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~ (Author) "In a country such as Amerika, there is bound to be a hell-of-a-lot of food lying around just waiting to be ripped off..." (more)
Key Phrases: underground papers, New York, San Francisco, National Park (more...)

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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

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"In a country such as Amerika, there is bound to be a hell-of-a-lot of food lying around just waiting to be ripped off." Read the first page

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underground papers

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New York, San Francisco, National Park, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Government Printing Office, National Forest, New Mexico, Santa Cruz, Village Station, Yellow Pages, Ann Arbor, Department of the Interior, Fifth Ave, Pig Empire, Southeast Asia

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This book cites 31 books:

Woodstock Nation by Abbie Hoffman in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
Human Ecology: The Story of Our Place in Nature from Prehistory to the Present by Bernard Campbell in Back Matter
Allstate Motor Club National Park Guide 1990 by Michael Frome in Back Matter
Guerrilla Street Theatre by Henry Lesnick in Back Matter
Death Valley (Apache, No 23) by William M. James on page 45

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5.0 out of 5 stars STEAL IT!, January 15, 2004

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5.0 out of 5 stars Survival Guide In The U.S., January 31, 2000

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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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