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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 The’ Village Voice," in its September 30, 1971 issue on page 53 under the heading "Scenes" contained an article which stated that both the subject and TOM FORCADE say that they feel that the decision handed down the previous week by the Revolutionary Tribunal was in their favor. The article then stated that the subject pointed to the fact that the court only awarded TOM FORCADE $1,000 gs! in cash when he had asked for $8,000 and that TOM FORCADE maintained that the 10,000 copies of the subject's book, “Steal This Book" that the judges decided he should be given at cost would eventually net him more than $10,000, The article continued that close sources stated that both disputants were upset with the decision and that they would have preferred to have settled on a purely cash basis. y || =—_-_ 4S available a copy of Liberation News Service ews Packet Number 383 dated October 15, 1971. This News Packet on Page 12 contained an article otitied, "TO LIVE OUTSIDE THE LAW YOU MUST BE HONEST"-- ARBITRATION SETTLES DISPUTE OVER STEAL THIS BOOK”, The article which is datelined "New York (LNS) stated in part as follows: "“'Both Tom and Abbie Committed themselves to an experiment in the alternative administration of justice-- with themselves as the guinea pigs,' commented the three mediators after deciding just how much money Abbie Hoffman owed Tom Forcade, a founder of the Underground Press Syndicate, for Tom's work on ‘Steal This Book.' =68= a nat ce em gp ag a ee one eel rete ee eA et am
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