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| | [[File:Abbie Hoffman visiting the University of Oklahoma circa 1969.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Hoffman at a Vietnam War protest]] | | [[File:Abbie Hoffman visiting the University of Oklahoma circa 1969.jpg|thumb|150px|right|Hoffman at a Vietnam War protest]] |
| | '''Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman''' (November 30, 1936 - April 12, 1989) 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]]. One of his trademarks was wearing a shirt patterned after the American Flag, which was ironic due to his being extremely anti-American. | | '''Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman''' (November 30, 1936 - April 12, 1989) 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]]. One of his trademarks was wearing a shirt patterned after the American Flag, which was ironic due to his being extremely anti-American. |
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| | + | Hoffman is well known for having authored the counter-culture book ''Steal This Book''. |
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| | ==Early life== | | ==Early life== |
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| | ==Later life and death== | | ==Later life and death== |
| − | He went underground in 1973 to avoid being convicted in a drug bust. The coroner ruled Hoffman's death at the age of 63 on April 12, 1989, a suicide caused by a lethal combination of [[alcohol]] and prescription medications. Hoffman authored the countercultural book ''Steal This Book''. | + | He went underground in 1973 to avoid being convicted in a drug bust. The coroner ruled Hoffman's death at the age of 63 on April 12, 1989, a suicide caused by a lethal combination of [[alcohol]] and prescription medications. |
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| | + | ==Works== |
| | + | * Revolution For the Hell of It, (1968) |
| | + | * Woodstock Nation: A Talk-Rock Album, (1969) |
| | + | * Steal This Book, (1971) |
| | + | * Vote! A Record, A Dialogue, A Manifesto, (1972) |
| | + | * To America With Love: Letters From the Underground, (1976) |
| | + | * Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture, (1980) |
| | + | * Square Dancing in the Ice Age: Underground Writings, (1982) |
| | + | * Steal This Urine Test: Fighting Drug Hysteria in America, (1987) |
| | + | * Preserving Disorder: The Faking of the President 1988, (1999) |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |