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Abbie Hoffman — Part 16
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"As for the voting, he said, 'I think kids should
register so they can get on juries.'
"Hoffman, a defendant in the Chicago 7 conspiracy
trial, was expanding on remarks he made to 1,500 Drew University
students at Madison, N.J., on Sunday.
"In that speech, he indicated that while he still
favors social and political revolution in the United States,
he was finding some hope in the ballot box,
"tperhaps it is possible to have a Socialist
revolution that supports the needs and interests of the -
people and to do so peacefully, through electoral change,’
he said in the speech, He cited as examples the radical
city council elected last spring in Berkeley, Calif., and
the victory of Socialist Salvadore Allende who was elected
president in Chile,
"“!National elections are still meaningless pap.
I'm not telling kids it's worth it to go out and work for
Sen. George) McGovern or (New York Mayor Jolin) Lindsay
or President,' he said Monday.
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"tBut in college towns, with the recent changes in
laws, it makes a lot of sense to engage in electoral politics
aS an experiment. It's possible that radicals could win.
Berkeley is a start. We should go for radical community
control, '
"In general, Hoffman complained that the current
hip culture had become fraudulent, ;
"'The rock music has gotten bad, the dope is -
iousy,' he said,
he
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