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Abbie Hoffman — Part 12

96 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Mar 18, 1970 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 96 pages OCR'd
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ree x oan § eee r~ i ee . . ~ = + - weet rn eee i) me ee a a atl CONFIDENTIAL NY 100-161445 r " technology and the services are available to all of the people come who may...all over the world literally heaven on earth; we think we can have it, we think the technology particularly in this country. I mean I've been all over to universities as the Attorney General can tell you and Mr. Agnew and it seems that scientists not only know how to build a better mouse trap but now can literally build a better mouse and the technology is available to provided for all the needs and all the services to do things like keep the rivers clean and keep our garbage and our garbage values out of the rest of the world, and we fight against that kind of system that does not allow that kind of economic system to come into being. "We don't think that people ought to work, no...that doesn't mean they shouldn't struggle to do what they believe in, but you sce this is a Protestant ethic which would combine with the rise of capitalism, because all of the pople, like the ones that moaned, think that well people only do thingsyou know if they are threatened,if they're kept in slavery,if they are told they won't get into heaven if you don't buy life insurance, keep your money in the bank, we don't think that. People are going to say whose going to pick up the garbage, you see,but we don't see the problem that way. Nobedy says to a poet how are you going to write the poems man if you don't get amy money. I mean you don't say to a doctor what are you going to keep doing your | work for if you don't know or if you are not guaranteed : a life insurance policy for the rest of your life. People. really like what they do, and we ,plan to destroy ‘ork and turn everyone into an artist literally.' | B. "Newsfront" Program | | New York City, March 19, 1970 The subject along with JERRY RUSIN and RENNIE DAVIS appeared as guests on the "Newsfront"™ Program which was aired on Charnel 13, WNDT-TV in New York City. et 10:00 FM on Maren 19, 1970, with MITCH KRAUSS as host and commentator. During the ensuing discussion, the subject stated in part as follows concerning the trial of the "Chicago 7" for violating the Federal Anti-Riot Law: 5S. CONFIDE er. errs ¥
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