older than his Yippie co-defendants.
Dellinger and four co- defendants -- Hayden, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and Rennie Davis -- were convicted of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 convention.
Dellinger "one of the major figures in terms of peace and social justice of the last half century." He fought for unions in the 1930s despite being called a communist and walked with civil rights leaders in the South in the 1950s and '60s despite the risk of violence.
lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/marxism/2004-May/008795.html   (646 words)

  
 David Dellinger   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
David Dellinger, age 54 at the time of trial, was the Chicago Seven's old man.
Despite his eligibility for a deferment as a seminary student, Dellinger refused to register for the draft and, as a result, was sentenced to three years in prison.
Dellinger usually appeared in court in the same green-tweed sports jacket and rumpled flannels--giving him the appearance of "an off-duty scoutmaster," according to J. Anthony Lukas.
www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/DellingerD.html   (242 words)

  
 ALCA CMI::FTAA IMC| David Dellinger of 'Chicago 7' dies
Dellinger was 54 at the time -- the "old man" of the group of radicals who faced prison after the antiwar protests they had planned during the convention turned into riots when Chicago police attacked demonstrators.
Dellinger and four co-defendants -- Rubin, Hoffman, Davis and Hayden -- were found guilty of crossing state lines to incite a riot, but a federal appeals court later voided the convictions, saying U.S. District Judge Julius J. Hoffman had engaged in prejudicial conduct.
Dellinger is survived by his wife; sons, Patchen and Daniel; daughters, Natasha and Michele; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
www.ftaaimc.org /or/2004/05/4673.shtml   (1061 words)

  
 Chicago 7 defendant David Dellinger dies
Peace activist David Dellinger, one of the Chicago Seven arrested and tried for their part in the violent anti-war demonstrating outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, was a generation older than his Yippie co-defendants.
Dellinger and four co-defendants -- Hayden, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and Rennie Davis -- were convicted of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 convention.
Dellinger is survived by Elizabeth Peterson, his wife of 62 years, five children and many grandchildren, according to the Times Argus paper in Montpelier.
www.suntimes.com /output/obituaries/cst-nws-xdell27.html   (539 words)

  
 DAVID DELLINGER | The San Diego Union-Tribune
Peace activist David Dellinger, one of the Chicago Seven arrested and tried for their part in the violent anti-war protests outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention, has died at 88.
Dellinger and four co-defendants – Hayden, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and Rennie Davis – were convicted of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 convention.
Dellinger fought for unions in the 1930s, despite being called a communist, and walked with civil right leaders in the South in the 1950s and '60s, despite the risk of violence.
www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040530/news_1m30dell.html   (491 words)

  
 David Dellinger -- one of the 'Chicago Seven'   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
David Dellinger, a lifelong and pre-eminent peace activist who was one of the "Chicago Seven" defendants after the riots at the 1968 Democratic Party convention, has died.
Dellinger was in his mid-50s at the time -- the "old man" of the group of radicals who faced prison after the anti-war protests they had planned during the convention turned into riots when Chicago police attacked demonstrators.
Dellinger the most notoriety, but it was just one event in a long life of fighting for what he thought was right.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/05/27/BAG5B6SDTD1.DTL   (805 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited | Obituaries | David Dellinger
Dellinger's principled stand and commitment to non-violence belied Washington's accusations against him, and, for many involved in the anti-Vietnam movement, served as an inspiration.
Dellinger described his role in the anti-Vietnam war movement as that of "the older brother siding with the rebellious younger child against his parents".
Dellinger discovered his pacifism when, during a brawl at a Yale football game, he punched a New Haven "townie".
www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,1226372,00.html   (975 words)

