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Titel: Conspiracy In The Streets
Zustand: New
Subtitle: The Extraordinary Trial of the Chicago Eight
ISBN-10: 1565848330
EAN: 9781565848337
ISBN: 9781565848337
Verlag: The New Press
Produktart: Taschenbuch
Release date: 01/01/2006
Description: Michael Moore mocks George Bush and Al Franken ridicules Rush Limbaugh, but the mixing of play and politics today is polite and respectful compared to the carnival of contempt known as the Chicago Eight trial.

Opening at the end of 1969, the trial brought Yippies, antiwar activists, and Black Panthers to face conspiracy charges arising from the massive protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The defendants openly lampooned the proceedings, with Abbie Hoffman blowing kisses to the jury and the defense bringing a Viet Cong flag into the courtroom. The judge ordered Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers bound and gagged for insisting on representing himself. And an array of celebrity witnesses appeared, including Timothy Leary, Norman Mailer, Arlo Guthrie, and Allen Ginsberg, who provoked the prosecution by chanting "Om" on the witness stand.

This book combines an abridged transcript of the trial with astute commentary by historian Jon Wiener. A foreword by defendant Tom Hayden examines the trial’s relevance for protest today, and drawings by legendary cartoonist Jules Feiffer help re-create the electrifying atmosphere of the courtroom.

Sprache: Englisch
Herstellungsland und -region: GB
Höhe: 190mm
Länge: 132mm
Gewicht: 311g
Contributor: Jon Weiner (Edited by)
Autor: Jon Weiner
Genre: Law & Politics
Thematik: History

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