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-'''Abbie Hoffman''' was a [[leftist]] political activist, anarchist and writer who founded the [[Youth International Party]] (Yippies) <ref>ATTAC Terror Report, [http://www.attacreport.com/ar_terror/tframe.php?region=namerica&group=yip Youth International Party].</ref>. He was one of the key figures in the [[Chicago Seven Trial]].
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-He was known for outrageous protests-one of the most famous being the throwing of Money in front of the New York Stock Exchange to speak out against the [[free market|free market system]]. Hoffman was arrested for mutilating the United States flag, one of his many crimes, as the [[FBI]] had a 4101 page file on him and his activities.
-Hoffman was involved in organizing political protests surrounding the 1968 Democratic National Convention which culminated in violence between protesters and police.  On March 20, 1969, he was indicted by a grand jury on charges of conspiracy and crossing state lines to incite a riot.  He was found guilty of the latter charge on February 18, 1970, and sentenced to five years in prison.  This sentence was later overturned. <ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/Account.html</ref>
-He went underground in 1973 to avoid being convicted in a drug bust. The coroner ruled Hoffman's death at the age of 63 in 1989 a suicide caused by a lethal combination of [[alcohol]] and prescription medications.  Hoffman authored the countercultural book ''Steal This Book''.
-==References==
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-==External links==
-*[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/hoffmanA.html mini-bio at UKMC School of Law]
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-[[Category:Political Activists]]

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