1936-1989. US left-wing political activist,
founder of the Yippies (Youth International
Party), a political offshoot of the hippies.
He was a member of the Chicago Seven, a
radical group tried for attempting to disrupt
the 1968 Democratic convention. Hoffman was
arrested 52 times and was a fugitive from
justice 1973-80. He specialized in
imaginative political gestures to gain media
attention, for example throwing dollar bills
to the floor of the New York Stock Exchange
1967. His books include Revolution for the
Hell of It 1969. He campaigned against the
Vietnam War and, later, for the environment.
He committed suicide.