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Abbie Hoffman — Part 24
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Ji: Yes they are,
L: Are thafacal people doin ay"
" thing that is helpdilto soe? Tima.
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L: Are they Tminwrous
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Know Ry ing AUGER Ste
ganization,
I: ts like the LA, Oracle,
That kind of paper, They're very
-ecnecracd about the possibility
of viotence, They issued a state-
ment saying thatifpcopte just cex-
pected a five cay fe: stival of life,
tun and flowers they ought to ree
think it, That there is a chance
ol viviotees ad -
L: Are they cooperating with you?
H: Oh yeah, they?re pulling outa
special Chicago edition for that
week, About ten thousand copies,
with maps and everything, As is
the Rat, NY, Its putting cut
100,000 ‘copies, on sich subjects
as how to survive in Chicayo.
L: Is East Village Other gotig to
do anythIny spocial?
H: No, but I heard Rarsparts is
coming, in and going te put outa
daily newspaper, There was
someone tere from them, looting
for a printer, Word also like to
emphasize that there’s a 7Co,
there’s a totem pole, there’s pic-
nie facilities, and that Lincoln
Park is adincent to Oid Town,
which js Chicago's Creoenwich
Village area, We're urging people
to bring sleeping pars andtobring
enouch food to share, We're cnly
working on cae night of ree food,
that barbeque sight,
L: [s there anything similar to
the Diggers’ there?
H: They Lave a tip Job Co-op,
tz But they dontt fecdandhouse?
H: Nothiaglike (.,A, or Stn Praa-
. elsco or New York,
L: Are you celliag any coopera-
thon feora Chicaroans?
Il, Yeu, There’s a cuy froma
food company who Likes vial we
are doing, There are pe ome whe
“yetoueoaliat Heit? how. :
banners and
storaze space for
lhe Gate ee FT
Le How about the mcdia there?
li. Theyre cogsian tly pies ster ing
“wore
_feom the BA,
es = ee a 1,
i: fave youhad any appearances
on the media?
H; Constantly, €rassuer is golng
to be falling about it on the Les?
Cran: Show in aout a week, also
the Jeurnny Carsaa Show, Wo're on
television every night here,
We're trylug lo arrange a muect-
ing tomorrow with Allen Gtusberg
and Mayor Datey le talk about Uy
permit, We also have somebaxiy
in the licalth Departnient working
ou a food stamp procram, There's
a possiblity we might get food
stamps. Put peopie should come
prepared lo contrite, Uf sroups
gra. gee eoning
they ought lo nolily us, We're
atitt tooling for! Much Romine ¥ and
Ken Kesey's group, We're print-
ing up a vole map of Lincoln
Park, It has pigees on it, like
Chureh of the Frooe Spirit, Future
City, Comnunicstions Center,
Yippee Pentacou, Muastret Area,
“Gru Town, Central Stage, Free
Store, We Lone to have a free
store where people will donale
“ahlng Suils, soap, towels, food,
We also have a hos farm, with the
candidaio’s heacquarters,
L: Po you have aay mimeograph
machtnes or Gestetner?
H: Yes.
LU: Why has communication been
so snarso? Why haven't we re-
enlved more information from
you?
. '
H: In New York we are twelve
hundred dollars Ln tlebt,
L: Mave you reesived any moacy
from anywhore?
H: Not much, We're having a
benefit In New York in about a
week, but we don't think we'll re-
ecive four Brousaund from that
L: ft mlyht be necessary tohave
ne in Chleazo also to make up
the deficit,
te BPD snare Dead Bas com dsb ae Toa t
Lif 1 Oe ee CS ee CORR? TER
——e
Pe a
attire co Po
Ts Da you have any le Zareoii-
neethous such as tie
ACLU?
Ms Yes, the ACLU is fillugasult
here,
Thesday. An tndiunetion acabtst
the city, ta fet us waite cack
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b
area, We trird to open ay
Vis ar the pars, but the
bom Is there's atelephane str
So we've had lo operate ff
apartnents acd puoaes thal are
already there,
ity
2 fs there any talk of movin: thy
convention out of Chiesso?
if, No, i’sallrunors, Thereare
heavy preparatioas atthe Amphi-
ihealre, There are 3,500 puard
troops cow traning, There'll be
anouier 5,000 in Grant Park, The
chy makes no boaes about releas-
ing statowicuts where Gieytre po-
ing to jail everybody and all kinds
wi tured. Gun tac lulid tat aise
he Stresacdis thal if people aren't
inte that scene they are not going
to bo tramplecon, Lineoin Park is
ten miles away from the Amphi-
theatre, The cizy fad to hold up
people woo Stay in ihe park as a
model of protest, They'll say,
hey, look, tlese pole stayed
here, nothing happened io them,
L: You say the Amphitheatre is
being presared for socurity,
Ui: Heavy security, Barbed wire
fences, they're de-foliating the
trees zround hoy e, they?re kiock-
inzdaxn abandoaed buildings all
beet ed
"aTong-tthe highway, They—baver
rheckpaints setup atl along Michi-’
gan Lived and MMalstead Stick,
L: (s the Mack community active
at this time, so far as you kiow?
i: Totally uonradictabla. We've
tatked to same groups gadtheytra
faiaed (oO SGiMe GTOUPS ZAG en
interested in coming to the park
and particigating, as wetlas some
of the major bike groups here,
the Oullaws, the Nuadhunters,
L: How about the Black gang
groups we've beard about?
Hd; We've talked to them, bat
their posiilon is they dowt cure
what we co, We've catten very
little feedback about what tuey're
going to do that night, or that
weok, Just the Missi ssippi ree-
com Democratic Party fs coming
with a challenge,
L: This we saw last night on
televislen, They will come, and
theyll pechatdy put on A ceaica-
stvation, In fact fee, bdo more
than thet, Pheytl demand boing
wae ht
fue: eon rOR OS, _ >
Mw ewe bho et
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