Abbie Hoffman

bystanders

You ask, “What about the innocent bystanders?” But we are in a time of revolution. If you are a bystander, you are not innocent. Abbie Hoffman, Revolution for the Hell of it (1968)

I believe in compulsory cannibalism. If people were forced to eat what they killed, there would be no more wars. Abbie Hoffman, Revolution for the Hell of it (1968)

All you kiddies remember to lay off the needle drugs, the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon. “God Bless America — Shoot Nixon”, on the spoken word album Wake Up America! (1970).

It’s embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller’s List. On the success of his book, Steal This Book, as quoted in Steal This Book Too! (2004) by Sean Curtis.

Electronic body music (Wikipedia) Electronic body music (EBM) is a genre of electronic music that combines elements of industrial music and synth-punk with elements of dance music. It developed in the early 1980s in Western Europe, as an outgrowth of both the punk and the industrial music cultures. It combines sequenced repetitive basslines, programmed dance music rhythms, and mostly undistorted vocals and command-like shouts with confrontational or provocative themes.

the middle-class nightmare… an anti-media media phenomenon simply because their name could not be printed Abbie Hoffman

Abbie Hoffman (Wikipedia) Abbot Howard Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party (“Yippies”) and was a member of the Chicago Seven. He was also a leading proponent of the Flower Power movement.

Abbie Hoffman (Wikiquote) Abbott Howard “Abbie” Hoffman (30 November 1936 – 12 April 1989) was a social and political activist in the United States, co-founder of the Youth International Party (“Yippies”), and later, a fugitive from the law, who lived under an alias following a conviction for dealing cocaine.

Fuck the System (en.wikisource.org) This booklet was made sometime in the late 1960’s, likely the summer of 1967. Although the author is given as George Metesky, a notorious criminal nicknamed the “Mad Bomber”, it was in fact written by Abbie Hoffman, who included it as an appendix to his later book Revolution for the Hell of It.