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Abbie Hoffman — Part 16
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The’ Village Voice," in its September 30, 1971
issue on page 53 under the heading "Scenes" contained an
article which stated that both the subject and TOM FORCADE
say that they feel that the decision handed down the previous
week by the Revolutionary Tribunal was in their favor.
The article then stated that the subject pointed
to the fact that the court only awarded TOM FORCADE $1,000
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in cash when he had asked for $8,000 and that TOM FORCADE
maintained that the 10,000 copies of the subject's book,
“Steal This Book" that the judges decided he should be given
at cost would eventually net him more than $10,000,
The article continued that close sources stated
that both disputants were upset with the decision and that
they would have preferred to have settled on a purely cash
basis. y ||
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available a copy
of Liberation News Service ews Packet Number 383 dated
October 15, 1971.
This News Packet on Page 12 contained an article
otitied, "TO LIVE OUTSIDE THE LAW YOU MUST BE HONEST"--
ARBITRATION SETTLES DISPUTE OVER STEAL THIS BOOK”,
The article which is datelined "New York (LNS) stated
in part as follows:
"“'Both Tom and Abbie Committed themselves to an
experiment in the alternative administration of justice--
with themselves as the guinea pigs,' commented the three
mediators after deciding just how much money Abbie Hoffman
owed Tom Forcade, a founder of the Underground Press
Syndicate, for Tom's work on ‘Steal This Book.'
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