  
 Biography: David Dellinger
David Dellinger, the son of a lawyer, was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts, on 22nd August, 1915.
In 1968 Dellinger was one of the radicals charged with conspiring to incite riots around the Democratic Party Convention which endorsed Hubert Humphrey as its presidential candidate to take on Richard Nixon.
Dellinger continued to be active in politics and in 1996 said that "evils in society today are greater than they were in 1968" and even in his eighties continued to take part in protest marches.
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 Blog of Death: David Dellinger
David Dellinger, an author and activist who was tried for taking part in the violent anti-war protests outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention, died on May 25.
Dellinger was studying to become a minister at the Union Theological Seminary in New York when he declared himself a conscientious objector and refused to register for the draft.
At the Chicago Seven trial in 1969 and 1970, Dellinger and four co-defendants -- Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and Rennie Davis -- were convicted of conspiracy to incite a riot.
www.blogofdeath.com /archives/000989.html   (415 words)

  
 Lifelong Protester David Dellinger Dies (washingtonpost.com)
David Dellinger, 88, a lifelong radical pacifist and one of the Chicago Seven antiwar demonstrators during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, died of pneumonia May 25 at the Montpelier, Vt., retirement home where he lived.
Dellinger had been to court, to jail and to prison long before the '60s, although that is the era with which he is most identified.
Dellinger "truly a kind and lovable man, both a natural storyteller about all his decades of jamming the gears of the world's war machines, and an icon of nonviolence who taught that all of us are called to be peacemakers.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A59136-2004May26.html   (983 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Obituaries / Memorial for David Dellinger honors longtime peace activist
Dellinger's advocacy of peace and justice began in the 1930s when he was arrested while a student at Yale at a union organizing rally for university staff.
Dellinger, "a friend of the Cuban revolution," and at first expected that as a friend of Dellinger, a well known critic of capitalism, that he would be well received.
Dellinger lives on in the continuing commitments of his movement survivors.
www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2004/06/07/memorial_for_david_dellinger_honors_longtime_peace_activist?mode=PF   (676 words)

  
 [Marxism] NY Times David Dellinger obit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dellinger stood out as a link to a homegrown pacifist strain that had its roots within America's Old Left.
Dellinger "came of age in one of the tiniest currents of the American left - the Rev. A.
Dellinger was given the harshest penalty by Judge Hoffman, five years in jail and a $5,000 fine.
lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/marxism/2004-May/008796.html   (566 words)

  
 [Deathwatch] David Dellinger, protester / radical pacifist, 88
Lifelong protester David Dellinger dies By Patricia Sullivan / The Washington Post May 27, 2004 WASHINGTON -- David Dellinger, a lifelong radical pacifist and one of the Chicago Seven antiwar demonstrators during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, died of pneumonia May25 at the Montpelier, Vt., retirement home where he lived.
Dellinger, who had been protesting since the 1930s, was the oldest of the seven (originally eight) Vietnam War protesters charged with conspiracy and inciting to riot after a massive demonstration in the streets and parks of Chicago turned violent.
Dellinger continued to protest -- against nuclear testing, against the bomb, against the Korean War, for prisoners' rights and for Puerto Rican independence.
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 The Practical Nomad blog: May 27, 2004 Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dellinger: You see, that's one of the reasons I have needed to stand up and speak anyway, because you have tried to keep what you call politics, which means the truth, out of this courtroom, just as the prosecution has.
Dellinger: And it will be one of thousands and thousands of rallying points for a new generation of Americans who will not put up with tyranny, will not put up with a facade of democracy without the reality.
Dellinger: You take an hour to read the contempt citation, you have the power to send me away for years, but you will not even give me one tenth the time to speak what is relevant by my deserts and by history's deserts as well.
hasbrouck.org /blog/archives/2004_05_27.html   (3157 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Nation -- David Dellinger, one of the Chicago Seven, dies at 88
MONTPELIER, Vt. – David Dellinger, one of the Chicago Seven arrested and tried for their part in the violent antiwar protests that broke out during the 1968 Democratic National Convention, has died at 88.
Dellinger died Tuesday, said Peggy Rocque, administrator of Heaton Woods, the Montpelier retirement home where the activist had been living.
Dellinger was a pacifist who devoted much of his life to protesting.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/nation/20040526-1039-obit-dellinger.html   (386 words)

