Paul Jacobs (August 24, 1918 – January 3, 1978) was a
left-wing populist
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activist
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,
journalist
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Roles
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, and co-founder of ''
Mother Jones'' magazine. In 1966, he signed a
tax resistance vow to
protest
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the
Vietnam War
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.
In
1968
Events January–February
* January 1968, January – The I'm Backing Britain, I'm Backing Britain campaign starts spontaneously.
* January 5 – Prague Spring: Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Cze ...
, Jacobs was the nominee of the
Peace and Freedom Party
The Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) is a socialist political party in the United States which operates mostly in California. It was formed in 1966 from anti–Vietnam War and pro–civil rights movements.
PFP operates both as an organization unt ...
for the U.S. Senate from California. He received 1.31% of the vote.
He is the subject of the 1980 political documentary ''
Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang'', which details his investigation into government cover-up of the health hazards related to
nuclear weapons testing
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in 1950s Nevada.
References
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1918 births
1978 deaths
20th-century American non-fiction writers
American activist journalists
American investigative journalists
American male journalists
American tax resisters
Deaths from lung cancer
Journalists from New York City
Townsend Harris High School alumni
20th-century American male writers
Peace and Freedom Party politicians
Activists from California
American anti–Vietnam War activists