The author takes a look into the life of Abbie Hoffman. The focus is on Abbie's life as an activist: the social, cultural, and political milieu in which he worked; the ideas that inspired his work; and what happened to America when he put his ideas into action.
The author takes a look into the life of Abbie Hoffman. The focus is on Abbie's life as an activist: the social, cultural, and political milieu in which he worked; the ideas that inspired his work; and what happened to America when he put his ideas into action.
Marty Jezer (November 21, 1940 – June 11, 2005) was a well-known activist and author, active in the peace, environmental and civil rights movements. He was editor of WIN magazine (Workshop In Nonviolence), from 1962-68, and was a writer for Liberation News Service (LNS). He was active in the nuclear freeze movement, and the organic farming movement, helping found the Natural Organic Farmers' Association. In 1968, he signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War. He authored several books including The Dark Ages: Life in the United States 1945-1960, Rachel Carson: Biologist and Author, andStuttering: A Life Bound Up In Words.
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Acknowledgments Introduction ``I never left Worcester,'' 1936-1955 Brandeis to Berkeley: A Radical Education, 1955-1960 Civil Rights Worker: Worcester and the South, 1960-1966 The East Village: Organizing Hippies, 1967 Protesting the War, 1967 The Road to Chicago, 1968 Chicago, August 1968 Giving Up on America, 1968-1969 The Trial: Hoffman vs. Hoffman, 1969-1970 Last Hurrah, 1970-1972 Rebel without a Cause, 1973-1980 Capture the Flag, 1978-1983 Final Battles, 1984-1989 Notes Index
Acknowledgments Introduction ``I never left Worcester,'' 1936-1955 Brandeis to Berkeley: A Radical Education, 1955-1960 Civil Rights Worker: Worcester and the South, 1960-1966 The East Village: Organizing Hippies, 1967 Protesting the War, 1967 The Road to Chicago, 1968 Chicago, August 1968 Giving Up on America, 1968-1969 The Trial: Hoffman vs. Hoffman, 1969-1970 Last Hurrah, 1970-1972 Rebel without a Cause, 1973-1980 Capture the Flag, 1978-1983 Final Battles, 1984-1989 Notes Index
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