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Abbie Hoffman — Part 39

128 pages · May 12, 2026 · Document date: Sep 10, 1968 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: Abbie Hoffman · 125 pages OCR'd
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ed “Cegtoas, and all tint. wee The march to wheyey ™ Hs The International Arohithea- Pte fre, where the convention 45, There ts definitely a march that the mn@bilization is planning. L: Those wlawishtoco7ln other words Hs optional for those who wish to goon the march? H: Ail the events gre optional, of course, . L: What are you going to dowhen you get there? H: They plan to have a rally and vigit, Our feeling is that poeple who plan to go on thatmareh or to participate in civil disobedience in Govntown Chicage, as many groups are planaing to do, ought to be prepared for a very heavy scone, There ere ten thousand National Guerd treaps here, Thore’s an eight foctbarbed wire fenee witha raile clreumference around the Ampnithestre and an- other fence within that, Very heavy scent, AUGUST 29th and 30th: We have unschecuied events, although we ° plan to sill be in the park. L; What events? H: We're unsure whal’s going to happen that night, We do have Plans to do a death of Yippie ceremony, where we burn all the posters and butions, etc. L: Is that like tae decth of Hip- pie? Does that mean that Yinpee is oaly for this cecasion? H: Our messase is that people are free, They shouldn't have Tabcls, ‘ L: But you’re not adopting the Free Man label that they are in San Francisco? Or ara you? H: Well, birth of the free people, L: Well, that's sim{lar to the San Frenelsco eveat, But they are keealng the name Free han, syou-tinew, H: We are working mataly on tie prents of the first three days, and — _ oe See le cet ek. at ert teeerimaetion, be—bhe youll have the deaths 62” Yippie, and tual will be the end of this cvent? Il Yes, L: Who else is coming hosidos Allen? That you Krow of, H: Set, Sunshine is coming. Burroagns, Genet. , L: Genet? [ dlan’t krow Le was ta the country, H: He's covering it for FSQUIRE, Krassner, of course, Ed Saniers ts eoring in tomorrow. e's the music coordinator, There are two croups of rock musicians, One group of about twenty bands is tolally committed to coming, no malter what, Ancthor ercup often (walch includes the heaviest bands) Is conumitted to coming only if we get apermit, They may be talked Into coming onyway, Ls Does that include the Air- plane? H: The Airplane never ivas com- ing in the first place, L: How about Country Joe? He That would inchwk Country Joe and the Fish, Ario Guihriels in the second group. iwe greta pernilt only, L: How about the United Sates of America? H: I'm not sure where they are, Ec’s going to start the cooreina~ tion from hese, They pledied to come, but we haven’ Ubcen in touch with them, Tits very difficutt for us to give them information, Thoy always ask you is theres perme? Now concerning the permit sit- uation, We've had numerous Gis- cussions and negotiations with Deputy Mayor David Sianl, The city officials are very scared, They dowt tnow what the helt to do, sed we just impressed upon then, the tremendous number of peopte coming, Li What about the tremendous . tn fh wh Wa feat peneten number of prope? What word do Steep fa the park, We toed thas Of at strenguh is ia sumyers yok the poilee woatll do any ling you have that there will be acre sottiag up infern.ation Lowiteadd ¢ number of prone? prepiring maps ond training ses- a es, H: There were tye thousand n-osia, ————g, Fa * -4. faebhase: assumed from hestart tisat you eat pet forether any ’ where from bys tothrec (howsand Peopie in Chiraso alone, H: Yeoh, they were at the rally yesterday, L; What aboutother cities, onthe East and West Cotnts, H: Weill, there are bike groups coming In. T would expect 20-25, 000 poople from New York alone, Every free bus is already booked in New York, L: Tiave you hat any indication from the West Coast? H: A guy named Super Joe, the uy thot put the flowers in the rifles at the Pealazon came in yesterday and said thet a lot of people feo Berkelcy had siready started oul, We've gotten lotters from L,A,, from the Coast and : even from Cantda that say theyre eee coraing, Our facling fs that we won't get a permit, but that they will tolerate the event, L: How aboul policing ihe event? H: We plantonolice ttourseives, Thats what the training session is about, L: Of cow : you'll iiave moci- tors, bul did ihe ctly express any view cau this fssue? H: They have not given us any real information, They're just trying (o get infor mation fromus, L: fs Jerry Rubin well cnoughto ationd? H: Yes, He'll be hore intwo more days. M1] give you my own private number: 312 area code 927-9244, L; How about crash pads for peo~ pie coming, Is there any vriéante- ment of this sort? H: We're makint arrangenionts with people that live near the park for the housing of pecpie who come before the 2th, AMer Ent amwould rather have evar ypivy af pitas ‘if We bad & tally yesterday, Hard are alot of poopie tiers
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