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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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iP 100+17576 HOFFMAN 3 "Who is? (Comment from audience concerning abolishing of Army by Nixon) HOFFMAN: ‘Yeah! He's for that after the war, baby! But this war's going on for another ten Ha aD years. (More yelling from audience) HOFFMAN: “Yeah. Well you can go. "And we. . we will support you. We will support you in the style to which you are accustomed. There's a lot of good grass over there. You'll have a good tine. "So. . uh. . because .. uh. . there's a thing called technological progress in this country and they havent figured out like . . uh. . what to do with the fact there are no jobs for people like us because see, like . . uh. . a hippie. . and that's what I am. Like a hippie. . . a hipple. “A hippie. Now. . uh. . a hippie is a member of the working class. It's just that we're on strike. ‘Cause there aren't any meeene fe---~-- jobs in this system worth doing. "Well, you read the book on. . uh. . how to live free, see, and you'll, like, figure it all out. In fact, give you some real good information on how to get all the booze free. And all those safes that you use. . uh... safes. . . uh somewhere. You're a disgrace. (More audience yelling) HOFFMAN: "I know it! That's the difference. "The system works on, like, dividing people. Like. . th. . . radicals and jocks and hippies and yippies and Maoists and Wallacites and that works for a very particular reason. Because while they got that working they can keep you here and f111 you with all that heroin they call education, see, and then you can slip into IBM and get that plastic ..uh.. . 202
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