Steal This Book (50th Anniversary Edition)

by Abbie Hoffman, Lisa Fithian (Foreword by)

Overview

Still Notorious, Radical, and Revolutionary 50 Years Later.
A survival guide from one of the greatest creative organizers of the 20th century—now with a new foreword by co-conspirator, Lisa Fithian.
 
Throughout the 1960's and 70's, Abbie Hoffman criss-crossed the country, ferreting out alternative ways of getting by in America—some illegal and all radical. Causing scandals with its advice on how to Survive!, Fight!, and Liberate! in the “prison that is Amerika,” Steal This Book is a revolutionary's manual to running a guerilla movement, as well as getting free food, housing, transportation, medical care, and more.
 
This anniversary edition gives a new generation an insider's view into the movements of the sixties and seventies. While many of the holes in the system that Abbie exposed have since been plugged, the spirit of revolution, the dedication to opposing injustice, and the passion of creative activism continue to inspire today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780306847172
Publisher:	Hachette Books
Publication date:	09/14/2021
Edition description:	Special ed.
Pages:	352
Sales rank:	111,420
Product dimensions:	5.45(w) x 8.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Abbie Hoffman (1936-1989) was an American activist and revolutionary political organizer in the civil rights and anti-war movements who co-founded the Youth International Party (“Yippies”). He was arrested and tried for his role in protests that were confronted violently by police during the 1968 Democratic National Convention and began to write Steal This Book in jail while awaiting what became known as the Trial of the Chicago Seven. Hoffman continued his activism through the 1980's and remains an icon of countercultural movements today.

Table of Contents

About the Author vii

Foreword to the 2021 Edition xi

Introduction to the 2002 Edition xv

Steal This Book

Introduction xxiii

Aiding and Abetting xxix

Table of Discontents xxxi

Survive! 1

Fight! 111

Liberate! 229

Appendix 285

Index 307