Abbie Hoffman

A handbook of survival and warfare for the citizens of Woodstock Nation A classic of counterculture literature and one of the most influential--and controversial--documents of the twentieth century, Steal This Book is as valuable today as the day it was published. It has been in print continuously for more than four decades, and it has educated and inspired countless thousands of young activists. Conceived as an instruction manual for radical social change, Steal This Book is divided into three sections--Survive! Fight! and Liberate! Ever wonder how to start a guerilla radio station? Or maybe you want to brush up on your shoplifting techniques. Perhaps you're just looking for the best free entertainment in New York City. (The Frick Collection--"Great when you're stoned.") Packed with information, advice, and Abbie's unique outlaw wisdom ("Avoid all needle drugs--the only dope worth shooting is Richard Nixon."), Steal This Book is a timeless reminder that, no matter what the struggle, freedom is always worth fighting for. "All Power to the Imagination was his credo. Abbie was the best."--Studs Terkel

Steal This Book

Peter Kropotkin

Errico Malatesta

Félix Fénéon

Louise Michel

Ann Hansen

Clément Duval

Louis Léveillé

Ravachol

Georges Étiévant

Auguste Vaillant

Émile Henry

Sante Caserio

Marius Jacob

Raymond Callemin

Enrique Flores Magón

Mollie Steimer

Louise Olivereau

Bo Brown

Kuwasi Balagoon

Bill Dunne

Nikos Maziotis

Pola Roupa

Rami Syrianos

Alfredo Cospito

Nicola Gai

Jeremy Hammond

Eric King

Anarchist Statements Before Judge and Jury

Defiance

The Book That Earned Abbie Hoffman a 5 Year Prison Term at the Chicago Conspiracy Trial

Revolution for the Hell of It

The 50th anniversary edition of the notorious, radical survival guide to living free as a revolutionary from one of the greatest activists of the 20th century--now with a new foreword. In 1970, infamous activist Abbie Hoffman sat in Cook County jail, awaiting what would become known as the Trial of the Chicago Seven. Hoffman and six conspirators were prosecuted by the US government for their part in anti-Vietnam War and counterculture protests outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention. It was in jail that Hoffman would begin to write Steal This Book. Labelled by publishers as a book that would "end free speech" and causing scandals with its advice on how to get free food, housing, transportation, medical care, and more, as well as how to run a guerrilla movement, Steal This Book is a revolutionary's manual to "survival in the prison that is Amerika." Hoffman criss-crossed the country, ferreting out alternative ways of getting along in America--some illegal, and all radical--using his own decades of experience in living and fighting underground. Split into three sections to Survive!, Fight!, and Liberate!, Steal This Book captures the spirit of those years, describing actions and techniques that were already in use in all 50 states and sharing them with the masses. This anniversary edition will give you a window into the movements of the sixties and seventies. While many of the holes in the system which Hoffman exposes have since been plugged up, the spirit of revolution, the dedicated to undermining injustice, and the earnestness of activism remain--in this book and in activism today.

In a lively yet reflective memoir on the turbulent '60s, Hoffman candidly traces his career from civil-rights activist, to underground fugitive, to infamous court jester of the 'Chicago Seven' conspiracy trial

Soon to be a Major Motion Picture

The Conspiracy

Letters from the Underground

To America with Love

Timothy Leary

Norman Mailer

Part conspiracy trial, part political theater, the trial of seven activists who disrupted the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, was an iconic event of the 60's. Here, from trial transcripts, are the testimony of Abbie Hoffman, Rennie Davis, Bobby Seale, and others.

Testimony from the 1968 Democratic Convention Conspiracy Trial

Chicago Seven

A book from the U.S. underground, covering Abbie--in disguise--interviewing people, touring the FBI building, and organizing a campaign to save the St. Lawrence River. The articles are creative, funny, nervy, and political.

Square Dancing in the Ice Age

"Abbie Hoffman, Yippie non-leader, notorious dope addict and up-and-coming rock group (the WHAT), is currently on trial with seven others for conspiracy to incite riot during the Democratic Convention. When he returned from the Woodstock Festival he had five days before leaving for Chicago to prepare for the trial. Woodstock Nation, which the author wrote in longhand while lying upside down, stoned, on the floor of an unused office of the publisher, is the product of those five days. Other works by Mr. Hoffman include Revolution for the Hell of It and Fuck the System, which he describes as a "tender love epic"."-- Back cover.

A Talk-rock Album

Woodstock Nation

Anita Hoffman

The correspondence between American social and political activist Abbie Hoffman and his wife during the first of his eight years as a fugitive in the ’70s. In March, 1974, facing drug charges in a case in which he claims he was innocent, Abbie Hoffman, one of the Chicago Seven, became a fugitive, forced to leave behind Anita, his wife of eight years, and America, their four-year-old son. During this time, they could only communicate through letters. Letters from the Underground includes all the letters sent between Abbie and Anita during the first year of their separation. “Putting the Sixties in a human perspective.” —Tom Hayden

The author and her husband, noted activist Abbie Hoffman, share the letters they exchanged in 1974 and 1975 while Abbie was in hiding to avoid imprisonment.

The "steal Yourself Rich" Book

Dan Simon

Here in a definitive, 20th anniversary edition, are the writings of the famous 1960s dissident--Abbie Hoffman.

The Best of Abbie Hoffman

Synopsis: Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture is the life story of one of the most important activists of the 20th century. Hoffman's book opens with his reflections on his suburban Jewish upbringing and early rebelliousness and goes on to recount his involvement in the student movement at Berkeley in the early 1960s, the anti-war demonstrations of the late '60s and early '70s, and his years as a fugitive from the American justice system. Along the way he gives behind-the-scenes details about the events at the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago and subsequent Chicago Seven trial, his "levitation" of the Pentagon, and his friendships with Jerry Rubin, Bobby Seale, Allen Ginsberg, and many others. For this edition, his widow, Johanna Lawrenson, has written a new afterword about Hoffman's activism in the '80s and his legacy today. Insightful, funny, and often moving, Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture is a self-portrait of a radical taking stock of his life's work.

Escrito en 1970, este volumen es un clásico de culto que ejemplifica como ninguno la contracultura de los años sesenta y en particular la visión de los yippies, la rama más politizada del movimiento hippie que inspiró a toda una generación a desafiar el statu quo. El libro está escrito en forma de guía y en ella Hoffman, activista político y social, utilza sus propias actividades y experiencias como inspiración: da consejos a los lectores sobre cómo hacer para vivir fuera de la ley, cultivar marihuana, crear una radio libre, vivir en una comuna, cometer fraudes con tarjetas de crédito y una gran variedad de técnicas de hurto. En sus páginas Hoffman se refería a Estados Unidos como el "Imperio Cerdo" y declaraba que no solo no era inmoral robar en él, sino que era inmoral no hacerlo. El libro fue rechazado por unos treinta editores distintos. Los principales medios de comunicación no querían o tenían miedo de hacer publicidad del libro, y muchos distribuidores y librerías no estuvieron dispuestos a comercializarlo, por su naturaleza subversiva y por la incitación al robo en el título. Hoffman fue finalmente obligado a crear una editorial propia para poder ponerlo en circulación, con Grove Press como distribuidor. Pese a su precaria difusión, principalmente a través del boca a boca, pronto se convirtió en un gran éxito de ventas.

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