…tators Collection Extent: 200 videotapes Dates: 1972–2016 Description: Footage documenting activists and outsiders, such as Abbie Hoffman, Rennie Davis, Fred Hampton, Paul Krassner, Stewart Brand, Tulli Kupferberg, A.J. Weberman, Reverend Billy, Bill Ayers, Tony Schwartz, as well as demonstrations and activist movements around the country related to wars, AIDS, labor, housing, and other issues…. Continue reading →
![[Abbie Hoffman raw #1]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653863663_640-228x160.jpg)
00:00 This video begins with a shot of Abbie Hoffman. Hoffman banters with the interviewers before they begin to ask him questions. The music blaring in the background makes it very difficult to hear the interviewer’s questions. Hoffman eventually begins to talk about the rise of activism and the interest in the ’60s among the younger generation. Hoffman also talks about the media’s hesitance in talking about the ’60s rad… Continue reading →
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…Sutherland and others. 0:34 George Carlin. Talks to Nancy Cain, in preparation for interview. 1:05 Carlin talks Abbie Hoffman’s greatest contribution. Carlin feels this was his use of humor, because he could get across important information to people who otherwise might not listen. 3:20 Carlin talks about when he first became aware of Hoffman. He was a comic on the folk circuit in the 1960s, and then got more famous and began appearing on t… Continue reading →
![[Abbie Hoffman raw #2]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653862647_640-228x160.jpg)
00:00 This tape begins with Hoffman talking about his new book “Steal This Urine Test.” He then continues to talk about the flawed use of drug testing and television’s effect on the masses. He cites drug testing as “the most serious privacy invasion of our time.” Hoffman also states that the skill of reading is disappearing among the population. 01:59 When asked about confusion in society, Hoffman begins to list the… Continue reading →
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…terms of a jury verdict, we’re going to win this case in terms of national public opinion.’ And so Abbie was much more aggressive in pursuing the initiative.” 8:25 John Schultz. “Leonard Weinglass goes before the judge and asks him to define the crime. So the judge rules – the judge was not wanting in imagination, you know – the judge rules that the substance of the crime was a state of mind. And Abbie Hoffman… Continue reading →
![[Chicago Conspiracy Appeal press conference]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/634183830_640-228x160.jpg)
Chicago, Guerrilla TV, Outside Agitators, Politics, Roots of Video, Skip Blumberg
…nics. 04:00 Cuts to a press conference (and cuts in and out). Defense lawyer William Kunstler, Jerry Rubin, and Abbie Hoffman answer questions from the press. (Other Chicago 7 figures are visible standing behind the speakers). The issue of the day seems to be related to a discrepancy between the audio tapes and printed transcripts of the trial. Kunstler is speaking about the decision of the judge to throw out the tapes. Hoffman says, “the g… Continue reading →
![[Guerrilla Television event discussion]](https://mediaburn.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/653911879_640-228x160.jpg)
Ant Farm, Chicago, Guerrilla TV, Nancy Cain, Roots of Video, Skip Blumberg, Tom Weinberg, TVTV
…how and Buckaroo Bart was a kids show on Saturday. Nancy: We had a little transmitter that was donated to us by Abbie Hoffman and… Skip: In exchange for writing in his book “Steal this Book” a section about how you can transmit. Which is obsolete now. Nancy: But we did and whenever we would crank it up and turn it on, the signal would go up the road and down the road, so there were about maybe 300 people who lived in Lanesville…. Continue reading →