The life and ravings of the radical provocateur Abbie Hoffman, who probably needs an introduction as far as younger moviegoers are concerned.

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When Lennon planned to join Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin in free open-air concerts outside the 1972 Republican Convention, in Miami, he was promptly subjected to deportation proceedings.

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In fact, the place at times took on the flavor of a giant interpersonal counseling session in which the phrase "the system" was invoked more than on any day since Abbie Hoffman died.

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