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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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The book begins with a brief introduction including thumbnail sketches of the major players, as well as a very brief sketch of the time period--1969--to provide context: the anti-war movement, the Black Panthers, the youth counter-culture, etc. There is a chronology of the 4 days of the Democratic Convention over which the alleged "riots" took place, and a longer, although barebones, chronology of the major events of 1967-75, including the trial, the appeals, the course of the Vietnam War, and Watergate. We also learn what happened to each of the defendants after the trial.
The bulk of the book consists of verbatim excerpts from the transcript of the trial. This is only about 190 pages out of about 22,000 pages of trial transcript. Most of the excerpts are short snippets of some of the more lurid and/or egregious events during the trial. Nevertheless, these excerpts make for very interesting reading, and there's quite a bit that wasn't included in the film. Many celebrities, including Judy Collins, Allen Ginsberg, Arlo Guthrie and Norman Mailer testified.
To be clear, the book is exactly what is is advertised to be: a limited but accurate description of the parties involved, a description of the context in which the trial took place, including the legal issues at stake, and excerpts giving a feel for what went on during the trial. Nothing stellar or exceptional here, but it does the job.
3 stars ( )