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NY 200-161445 "“*Society is b built ° to survive and to survive you on love, But to love you have t must fight!” —_ The “Hartford's Other Voice", a publication of the Capitol Area Action Movement (CAAM) contained an article entitled “Yippie!" which stated in part as follows: oo "Abbie Hoffman's appearance at the University of ; Hartford last Wednesday night was, if nothing else, one of ever happened in Hartford. Whether or not one happens to agree with Yippie (!}) politics, (and I happen not to agree) one can still attest to Hoffman's mastery of his Self as Media and his understanding of what an audience is. “and what an audience! J had been dismayed at previous appearances of speakers and concerts in Hartford at the coolness and unreceptiveness of many Harfordites. But Wednesday night, something else happened... ’ " ..Abbie cracked jokes and...wow...people laughed (unless they were put off by his frequent use of obscenity...)...In his film of Chicago:1968, there was a mock advertisement for Yippie (!} helmets...to illustrate the need for head coverings, there were graphic demonstrations of 1) nightstick hitting tomato...2) nightstick hitting eggplant... 3) nightstick hitting pumpkin...howls of laughter...4) night- stick approaching human head....Switch to Chicago '68 street scene...young boy with head wound...blood covering face and eyes....one more shot of Mayor Daley...'the police are not here to create disorder; they are here to Preserve disorder...* ...film ends...Abbie leans on the mikestand...his t-shirt is tie- dyed...thatts ‘in' on college campuses now,..but Hoffman is not @ college student-kind-of-person...he regards the audience, shocked and incredulour....'you're not students, are you...??'....- - 26 - lett Se AR ee ok ht ee eee tee .