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. "a " cd i ao |e we VRE NY 100-161445 many affuent revolutionaries before they even started. There is even a short chapter on revolutionary cooking = complete with recipes ~ setting forth hip instructions P for the making of such exotic dishes like "Yippie Yagurt, "Street Salad” and "Weatherbeans."” The latter, like most of the dishes, is simply good old red kidney beans with variations. Parts of "Steal This Book” are written in the well-known tongue-in-cheek HOFFMAN style which perhaps, adds to his reputation as the true comic of the radical left. Most sections, however, appear to be deadly serious and the reader would be well warned to take them that way. "Steal This Book" is divided roughly into three main sections - Survive, Fight and Liberate, followed by an appendix section listing underground organizations (many of which are no longer in operation) and a section setting forth books relating to revolutionary views which can be "stolen" or liberated from the country's libraries. In brief, the first section covers the field of free (read stolen) necessities of life like free food, clothing, land, housing, education, medical care, money and travel. Most of the second part covers such revolutionary actions as how to start an underground newspaper, guéerrila radio, demonstrations and equipment for same, "trashing and street fighting and "People's Chemistry" for the making of all types of bombs ~- stink, smoke, sterno, aerosol and pipe. Naturally, HOFFMAN includes a chapter on first aid for the neophyte revolutionary. The third section is comprised of a compilation of the usual HOFFMAN nonsense in which he endlessly preaches his ideas in "bringing down the system." In general, "Steal This Book" is poorly organized and written. It's appeal to anything but a tiny section of the reading public is question- able at best. . The Bureau may desire to have the department determine if the contents of this book constitu® any violations of local or federal statutes. 7