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Hace 2 días · Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin became the most famous Yippies—and bestselling authors—in part due to publicity surrounding the five-month Chicago Seven Conspiracy trial of 1969. They both used the phrase "ideology is a brain disease" to separate the Yippies from mainstream political parties that played the game by the rules.
Hace 1 día · What happened to Abbie Hoffman? Desperate to avoid trial, he has plastic surgery and lives underground as Barry Freed, until surrendering to authorities in 1980. Released in '82, he resumes a life of political activism. On April 12, 1989, Hoffman is found dead in his apartment. A victim of bipolar disorder, Hoffman's death is ruled a suicide.
Hace 4 días · While the Who were playing, Yippie leader Abbie Hoffman jumped the stage to complain about the arrest of John Sinclair. Townshend promptly knocked him offstage with his guitar, shouting, "Fuck off my fucking stage!"
Hace 5 días · I heard the Starship rehearse at Paul Kantner’s house when Abbie Hoffman was hiding there in the 1980s, though he wasn’t really in hiding. He loved attention so much he couldn’t ever hide. I also met China Kantner, Paul’s and Grace Slick’s daughter at Paul’s house.
Hace 3 días · A Vietnam-era photograph shows a standoff between antiwar protesters and military police. The demonstration, which took place on October 21, 1967, included a march to the Pentagon, where "Yippies" Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin led a mock "exorcism" of the building.
Hace 2 días · Henry Albert "Hank" Azaria ( / əˈzɛəriə / ə-ZAIR-ee-ə; born April 25, 1964) is an American actor, comedian, and producer. He is known for voicing many characters in the long-running animated sitcom The Simpsons since 1989, including Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Snake Jailbird, Professor Frink, and formerly Apu ...
Hace 2 días · William Kunstler was a famous 20th-century lawyer whose clients included Martin Luther King Jr., Larry Davis, Malcolm X, Phillip and Daniel Berrigan, Abbie Hoffman, H. Rap Brown, Stokely Carmichael, Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Filiberto Ojeda Ríos and Leonard Peltier. The New York Times called him "the most hated and most loved lawyer in America".
