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Bbott Howard Hoffman . — Part 15
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believes that "non-white people want to die more than
white people.” He added that the Vietnam war was "showing
that a great technological country that serves people can
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destroy people. i)
He urged OU students to support the planned May 5th
demonstration in Washington by "going on strike from this
nursery school and joining the nation-wide student strike."
He explained the purpose of the Mey 5 rally as "trying to
stop the functioning of the government." He encouraged
students to go into the streets and begin "living the
revolution so that everywhere you look you see an issue,
everywhere you go, you see pigs.'/a.
In a question and answer period, HOFFMAN mentioned
his published book "Woodstock Nation" and said that proceeds
from the book had gone, in part, into his radio station in
New York, WPAX, and into preparingtapes for servicemen. The
tapes, which include legal advice to GIs, are broadcast from
North Vietnam and various radio stations in the United States.
e added that $25,000 went into bail funds for Black Panther
arty (BPP) members. HOFFMAN also stated that $330,000 had
been used as bond following the convictions of HOFFMAN, TOM
HAYDEN, JERRY RUBIN and others in the Chicago conspiracy
trial. (-)
HOFFMAN referred to another book, begun immediately
after the Chicago Seven conSpiracy trial, had not been ,ub-
lished. He said, "I tried to write a book that no one
woulc publish - and after eight months, I succeeded." He
said the book taught “howto rip-off everything in the
country and how to survive as outlaws." {)
"In closing, HOFFMAN disclosed that ‘we plan to
go to the Republican convention in '72. We hear that
they're planning to hold it in Norman,’ he joked, ‘it's
the only safe place’."/.\
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