hominidmedia: people: abbie hoffman
media introduction:
image credit: "Abbie Hoffman visiting the University of Oklahoma circa 1969." San Diego: Richard Barry, 1969. [commons.wikimedia.org]
Sorkin, Aaron, Stuart M. Besser, Matt Jackson, Marc Platt, Tyler Thompson. The Trial of the Chicago 7 USA: Netflix, 25 September 2020. Video. [.youtube].
This is a dramatized retelling of the Chicago Seven. Aaron Sorkin (creator of bourgeoisie classics like A Few Good Men, Charlie Wilson's War, The West Wing, The Newsroom) provided his fast talking liberal apologia treatment to the event. Sacha Baron Cohen is well cast as Hoffman.
standard narrative:
Noam Chomsky. "On Resistance," The New York Review of Books. 7 December 1967. Web. [chomsky.info].
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Calvin D. Linton (ed). The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America. Nashville and New York: Thomas Nelson Inc., 1975. (Second Printing).
Linton on Hoffman:
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Howard Zinn. A People's History Of The United States. New York: Harper perennial Modern Classics, 2005. (First Published: 1980). 272, 613.
Zinn on Hoffman:
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Edwin P. Hoyt. Amerca's Wars and Military Excursions. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1987. 500.
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Faragher, John Mack; Mary Jo Buhle, Daniel Czitrom, Susan H. Armitage. Out of Many: A History of the American People. brief 4th ed. New Jersey: Pearson, 2004. 582. (First Published: 1995).
Jonah Raskin. For the Hell of It: The Life and Times of Abbie Hoffman. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Raskin was a long time ally of Hoffman who taught Communications at Sonomoa State.
Paul Johnson. A History of the American People Great Britain: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997. 866.
Sara Payton. "Johan Raskin" Bohemian. Healdsburg, CA: Boulevards New Media, 13 Feb 1997. hosted by [bohemian.com]. Originally published February 13-19, 1997 issue of the Sonoma County Independent.
Payton on Raskin:
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James A. Henretta, David Brody, Susan Ware, Marilynn S. Johnson. America's History Volume 2: Since 1865 Boston: Bedford, 2000. 963.
Lucy G. Barber. Marching on Washington: The Forging of an American Political Tradition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.
Hoffman is discussed in reference to the 1971 Vietnam era march on Washington. This march is part of a historical trend which begins with Coxey.
Eric Foner. Give Me Liberty! An American History. WW. Norton: Second Seagull Ed., 2009. (First Published: 2005). 914-926, 933-940, 941-943, 954-957.
Foner on Hoffman:
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Odd Arne Westad. The Cold War: A World History. New York: Basic Books, 2019.
Not only does the ideological conflict start with industrialization (to Westad) it exploits developing and post-industrial economies of today.
Lawrence Roberts. Mayday 1971: A White House at War, a revolt in the Streets and the untold history of America's biggest mass arrest. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
This is a journalistic view of the mass arrests.
primary sources:
Abbie Hoffman. Steal This Book. Chicago, 1971. [anarchistlibrary.org].
"Fuck San Francisco."
media introduction:
image credit: "Abbie Hoffman visiting the University of Oklahoma circa 1969." San Diego: Richard Barry, 1969. [commons.wikimedia.org]
Sorkin, Aaron, Stuart M. Besser, Matt Jackson, Marc Platt, Tyler Thompson. The Trial of the Chicago 7 USA: Netflix, 25 September 2020. Video. [.youtube].
This is a dramatized retelling of the Chicago Seven. Aaron Sorkin (creator of bourgeoisie classics like A Few Good Men, Charlie Wilson's War, The West Wing, The Newsroom) provided his fast talking liberal apologia treatment to the event. Sacha Baron Cohen is well cast as Hoffman.
standard narrative:
Noam Chomsky. "On Resistance," The New York Review of Books. 7 December 1967. Web. [chomsky.info].
[load text]
Calvin D. Linton (ed). The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America. Nashville and New York: Thomas Nelson Inc., 1975. (Second Printing).
Linton on Hoffman:
[load text]
Howard Zinn. A People's History Of The United States. New York: Harper perennial Modern Classics, 2005. (First Published: 1980). 272, 613.
Zinn on Hoffman:
[load text]
Edwin P. Hoyt. Amerca's Wars and Military Excursions. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1987. 500.
[load text]
Faragher, John Mack; Mary Jo Buhle, Daniel Czitrom, Susan H. Armitage. Out of Many: A History of the American People. brief 4th ed. New Jersey: Pearson, 2004. 582. (First Published: 1995).
Jonah Raskin. For the Hell of It: The Life and Times of Abbie Hoffman. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1996. Raskin was a long time ally of Hoffman who taught Communications at Sonomoa State.
Paul Johnson. A History of the American People Great Britain: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1997. 866.
Sara Payton. "Johan Raskin" Bohemian. Healdsburg, CA: Boulevards New Media, 13 Feb 1997. hosted by [bohemian.com]. Originally published February 13-19, 1997 issue of the Sonoma County Independent.
Payton on Raskin:
[load text]
James A. Henretta, David Brody, Susan Ware, Marilynn S. Johnson. America's History Volume 2: Since 1865 Boston: Bedford, 2000. 963.
Lucy G. Barber. Marching on Washington: The Forging of an American Political Tradition. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.
Hoffman is discussed in reference to the 1971 Vietnam era march on Washington. This march is part of a historical trend which begins with Coxey.
Eric Foner. Give Me Liberty! An American History. WW. Norton: Second Seagull Ed., 2009. (First Published: 2005). 914-926, 933-940, 941-943, 954-957.
Foner on Hoffman:
[load text]
Odd Arne Westad. The Cold War: A World History. New York: Basic Books, 2019.
Not only does the ideological conflict start with industrialization (to Westad) it exploits developing and post-industrial economies of today.
Lawrence Roberts. Mayday 1971: A White House at War, a revolt in the Streets and the untold history of America's biggest mass arrest. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020.
This is a journalistic view of the mass arrests.
primary sources:
Abbie Hoffman. Steal This Book. Chicago, 1971. [anarchistlibrary.org].
"Fuck San Francisco."