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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.
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Apr 8, 2024 · Abbie Hoffman (1936-89) was an American political activist who founded the Youth International Party (Yippies) and was opposed to the Vietnam War. He also was a member of the Chicago Seven. Hoffman’s acts of protests often blurred the line between political action and guerrilla theater.
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Aug 15, 2022 · Abbie Hoffman was a social activist who fought for civil rights and against the Vietnam War in the 1960s. He died by suicide in 1989, possibly due to his bipolar disorder and the side effects of Prozac, a medication he was taking.
Nov 4, 2021 · Abbie Hoffman was one of the most passionate and eccentric American political activists of the 1960s. He fought social injustice, nurtured the country’s antiwar movement, and highlighted political corruption — and he did it in style.
Apr 14, 1989 · Abbie Hoffman, the writer and antiwar protester who founded the Yippie movement in the 1960's and became a symbol of radical activism, was found dead Wednesday night at his home in New Hope,...
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University of California Press. CHAPTER ONE. Read the Review. BAD BEHAVIOR. The Rebels. Abbie Hoffman belongs to a distinct generation of American radicals born in the mid- to late thirties who...
A leading activist, author and Yippie Party founder, Abbie Hoffman died of unknown causes in 1989. He was 52. He based his life of rebellion on his Jewish consciousness, saying he was the very symbol of the hippie movement of the 1960s. He coined the phrase "Never trust anyone over 30" and was arrested 42 times.
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