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Abbie Hoffman — Part 29

130 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Apr 13, 1970 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 128 pages OCR'd
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if 4 r, wd ABBOTT H. HOFFMAN "University--we're gonna put some pressure on Yale University. Announcing here tonight for the first time, that the conspiracy is moving to New Haven, Connecticut--Bobby Seale trial--all of us are moving up there. We aim to mobilize local conspiracy groups all over this country to see that they never, never put Bobby Seale in the electric chair!" (Cheering and clapping) "We pledged ourselves last night to raise a hundred grand for his defense and to raise a lot nore fuckin hell if he don't get a fair trial. And a lot of hell! The Yippies--like I said before, there are 2,750,000 laws in America, a11 kinds. "You see on that Merv show, how many saw that electronic fascism? Did you see it in blue or black? Blue? Blue--you gotta get color for that. To show you, the New York Times said I was blacked out, which shows where their head is, you know. ‘Cause blue, it was. They called me up about two hours before it went on." (Mockingly) "'Well, the Board of CBS just met and we're oing to electronically mask out your shirt with an electronic ba masking device never before used in television history. *" (Laughter) “Well, I said 'See you later, I gotta watch this.'" (Laughter) "I had images of just a couple of hands and a head, you know, like bobbing around like the invisible man sort of thing. But no, in New York just before that pig, Robert Wood, President of CBS, came on and made his little announcement, they had a commercial with a
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