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Abbie Hoffman — Part 5

234 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Mar 23, 1969 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 234 pages OCR'd
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IP 100-17576 12 "because we had dreamt up this whole mythology for like six months. And then we went out to ; the amp. . the International Amphitheater and there : were two piles of manure, like seventy feot tall on . either side and the place stunk. I mean stunk of decay and death and they had to spray the speakers that came up to the podium with a special chemical so the Ylies wouldn't like buzz around their heads. And there was a big sign in front of the Amphitheater because it was right in the slaughterhouse area you Imow. It said sheeps this way; hoge this way. Right to the Amphitheater. You see. And like the cops. The cops that came after us in Lincoln Park. You know where they stayed? They stayed in the zoo. Right above the park in a building called the Lincoln Cultural Arts Center. That's where they were housed. That's their concept of art. We have this concept of art. You lmow. -It's like beautifil and real, and we have no concept of property because property is theft and landlords and bankers are violent people. That's a very complicated analysis. I don't think you understand thet. That's okay. Yeah. I don't pay rent. I don't pay for nothing. "The crime of arson is the most heinous crime. Right. Daley would have brought in ten tanks. Ten tanks! All right. What did you say? (More comments from the audience) HOFFMAN: "Wait 'til you see me on Buckley's show. Me and Bill Buckley. Ha! Ha! Yay Buckley! Yeah. Yeah. Buckley. Talk about making roney off the movement. Buckley does it. What'd he do without us se ae "T don't have @ bank account. That's right. What do I do for bread. I grow it and steal it. Now. So like. »« uh. . what are you gonna do in this nursery school, inh? Piay with the biockse. Play with the blocks. It's a business. You know it's something i. . I saw this film about Cuba and they say aw they're brainwashing them in their education. Look what they're learning. All this stuff about socialism. “2b-
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