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ked about the fascism. He talked about the dangers. It was just brilliant presentation of the seriousness of fascism in action. EP: What do you think Abbie Hoffman would do about Trump? PK: Oh, I think he would do the same thing as Maher. Abbie really had a sense of humor that was spontaneous. And it was based
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023643 →thing (laughs) when they frisked me. They frisked the report- ers because they didn’t want the reporters to have guns in court. EP: Was this for the Harvey Milk trial? PK: Yeah. EP: During that trial, you coined the phrase “The Twinkie Defense”. You’ve done this a couple of times, creating an expression or a
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_023643 →r objective is to get elected). The Occupiers appear to be a leaderless community—most likely, you can’ t name a single one; not yet, anyway—whereas Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin and | served as spokespeople for the Yippies. We had media contacts and knew how to speak in sound bytes. If we gave good quote, HOUSE
| covered for a weekly alternative paper the trial of ex-cop Dan White for the double execution of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the gay equivalent of Martin Luther King. In a surprise move, homophobic White’ s defense team presented a bio-chemical explanation of his behavior,
munities. The FBI had produced a WANTED poster featuring a large swastika. In the four square spaces of the swastika were photos of Yippie founders Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin and me, and SDS (Students for a Democratic HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_015434 Society) leader Mark Rudd. Underneath the swastika was this headline
vernment officials in San Francisco--Mayor George Moscone (in 1975, as a state senator, he authored a bill to decriminalize marijuana) and Supervisor Harvey Milk (a dedicated gay activist)—and yet, after an incompetent prosecution and a shrewd defense, White was sentenced to only seven years. That evening, |
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