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Abbie Hoffman — Part 19
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YOUTH INTERNATIONAL PARTY (YIP) CONF t IDE
After the reading of the indictments a guerrilla theater was
held. First a demonstrator with a mad bomber sign pretended he
was bombing Vietnam and the dikes. After this the song "My
Country T‘is of Thee" was played, JERRY GORDE, dressed as a
soldier, taked killing persons with a rifle, A fake abortion
was held to clarify murder by abortion. KEN WASHRERGER took
the part of the abortionist. One demonstrator, LESLIE BACON,
was dressed in black with a white tace, carrying a cutout
head sized picture of President NIXON on a stick and she danced
around, LESLIE BACON was supposed to be simulating evil feelings
At the conclusion the music of the Star Spangled Banner was
played. No violence occurred and no arrests were made. The
demonstrators then proceeded back to their vehicles and departed.
In connection with the above demonstration, the affair drew very
few spectators as it was held tn strictly a residential area,
On August 9, 1972, a demonstration was held directly
across trom the guardhouse which leads | into President NIXON's
Summer Whitehouse, Key Biscayne, Florida. About 70 or &0
participated and it was put on and sponsored by the Youth
International Party. The demonstrators came to the site in 2
open trucks and some cars and parked about 200 yards from the
guardhouse and then marched down with a Viet Cong tlag in front
to the strains of Yankee Doodle. The following signs were
carried during this short march and held up and used during the
demonstration; "The Mad Bomber"; "NIXON's Victory, Our Defeat";
“Only Pawns in Their Game"; "This Country is too Young to Die”;
and "Where is the Peace You Promised?", At the site they gathere
in a circle directly across trom the guardhouse entrance and read
“Peoples Indictment”. After reading the indictment, a guerrilla
theater was held. A demonstrator with a mad bomber sign pretende
he was a@ plane bombing Vietnam and the dikes. Immediately after
this the song "My Country Tie of Thea" wae played, IERRY GORDE
was dressed as a soldier and taked killing persons “with a rifle,
A take abortion was held to clarify murder by abordion. One
demonstrator dressed in black with white grease paint on her
face, carrying a head-sized photograph of President NIXON on a
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