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TAL me | ot conr ph . Ve Peace Mobilization April 4 - 6, 1969 Bobby Seale is publicly known as Chairman of the BPP and Eldridge Cleaver is publicly known as Minister of Information of the BPP, Abbie Hoffman then spoke md stated that he had two friends with him, one was "Cousin Clyde” from the "Hell’s Angels" and the other was Ben Ortiz, who Hoffman said was facing five years in Chicago for inciting to riot. Hoffman's speech was replete with profanities and obscenities and initially noted that he disapproved of the presence of the police in the area of the rally. ‘He first spoke about the word "repression” and said that what is happening to the panthers and what is going on all over the country is a sign of repression. He urgéd the audience to organize and pointed out that this rally was an anti-war demonstration and that the next demonstration would be a pro-war demonstration because this would be the beginning of the spring offensive. He concluded with the remark that "this is a dying system and these are symptoms of the dying system and we, the conspiracy, are going to dance on the grave of this system, free the panthers." o On the evenings of May llmd 12, 1968, "At Random" television program was aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System Television (CBS-TV), Channel Two, Chicago, . Tllinois, with Moderator John Madigon. Among the participants on part two of ' these programs was Abbie Hoffman, who . identified himself as a representative of the Youth International Party (YIP). - During the ensuing discussion, Hoffman ’ was asked if he was in favor of the : -overthrow of the United States Government by the Moderator and Hoffman replied that he was in favor of the overthrow of SARS .. the United States Government by any means . as possible. a . -19- conreias | |