描述
From one of Americaamp39s most renowned dissidents and the author ofampnbspSteal This Booka new edition of the counterculture manifesto that helped stir up a revolution in the 1960sWhile the supremely popularampnbspSteal This Bookampnbspis a guide to living outside the establishmentampnbspRevolution for the Hell of Itampnbspis a chronicle of Abbie Hoffmanamp39s radical escapades that doubles as a guidebook for todayamp39s social and political activist.Hoffman pioneered the use of humor theater and surprise to change the world for the better. InampnbspRevolution for the Hell of Itampnbsphe gives firsthand accounts of his legendary adventures from the activism that led to the founding of the Youth International Party ampquotYippies to the 1968 Democratic National Convention protests ampquota perfect messampquot that resulted in his conviction as part of the Chicago Seven.ampnbspAlso chronicled is the the mass antiwar demonstration he helped lead in which over 50000 people attempted to levitate the Pentagon using psychic energy and the time he threw fistfuls of dollar bills onto the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and watched the traders scramble. With antiwar sentiment once again on the rise and an incendiary political climate not seen since the bookamp39s original printing Abbie Hoffmanamp39s voice is more essential than ever.Includes a facsimile edition of Hoffmanamp39s rare first bookampnbspFuck the System
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Fruugo ID:
256321662-557572782
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ISBN:
9781560256908