Lee Weiner was born on 1939 and is an author and member of the Chicago Seven who was charged with "conspiring to use interstate commerce with intent to incite a riot" and "teaching demonstrators how to construct incendiary devices that would be used in civil disturbances" at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
12 Facts About Lee Weiner
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Lee Weiner was acquitted of all charges by the jury and convicted on seven charges of criminal contempt that were later overturned on appeal.
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In 2020, Weiner published a memoir, Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of One of the Chicago 7.
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Lee Weiner is the only member of the Chicago Seven from Chicago, and was raised on Chicago's South Side.
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At Northwestern University, Weiner worked for Howard S Becker as a research assistant.
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At the 1968 Chicago demonstrations, Lee Weiner served as a marshal with the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam.
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Lee Weiner spent most of his trial hours reading science fiction paperbacks or books on eastern philosophy.
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Lee Weiner reacted to few courtroom developments, viewing the proceedings with a mixture of scorn and amusement.
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Groucho Marx was asked to testify at the trial, and Lee Weiner wanted him to teach the courtroom about satire; Groucho said it would be "an honor" but declined, thinking his last name would bias the judge against him.
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People magazine reports, "At a birthday party for Black Panther leader Bobby Seale in 1972, Lee Weiner was overheard joking that he was "starting a new Communist party in New Jersey.
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Lee Weiner later worked for the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith in New York, and was a vice president for direct response at the AmeriCares Foundation in Stamford, Connecticut.
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Lee Weiner has written a memoir, Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of One of the Chicago 7, published in August 2020 by Belt Publishing.