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Abbie Hoffman — Part 4

164 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Mar 18, 1969 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 164 pages OCR'd
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a a?) ae | CONFIMNTIAL Peace Mobilization April 4 - 6, 1969 ; began to sing "When one man's got a million and another ain't ze got a dime, that's when law and‘order is just another name for crime....." His second song was "Mommy why was a darkie born?” and his last song was "I'm gonna lay down my burden, down by the riverside." As the song ended, the crowd in the audience began to shout, "Hell No We Won't Go, again and again. Led Ex wy At approximately 4:50 p.m., Ossie Davis stated that the sentiments expressed by the Reverend Kirkpatrick were "our sentiments” and announced that on April 15, 1969, there would be a rally here (in Central Park) to protest to the "real war, the dangerous war in our country, the legislature in New York . with respect to the reduction in welfare funds by the New York State government." Davis then introduced the next speaker as "the one and only Dave Dellinger.” PP Ee paprenene ae ones sadhana nieve: 1 od stbtassinds ne. 4 a ce oR | 4 ‘ * Dave Dellinger spoke beginning at approximately 4:53 p.m. and spoke against the war in Vietnam. He said that the "Hell No" slogan was started by the GI's; that there had been a frame-up of Black people; that during the McCarthy period the peace movement was confused and demoralized, but that ‘mew 46 weno mo longer demoralized: that the American Government e SAU bw FIM AE aE MUHA Mh 3 ose Wee SSS Se eS See can't wage war against the American people. Dellinger further stated that he was with Bobby Seale in San Francisco when a call came from New York advising Seale of the arrest of Panthers for planning to blow-up department stores. Dellinger stated that Seale commented that the charge was "stupid" as "there are people in the stores." . e , Dellinger stated that since the war was lost,a lot of people were coming into the peace movement; that the GI’s, the Panthers, and the National Liberation Front were welcome and needed to obtain solidarity. ‘Dellinger said that the United States Government had to escalate the air war since everytime they moved on the ~ ground they were caught in a trap; that they were doing this, not to win the war, but to punish the people of Vietnam and to try and convince the American people that they would get a better deal at Paris. He said that there were only two things fo: “ | a _ 7 conrsPkyrAL 013, . ee . a Ce pene ge ee gee Lem ee me eR PA Re tee oe ee cetme se
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