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Abbie Hoffman — Part 27

107 pages · May 12, 2026 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 106 pages OCR'd
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SE 176-21 Ain't got nuttin’ to say, dumb freak. Like me. Not even ” any jocks, somethin‘ to say. Johnny Cash. I dig ‘im. Jocks. Dig the Right Wing. Yeah, Goldwater. They got a lota balls. Gotta have balls ta go in Tennessee an' tell ‘em TVA ain't no good, ya know. Go’ to Olds Age Convention and tell ‘em Social Security ain't good. Ha. Ha. ‘at's good. (Question asked from audience) Why did we go? Well, I think there are two reasons. One was to prosent the reality to Americans we saw it our daily lives. See, so the whole world could see. [I mean, like three months before that see, we had a party similar to that in Grand Central Station. Birth of spring. Yip-in. And, uh, 8,000 people came at midnight. Celebrate the birth of spring... To experience community. Sorta holy. Like goin’ to church. Touch each other. Smile an' throw ballcons in de air and get stoned. Sing. An‘ some kids climbed up on a telephone booth, uh, not a telephone booth there, where they tel] ya where all the teatnea avan'!+ wiunnint that littla hooth with - got wast wa 1 Lske Sea wes td ee ee , wel & or a clock on it. <An' he pulled hands off the clock, see, 200 police came charging in with clubs big, they call the flyin’ wedge, Swoosh. Uh, Knute Rockney taught ‘em the trick, They come flyin' in - SMASH! (illigible) sprained ankle, uh, knocked unconscious. Yeah. Friend of mine, RON SHAY, came over to help. They threw him through a glass window, Broke both his hands. One he can't use, see. 100 arrested. Couple hundred sent to the hospital. When I tell the story people always say, "Why did those kids take the hands off the clock?” Somethin' wrong there, ya know? I mean whyn't those cops take _their hand off RON SHAY? Property values versus human values. .Ok. - We'll bring that message to Chicago. Let the whole world “see ‘it. We want to stay in the park. Sorry you guys, can't “stay in the park. Law against it. We want to show the reality of living in a police state. Secondly we wanta show the beauty of strugglin' for what youtelieve in. Guess that's whe fF wont Went to talk ta kids. Kids went clean for Gene. ee | wee we Cd oe a ee el a That was a very tricky campaign, ya know, If ya had long hair they shoved ya in the cellar lick stamps. Wouldn' t let . ya go out campaigning. Go clean for Gene. Now we're goin’ dirty for yippie. Can't change it out ‘der. Reform, re- structure, all those words. Bullshit! Need a whole new pie not just another slice. S‘that answer it? oF | il Sete eee. J . (Question: You say you're gonna match insanity of the system with your own insanity. What's the difference?) Ha Ha, You think I'll let that hang? I have my own insanity. I like it. Boots fit. So I keep doin' it. I don't like - 17 ~ aes |
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