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i. iar y. | | CREA an ao a a NY 100-161445 HOFFMAN 's speech, for the most part, covered briefly many topics, including the recent prison rebellion at Attica Prison, New York, narcotics, and the racist imperialistic establishment in control in the United States, In speaking of the Attica Prison rebellion, he described the prisoners as unfortunates justified in their acts; rebelling against the racist establishment which allegedly caused their incarceration there in the first place. He likened their revolt to the American Revolution, He further described the police officials who took part in the retaking of the prison as having committed wanton acts of murder against the black convicts, He described the FBI as a secret police organization and questioned the American logic of revering an organization such as the FBI when, in fact, it was "a secret police organization," HOFFMAN also stressed that the act of stealing goods from a supermarket or any other large concern was not wrong. He said that stealing from an individual would in some cases be a wrong. He further gave examples of methods where persons could easily steal from a supermarket. He mentioned that young people had actually caused very little change in U. 5S. society because they spent too much time sitting and listening to rock music when they could have been active in furthering the social revolution against the establishment, "The Star - Ledger," a daily newspaper published in Newark, New Jersey, in its October 4, 1971 issue contained an article entitled, "Abbie stages a second 'final' Jersey goodbye" which stated in part as follows: -39— mae ye RR ge re me ee erm eee rere em