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Abbie Hoffman (Author)
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Excerpt: Steal This Book is, in a way, a manual of survival in the prison that is Amerika. It preaches jailbreak. It shows you where exactly how to place the dynamite that will destroy the walls. The first section--SURVIVE!--lays out a potential action program for our new Nation. The chapter headings spell out the demands for a free society. A community where the technology produces goods and services for whoever needs them, come who may. It calls on the Robin Hoods of Santa Barbara Forest to steal from the robber barons who own the castles of capitalism. It implies that the reader already is ideologically set, in that he understands corporate feudalism as the only robbery worthy of being called crime, for it is committed against the people as a whole. Whether the ways it describes to rip-off shit are legal or illegal is irrelevant. The dictionary of law is written by the bosses of order. Our moral dictionary says no heisting from each other. To steal from a brother or sister is evil. To not steal from the institutions that are the pillars of the Pig Empire is equally immoral. --This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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A driving force behind the social revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, Hoffman inspired a generation to challenge the status quo. Meant as a practical guide for the aspiring hippie, Steal This Book captures Hoffman’s puckish tone and became a cult classic with over 200,000 copies sold. Outrageously illustrated by R. Crumb, it nevertheless conveys a serious message to all would-be revolutionaries: You don’t have to take it anymore. "All Power to the Imagination was his credo. Abbie was the best." — Studs Terkel

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  • Paperback: 308 pages
  • Publisher: Da Capo Press (January 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 156858217X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1568582177
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (76 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #41,481 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
    #42 in  Books > Nonfiction > Politics > Ideologies > Communism & Socialism
    #58 in  Books > Nonfiction > Social Sciences > Political Science > Levels of Government
    #48 in  Books > Nonfiction > Government > Federal Government

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40 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars STEAL IT!, January 15, 2004
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don't buy this book, anyone who buys it does not have what it takes to read it, get it here and read online! http://www.tenant.net/Community/steal/steal.html
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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Survival Guide In The U.S., January 31, 2000
By Steven A. (New Britain, CT) - See all my reviews
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Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book" is generally a survival guide on how to live in the U.S. that is divided into 3 parts. The first chapters on how to get free stuff is brilliant. Some ideas in order to gain free service or items area so ironic, you'd probably not think of it yourself. In section two, Hoffman describes how to take action against oppression and what to prepare for. Bomb making, first aid, and the introduction to new common sense is delivered straight from the mind of Hoffman. The third section is the shortest, but if you happen to live in the big urban and metropolitan areas, it locates address and phone numbers on where to get free stuff in a more specific sense overall toward the book. Even if "Steal This Book" is mainly outdated, it comprises on a guide to a life in the U.S. and words of wisdom he used and recommends.
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34 of 37 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Go there and view the book yourself..., March 18, 2005
This review is from: Steal This Book (Paperback)
Go there and view the book yourself...

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5.0 out of 5 stars .
The book is out-dated but the philosophy is and always will be applicable.

At times I would smile to myself while fondly thinking of how technology has made things... Read more
Published 19 days ago by Christy Leigh Stewart

1.0 out of 5 stars I can't believe this crap circulated in my school when I was growing up
I'm glad I lived long enough to re-read this and to revisit the buffoon this person was. Many peoples' earliest memories are this guy and his friends burning and bombing and... Read more
Published 3 months ago by jenna randolph

2.0 out of 5 stars He talks a good game, but...
This well-meaning yippie who probably felt guilty about being from an affluent white family talked a good game. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Sasha Lazarios

5.0 out of 5 stars I know the term 'life changing' has lost it's connotation but...
This book literally changed my life. I found it during my first year of college to become a teacher (the default major for students pressured into college before knowing who they... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Laura Kearney

3.0 out of 5 stars All is good
My expirience was good. It took a little longer for me to recieve it but I've got it.
Published 12 months ago by Joshua R. Peterson

5.0 out of 5 stars classic
I stole this book in its original version from times square while playing hookey from school. I think my parents chucked it, so now I keep it as an classic.
Published 15 months ago by Kevin Ribbecke

4.0 out of 5 stars very good book
this book is a very good book to read and i enjoyed it from start to end. i mainly used it for the little handbook on making explosives which do work. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Juan Madero

1.0 out of 5 stars Nastalgia and little else
I checked this book out of the library instead of stealing it. Because of the provacative title, it was kept behind the library front desk! Read more
Published on April 15, 2008 by Caveat Emptorer

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Little Book
Steal This Book is a nice, interesting book to read. There are some interesting items in the book that if followed today, would easily land you in jail. Read more
Published on January 18, 2008 by Byron Fay

1.0 out of 5 stars And today his followers are our politicians, teachers, professors, lawyers and corporate leaders.
Most people might not realize, but from the perspective of a new immigrant student, "Steal This Book" was a major catalyst for the downward trend evolution of what I saw as a... Read more
Published on August 28, 2007 by On a Mission

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