  
 Dellinger Grist Mill on Cane Creek, Bakersville, N.C.
Jack and Wayne Dellinger, owners of the old homeplace and the mill, sons of Marvel Dellinger and great grandsons of the original builder Reuben are restoring the mill to operational status for demonstrations, tours and cornmeal.
Dellinger's Limited Liability Corporation was established to undertake the restoration project and the two Dellinger brothers are officers of the company.
Dellinger's Mill will be open to the public, but visitors might want to check first with the Dellingers for hours of operation.
www.angelfire.com /journal/millrestoration/dellinger.html   (1705 words)

  
 Dave Dellinger in Requiem.  May 25, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
David yelled, 'leave my daughters alone,' shucked off the marshals like they were a couple of annoying mosquitoes and rushed to his daughters aid, joined by Abbie Hoffman and a spectator who leapt over two rows of benches onto the back of one of the marshals.
When David Dellinger was a boy, he accompanied his father, a prominent Massachusetts Republican, to lunch with Calvin Coolidge in the White House.
Dellinger, a resident of Peacham for many years, was an exemplary advocate and practitioner of nonviolent activism, a radical truthfulness born in American jail cells and taking up residence on America's main streets.
www.veteransforpeace.org /Dave_Dellinger_052504.htm   (5048 words)

  
 Perilous Times
Born to an established Boston family and educated at Yale, David Dellinger first became active in politics during World War II, when he served a prison term for refusing to register for the draft or accept his student deferment.
Dellinger, along with Jerry Rubin and Abbie Hoffman, played an crucial, organizational role in the protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
It was he, Rubin, Hofmann, and the rest of the "Chicago Seven," along with Tom Hayden of SDS and Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers who were indicted by Nixon's new Attorney General John Mitchell on conspiracy charges in 1969.
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 Dellinger, One of the Chicago Seven, Dies
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP)--Peace activist David Dellinger, one of the Chicago Seven arrested and tried for their part in the violent anti-war protests outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention, has died at 88.
At the Chicago Seven trial in 1969 and 1970, Dellinger and four co-defendants--Hayden, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and Rennie Davis _ were convicted of conspiracy to incite a riot at the 1968 convention.
David Dellinger can go to Hell and do a "meetup" with his friends Hoffman and Rubin; and I would imagine that yesterday he did just that.
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Peace activist David Dellinger was one of the “Chicago Seven,” a group of Sixties activists who were tried for having incited the violent anti-war riots outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in
Dellinger was convicted along with Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman, Rennie Davis and others of conspiracy to incite a riot.
Dellinger was a strong opponent of capitalism, which he claimed leads inevitably to imperialism and violence.
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 Democracy Now! | Revolutionary Non-Violence: Remembering Dave Dellinger, 1915-2004
Dellinger lost track of the number of times he was arrested or jailed over the years for protests, including demonstrations against the Vietnam War.
David was a conscientious objector, and he was a seminarian and he could have gotten off just by saying that he was a seminarian, he could have been exempt, but he and six and seven others refused to do that, and they were eventually sentenced to prison for not registering for the draft.
Then David and Elizabeth talking about raising their family in midst of well, everything from the second war to Vietnam, and on to the nuclear question and so on and so forth.
www.democracynow.org /article.pl?sid=04/05/27/154215   (3263 words)

  
 NPR : Remembering Peace Activist David Dellinger
Fresh Air from WHYY, May 28, 2004 ·; Dellinger, a long-time peace activist, editor and author, died on Tuesday at the age of 88.
Dellinger was jailed for civil disobedience a generation before Daniel and Philip Berrigan.
Dellinger was the author of several books, including an account of his spiritual journey From Yale to Jail.
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 The Free Press -- Independent News Media - Ohio
Dellinger is perhaps best known as one of the “Chicago Seven” (originally eight, until they bound and gagged Bobby Seal).
Dellinger described himself as a “moral dissenter” and rejected his affluent background leaving Yale during the Great Depression to live among the poor and homeless.
On that less-trod path in our culturally Christian society, Dellinger found himself living among the poor in Newark, New Jersey; he spent World War II in Lewisburg maximum-security penitentiary as a pacifist war objector; and he was beaten and bloodied throughout the civil rights and peace movements.
www.freepress.org /departments.php/display/18/2004/253/1/28   (425 words)

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