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Abbie Hoffman — Part 16
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"He also gave the counterculture a kick in its
patched pants, saying, ‘Revolution is more than listening
to rock music, getting stoned and putting posters on the
wall,
"FALL of that is meaningless unless it's tied to
the struggle against U.S. imperialism around the world and
against the racism that is practiced every day in this
country.’
"He said that after each successive encounter with
bits of counterculture music, literature, movies and luminaries
he had shorn some of his frizzy locks,
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"Mo underscore the firmness of his resolve to cut
his hair in protest of the celebration of the counterculture
for its own sake, Hoffman pulled out a pair of scissors and
clipped a few curls.
"1A71 the money we get goes into paying for the
trials,' Hoffman said, listing the expensive appeals involved
in his running legal battle with the government,
"tI'm just a nice Jewish boy working my way through
prison,'" ;
The "Chicago Sun Times} a Chicago, Dllinois daily
newspaper, in its October 5, 1974 issue’on page 3, column l,
. contained an article entitled, "ABBIE TRIMS HIS HAIR, URGES
YOUTHS TO VOTE."
This article which is datelined "New York (AP)"
Stated as follows:
"Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman has cut his hair and
is advising young people to register to vote. aa
"tiong hair has become one affectation of children’:
of the rich rather than a form of honest social protest,’
he explained Monday in an interview. 3
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