July Fourth Smoke-in

July Fourth Smoke-In

The people are tired of smoking grass behind barred doors, standing guard immersed in paranoia watching for parents, teachers, cops and other people who need to turn on. We are coming to Washington on July 4th to smoke dope, get high, dance to rock and roll and show the world that marijuana is GOOD for you and everybody should smoke it legally. America's freeks are going back to the original Revolution, and declaring independence from Death Nation.

At last year's first annual Smoke-In, 25,000 stoned freeks made fools of Billy Graham and Bob Hope's pathetic rally, but the press utterly ignored us, shaking in their boots from Agnew.

This year, NOBODY is gonna be able to ignore us. The press have promised full cooperation to bring our views on Marijuana Prohibition to the people. The whole world will be watching. Fortunately, no one was busted for smoking last year, and the narcs aren't going to attack thousands of people this year, either.

Most important, this time we're tying the marijuana prohibition into the government's total system of oppression and exploitation. As many articles, including Rampart's have clearly proven, the South Vietnamese government and the CIA are the chief importers of opium and heroin from Laos to the U.S.

Further, AN AMERICAN SOLDIER IS NOW TWICE AS LIKELY TO BECOME ADDICTED TO SMACK AS COMPAKED TO HIS CHANCES OF BElNG WOUNUED. 60,000 ADDICTS HAVE COME BACK FROM VIETNAM.

Our purpose is to take 35 years of anti-dope consciousness and flip it back at the fascist government like a boomerang in the form of anti-war sentiment. Ex-junkies, including Vietnam vets, will return their used spikes to the government, tossing them over the gate at the same place they returned their medals last month.

At the monument, Dave Peel ("Have a Marijuana" and "The Pope Smokes Dope") will be coordinating the biggest rock band in history. Bring your drums, flutes, etc. The Smithsonian Folklife Festival, being held on the Monument Mall, will also provide free music.

Grass is being brought in by the various dope dealing associations but don't be caught short. Bring your own stash to this million dollar bash.

A newspaper will be handed put, running down everything you need to know, from housing to food, from the march on the Federal Narcotics Bureau to trip tents. John Sinclair is serving 9-1/2 to 10 years for 2 joints. Lee Otis Johnson is in the slammer for 30 years for possessing flowers. Carol Berger of the Living Theatre is DEAD because she was busted for one roach, was refused medical aid in jail, and died. Sisters and brothers, this cannot continue to go down. We are taking our feelings to the people on July 4. Let the people decide.

Coommmm.