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Abbie Hoffman — Part 16

106 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Oct 21, 1971 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 105 pages OCR'd
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= | NY 100-161445 “Youth movement superstar Abbie Hoffman visited New Jersey yesterday to announce - for the second time in the Garden State - that he is hanging up his headband, cutting his hair and leaving the campus lecture circuit. rn tt "Hoffman, speaking to a crowd of over 1,500 at Drew University in Madison, said, 'I don't have any answers anymore, That's why I'm giving up speaking at schools, cutting my hair and going away.', ce ge ae eg Re "He vowed that Drew would go down in history for hosting his last appearance, but recalled a visit last spring to Fairleigh Dickinson University where he also had announced his retirement. aay 2 a wait . "'Did any of you see me at Fairleigh Dickinson?' he asked, ‘That was my last appearance too!' Lou "Hoffman resplendent in counterculture haute couture - sweatshirt and bell-bottom jeans - spiced his 14-hour extemporaneous speech with the usual bathroom variety of four-letter Anglo-Saxonisms and barnyard the podium, included the predictable stock, diatribes against the enemies of the left: .the government, the military, the Establishment. "Hoffman's remarks, delivered as he bounced around "But he also had a few surprises, some of which may have caused his largely-sympathetic listenerd to squirm @& bit in their seats. "Registering to vote he said, is a 'super idea.' He admitted, ‘Perhaps it is possible to have a socialist revolution that supports the needs and interests of the people and do it peacefully through electoral change.' SA ea watt La “3 ae Set Rn Ne EN ne em en a ere shee ee ee
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