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Abbie Hoffman — Part 27
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-Violence in the streets. An’ it‘s dirty in the sreets. ~ An
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SE 176-21
sample, Dirty needle. I got hepatitis. I was sick three
months, Suing them for a million dollars. If I win, be a
whole different scene. Million dollars. Wow! An" the
Government an' we go do ‘dat whole skyrow thing apain, An'‘
they say, “Where'd you get your money?" We say, "You did,
you gave it to us, don't you rememba?" We print it. We
steal it. That's where we get it. Get it from man or any-
place. Get it from the Commies hiding under the bed. Get it
from sluts in the street. Dope dealers, anythin’. We are
America's bad trip. We're a hallucination, Yep, we're
Aa fies htal
that bad. Everything, Commies, anarchists, (itigibie).
Oh. International, Conspiracy. We are the people our
parents warned us against, We're dirty. ‘Noos sommes tous
indesirables, That's a French slogan. Noos sommes tous
indesirables. That means we all oughta take a bath. Right?
Ask any French teacher. Spring offenses started already.
On Harvard. On Columbia, San Francisco State. Goin' again.
Berkeley goin’ again, Panthers are up at San Francisco
this mornin’, Goin’ again. Meanwhile in Detroit. Ya know,
during the riots there's suburban housewives calling TV
stetions sayin' my neighborhood in flames. Pshew, They
hidin'., Sure it is honey. They afraid after Martin Luther
King got killed, see, Marty. Uh, selling ice cream cones
with Jim Spa down the block. Heavy center. Nope dealin'
center. <An‘’ he pull file on him an‘ 411 the cops and firemen
came. Said, "Hey, the country's on fire." They threw him
in Pellevue., Profits goin’ to Bellevue. Spring offenses has
started, An‘ soon summer will be here. As the Rolling
Stones say, "Summer's time for fightin' in the streets." In
the streets. That's where we'll be. Ya wanna find us? Funky
America, out in ‘de streets. Oh, de say we don't want da
street - sec, the street is all symbol in American culture, |
uh I used to’ be in the streets when I was in the depression
ant I'm sending ya to college so ya won't haveta go to the
streets. S' they built drive-in movies, an‘ drive-in funeral
parlors, an* drive-in universities, Stay inside. Keep stayin‘
inside, that's: right. It's fun out ina streets, S'ilota fun.
. Chicago's a ball. Revolution for uh hell of it. Uh, Commandeet.
I was just readin’ his book ‘bout French struggle. The
revolutionwill come through joy not through sacrifice. Joy.
Well, what's joy. Joy boy toy. Joy joy joy joy joy. doy
is fightin' for what ya believe in. Joy is fuckin‘ in the
grass, Joy, just a liquid soap. Bubble bubble. All words;
all bullshit. Only thing that counts is action, Question?
2 ae a TY a ee aren on me ~ '
DiG ya all take notes? (sums a gecond) We're all stunned, huh?
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