Abbie Hoffman
American activist
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About Abbie Hoffman
Abbie Hoffman, who was known in private life as Abbot Howard Hoffman, was one of the founding fathers of the movement known as ‘Youth International Party’.
He was also a leading member of a number of groups including Chicago Seven, and Flower Power.
Parents
Florence Schanberg (mother)
John Hoffman (father)
Spouse
Sheila Karklin (married between 1960 and 1966)
Anita Kushner (divorced in 1980)
Children
America Hoffman
Education
In 1955, he graduated from Worcester Academy. He continued at the Brandeis University before attending the University of California, Berkeley for his master’s program.
Trivia
He was imprisoned for inciting a riot. The sentence was later overturned.
In 1973, he was arrested for attempting to sell cocaine.
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Famous quotes by Abbie Hoffman
Become an internationalist and learn to respect all life. Make war on machines. And in particular the sterile machines of corporate death and the robots that guard them.Abbie Hoffman
The key to organizing an alternative society is to organize people around what they can do, and more importantly, what they want to do.Abbie Hoffman
Understand that legal and illegal are political, and often arbitrary, categorizations use and abuse are medical, or clinical, distinctions.Abbie Hoffman
You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.Abbie Hoffman
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Abbie Hoffman's Popularity
Abbie Hoffman was a famous American activist, who was born on November 30, 1936. As a person born on this date, Abbie Hoffman is listed in our database as the 98th most popular celebrity for the day (November 30) and the 141st most popular for the year (1936).
People born on November 30 fall under the Zodiac sign of Sagittarius, the Archer. Abbie Hoffman is the 2361st most popular Sagittarius.
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