How the Hippies Became Yuppies: The Trial of the Chicago 7
How Aaron Sorkin whitewashes the story of hippy activism, and how the hippy activists whitewashed themselves.
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**Bibliography and Further Reading**
* Abbie Hoffman testimony at the Chicago 7 trial: http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/Hoffman.html
* Differences between the film and what really happened: https://www.historyvshollywood.com/reelfaces/trial-of-the-chicago-7/
* Wikipedia page about COINTELPRO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COINTELPRO
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