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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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Ty IP 100-17576 16 “why people had that reaction. Because like where they live in there, like, nice suburbs and out like the lower East side, I mean like the cop comes by and he says, Oh you gotta flat tire, I'll help you. You mow. He fixes the flat tire. They look and a they watch Mod Squad and FBI. Huh! They're all good . guys. What else do you see? Ns "we went to Chicago to show the reality that we face living in this country and that's the reality that we see every single day of our lies. ; See. 20,000 young people lead hippies. NO tat a party in Palm Springs, California. I was there like two weeks ago, right. Cops came in 7 with like tear gas, helicopters, pugs (ph) and it aN was out of sight. Crazy. It was like North Vietnam. ~*~ They're hunting in a cave for kids. The kids got driven into town, so they decided to rip it dow. - Right. Three got shot. One died in the hospital. Sixteen year old kid. - ‘ "Boston Common last summer. Two hundred kids arrested for idleness. Idleness! I was up there. Boston. Wrote this before Chicago. It was a sunny day on the Boston Common, couples laying in the grass, swan boats flutter in the pond, kids playing frisby and catch. One big happy scene. America the beautiful. You can spap a neat Kodachrome ~ in your mind and send it all over the world. A young girl with long hair, beads and sandals, winks at you and hands you a leaflet. Last night on the Boston | Common the cops smashed our beings (ph). They brought out the dogs. They clubbed and tear gassed us and arrested 65. Tonight, we assemble again. Don't wait | for the piga to take our parks. The streets belong to the people. The girl moves on handing out the leaflets in a very selective manner that looks ever 80 casual. A leaflet to a black couple, one hesitatingly for a frisby player, a leaflet and a hug for two long hair guys, one playing a flute. About a fourth of the people in the area got leaflets. Comrades being gathered for the second American ~3l-
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