Abbie Hoffman — Part 5

234 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Mar 23, 1969 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 234 pages OCR'd

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: C CONFIINNTIAN O NY 100-161445 : " i mechanical Boswells all our moves. They could have 3 ] gotten us all and tried us separately in separate states, isolated and alone and we would not have had the sense of solidarity that we have as a conspiracy. I am eternally grateful that I don't have to go into the motivation of the establishment. I don't have to figure out their strategy because their strategy sucks. Whatever they do - they sre forcing the movement to become more and more militant, they are like a Dinosaur sinking in the mid of history. I'll admit we have to watch out for the thrashing tail of the beast, but we should recognize that is is doomed. "Sabotage. Today I don't think I'd sit in a building. I am only interested in what I can get away with - and that spells Babotage. The movement is bound to become more violent. In : order to have a revolutionary attitude you have to be willing to use all the means necessary. I'm not preaching violence, I'm 4 just saying that people should check out their resources and use 7 whatever they got ... whatever ... i "Definitely. I am against power. I want to destroy power. The reason I would accept the label of anarchy is because it throws back on the individual his om responsibility. He has bey] to come up with his own program. His own tactics and weapons. xe, It may be blind optimism, but I believe that due to our tech- a5 nological capabilities, we can really have an anarchist, utopian, yt future in this country. The future is so unlimited and so mind- blowing. The computor oriented society and therefore the political structure will be so different that I can hardly conceive of them. You have to watch the CBS-TV show 2lst Century on Sundays, you have to recognize that in a very short time the average home will have its own computer, that man will be on other planets, that we will be able to control the weather. The program of the future will evolve out of the struggle md the form of decision making will come out of the struggle itself. I am ete confident in the ability of people in the future to provide these answere, That confidence makea me smile." . 4 | cONADENTIAL

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: C  CONFIINNTIAN O

NY 100-161445

: "
i mechanical Boswells all our moves. They could have

3 ]

gotten us all and tried us separately in separate states, isolated
and alone and we would not have had the sense of solidarity that
we have as a conspiracy. I am eternally grateful that I don't
have to go into the motivation of the establishment. I don't

have to figure out their strategy because their strategy sucks.
Whatever they do - they sre forcing the movement to become more
and more militant, they are like a Dinosaur sinking in the mid of
history. I'll admit we have to watch out for the thrashing tail

of the beast, but we should recognize that is is doomed.

"Sabotage. Today I don't think I'd sit in a building.
I am only interested in what I can get away with - and that spells
Babotage. The movement is bound to become more violent. In :
order to have a revolutionary attitude you have to be willing to
use all the means necessary. I'm not preaching violence, I'm

4 just saying that people should check out their resources and use

7 whatever they got ... whatever ...

i "Definitely. I am against power. I want to destroy
power. The reason I would accept the label of anarchy is because
it throws back on the individual his om responsibility. He has

bey] to come up with his own program. His own tactics and weapons.

xe, It may be blind optimism, but I believe that due to our tech-

a5 nological capabilities, we can really have an anarchist, utopian,

future in this country. The future is so unlimited and so mind-
blowing. The computor oriented society and therefore the

political structure will be so different that I can hardly conceive

of them. You have to watch the CBS-TV show 2lst Century on Sundays,
you have to recognize that in a very short time the average home
will have its own computer, that man will be on other planets,

that we will be able to control the weather. The program of the
future will evolve out of the struggle md the form of decision
making will come out of the struggle itself. I am ete

confident in the ability of people in the future to provide these
answere, That confidence makea me smile." .

| cONADENTIAL