◆ SpookStack

Declassified Document Archive & Reader
Log In Register
Reader Ad Slot
Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Abbie Hoffman — Part 17

183 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Jan 17, 1972 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 183 pages OCR'd
← Back to feed
100-456182-3 p.2 (87 AEF SENET, wat tail The 11/15/69 issue of "Win", a magazine published by the War Resisters League, New York, in an article entitled "New York Resistance R.I.P.", revealed that Abbie Hoffman, "now on trial for conspiracy to engineer last year's police riots in Chicago", was among the more than one hundred and fifty people who participated in the if 4/15/67 mass draft card burning in New York. Dit RM Se Poe 14-2965-34-118 p.4 (27 The following references set out information on Abbie Hoff- man from approximately August 1969 to 11/18/69, in Illinois, New York and WDC in connection with demonstrations protesting the "Conspiracy 8" trials which opened in Chicago on 10/11/69, and the American move- ment against the Vietnam War ending with NMC sronsored demonstrations in WDC on 11/13-15/69. Hoffman was a member of the "Conspiracy 8" who were on trial for activities at the DNC. He spoke at press con- ferences, rallies and demonstrations; announced that the Yippies would demonstrate for the duration of the trials; urged support for and participation in these demonstrations; and during the tria layed news headlines concernt 2 demonstrated [e) c ng to persuade em to stop hia conspiracy trial; and reportedly stated that the Justice Building would be broken into and that an attempt would be made to blow up _ the Vietnamese Embassy. He also spoke at George Washington University urging participation in the demonstrations at the Justice Building, and was observed on the Washington Monument grounds during the main rally and prior to the storming of the Justice Building. A Chicago news article of 11/18/69 quoted Hoffman as saying, “Bring the war (continued)
OCR quality for this page
Community corrections
First editor: none yet Last editor: none yet
No user corrections yet.
Comments
Document-wide discussion. Follow the Community Standards.
No comments on this document yet.
Bottom Reader Ad Slot
Bottom Reader Ad Slot placeholder
If you would like to support SpookStack without paying out of pocket, please consider allowing advertising cookies. It helps cover hosting costs and keeps the archive free to browse. You can change this choice at any time.

Continue Exploring

Use the strongest next step for this document: continue reading, jump to the topic hub, or move into the matching agency collection.
Continue Reading at Page 20
Jump straight to page 20 of 183.
Reader
Abbie Hoffman — Part 39
Stay inside Abbie Hoffman with another closely related document.
Topic
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the FBI agency landing page for stronger archive context.
FBI
Abbie Hoffman Topic Hub
See the topic overview, related documents, and linked subtopics.
Hub

Agency Collection

This document also belongs in the FBI Documents & FOIA Archive landing page, which is the stronger starting point for agency-level browsing and for searches focused on FBI records.
FBI Documents & FOIA Archive
Open the agency landing page for introduction text, topic links, and more FBI documents.
FBI

Explore This Archive Cluster

This document belongs to the Civil Rights archive hub and the more specific Abbie Hoffman topic page. Use these hub pages when you want the broader collection context, linked subtopics, and more documents around the same archive thread.
bureau
Related subtopics
Eleanor Roosevelt
43 documents · 3113 known pages
Subtopic
Highlander Folk School
20 documents · 1327 known pages
Subtopic
Cesar Chavez
17 documents · 2085 known pages
Subtopic
Claudia Jones
12 documents · 846 known pages
Subtopic
Thurgood Marshall
12 documents · 1663 known pages
Subtopic
NAACP
9 documents · 758 known pages
Subtopic