Da alama yana da wuya a gaskanta da fahimtar cewa bikin cika shekaru ashirin da mutuwar Abbie Hoffman zai zo nan da ƴan makonni kaɗan kawai (12 ga Afrilu). Abbie ya kasance daya daga cikin manyan jarumai na gwagwarmayar yaki da al'adu na shekarun 1960. Mai hankali, kuma mai sauri tare da abin da ya zama abin da ba shi da iyaka, watakila shi ne mai zaman lafiya na farko wanda ya san yadda ake amfani da kafofin watsa labarai. Daga ƙarshe, na yi imani, cewa wannan haɓakar zai haifar da mutuwarsa yayin da ya zama ɗan ƙaramin yanki a cikin 1980s duk da cewa ya ƙididdige mafi girman bayanan haɗin gwiwar hagu a cikin motsin muhalli a wancan lokacin. Har zuwa yau, tarihin Jonah Raskin na Abbie, Juyin Juya Hali Don Jahannama Shi: Rayuwa da Zamanin Abbie Hoffman (1996), ya kasance tabbatacce kuma mafi girman sharhin rayuwar Abbie.
Na san Abbie a cikin lokuta masu wucewa kawai lokacin da hanyarmu ta yi karo. Mun yi amfani da aikin doka iri ɗaya akan Broadway a New York, The Law Commune. Na gaishe shi ya wuce ni ina jiran alƙawura a wancan ofishin. A cikin 1971, ni da abokina daga Jami'ar New York mun zauna a tebur ɗaya a Jami'ar George Washington da ke Washington, DC, tare da Abbie da Jerry Rubin, a lokacin da aka fita daga shahararrun ayyukan ranar Mayu a kan Yaƙin Vietnam da gwamnatin Nixon. . Abbie yana tsakiyar daya daga cikin munanan kalaman batanci ga wani marubuci daga Jaridar Daily News. Abbie ya bukaci marubucin ya buga gaskiya game da yakin Vietnam. Lokaci na ƙarshe da na ga Abbie shine yayin jawabin da ya bayar a Jami'ar Rhode Island a farkon shekaru goma na 1980s. Ya riga ya ƙaddamar da aikinsa a matsayin cikakken mai fafutukar kare muhalli kuma yana ƙoƙarin dakatar da aikin ruwa na gwamnati a New York. Ƙungiyar Abbie da ta jagoranci a New York ana kiranta da Save the River. Ko da yake FBI tana so, ya yi nasara a wannan ƙoƙarin muhalli, kuma daga baya ya wuce zuwa Pennsylvania inda ya yi aiki da irin abubuwan da suka shafi muhalli.
Yunkurin da Abbie ya yi na jan hankalin sabbin masu fafutuka daga baya a rayuwarsa bai yi nasara ba. Zai iya yin la'akari da batutuwa na lokaci-lokaci kamar samun masu daukar ma'aikata na CIA daga harabar Jami'ar Massachusetts a Amherst, amma waɗannan ƙananan nasarori ne idan aka kwatanta da manyan nasarorin da ya samu a lokacin gwagwarmayar antiwar a cikin 1960s.
Raskin ya lura a cikin tarihinsa na Abbie cewa hidimar tunawa da Abbie a Worcester, Massachusetts, ƴan kwanaki bayan mutuwarsa, ita ce taro na ƙarshe na ƙarni na 60. Na halarci, tare da ɗiyata, kuma ba na jin kunyar cewa na yi kuka sau da yawa a lokacin bikin. Anan akwai babban rai, warts da duka, wanda ya tafi har abada kuma wanda ya motsa yawancin ƙarni na 60. A kan hanyar daga gidan Abbie na ƙuruciya, zuwa majami'ar da aka gudanar da taron tunawa, ɗimbin taron masu zanga-zangar sun warwatsa furannin furanni masu launin rawaya na forsythia, daya daga cikin alamomin bazara da sake farfadowa na New England. Na yi tunanin waƙar Whitman "Lokacin da Lilacs ya ƙare a cikin Dooryard Bloom'd."
Da gaske shekara ashirin kenan? Kuma, shin duniya ba ta matsar da inci ɗaya kusa da hankali ba? Yaƙi da yaƙi, rashin daidaito, da lalata muhalli yana ci gaba!
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