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Abbie Hoffman — Part 10
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"tI'm glad my mother and father are here,' he said,
pointing to his parents who had driven down from a Hollywood
vacation.
"When I told my mother I was going to Chicago to
lead a demonstration against the Democratic convention, all
she said was, "Dress warm,"'
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"'Our appearance is what created the riots in
Chicago. We are a constant confrontation with The Establishment,'
said the Yippie leader, his frizzy hair standing on end
as if a magnet were suspended over his head,
"Through it all, Hoffman's pretty young bride, Anita,
stood near him. 'I never talk at these things,’ she said.
"Abbie does it so much better.'"
The "Miami Herald", a Miami, Florida daily newspaper,
in its February 2, 1970 issue contained an article by
PAUL LEVINE entitled "'Court Jester’ Abbie Hoffman Urges
Yippiedom for Miami" which stated in part as follows:
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of "Revolution for the Hell o abandoned his grim Chicago
courtoom for a laughing trip to Miami over the weekend.
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"Hoffman, permanent court jester and sometimes
philosopher of the youth movement, urged eaper Miami child
revolutionaries to start a Yippie chapter of their own.
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