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Anti-war activist Steve Hamilton dies
SFgate ^ | March 30, 2009 | Seth Rosenfeld

Posted on 03/30/2009 6:45:42 PM PDT by GSP.FAN

A memorial service is planned for May 16 for Steve Hamilton, a prominent Bay Area anti-war activist and member of the Oakland 7 who was acquitted in a notorious conspiracy trial.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; History; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 60s; activist; antiwar; communist; notantiwar; prorevolution
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Married briefly, he was privately gay, coming out only in 1980, said his friends. "It was as hard to be a gay communist as it was to be a gay capitalist," said Reese Erlich, an author and co-defendant in the conspiracy case.
1 posted on 03/30/2009 6:45:43 PM PDT by GSP.FAN
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To: GSP.FAN

Will Obama send a representative to the funeral?


2 posted on 03/30/2009 6:47:09 PM PDT by Dallas59 ("You know the one with the big ears? He might be yours, but he ain't my president.")
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To: Dallas59

Bwaney Fwank


3 posted on 03/30/2009 6:47:53 PM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy Saints surrounded)
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To: GSP.FAN

((Shrug))


4 posted on 03/30/2009 6:48:45 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Say goodbye to "BIG business" and hello to BIG, BIG government!)
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To: GSP.FAN

120 million dead (and counting) and this scumbag Stalinist get a glowing obituary. David Duke should be so lucky!


5 posted on 03/30/2009 6:49:29 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: GSP.FAN

An anti-war activist is gay? I’m shocked.


6 posted on 03/30/2009 6:50:57 PM PDT by kenth (Obama - One Big Ass Mistake, America)
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To: Revolting cat!

That’s alright. He’s burning in hell as we speak.


7 posted on 03/30/2009 6:51:21 PM PDT by max americana
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To: GSP.FAN

Was he ‘hoist with his own petard?’ ;)


8 posted on 03/30/2009 6:51:41 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: GSP.FAN

A communist is dead? Good


9 posted on 03/30/2009 6:54:37 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: max americana

My blood boils! David Duke and the white trash clowns dressing in old German uniforms are harmless, yes, HARMLESS, Nazism is long dead, while these scumbags have brought the world Pol Pot, Castro, Mugabe!


10 posted on 03/30/2009 6:55:43 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: GSP.FAN

I bet it sucks to be dead - especially after having spent a lifetime working for the devil.


11 posted on 03/30/2009 6:59:39 PM PDT by Clinging Bitterly (0bama - a vital organ of the headless Soviet beast that thrives in our land.)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...
member of the Oakland 7
...and gay commie.
12 posted on 03/30/2009 7:07:25 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/____________________ Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
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The name Steve Hamilton instantly reminds me of the former Yankee pitcher who made famous the ‘folly floater’ pitch.
Check out the video of him throwing it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFvp7kMraAw


13 posted on 03/30/2009 7:09:53 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: GSP.FAN

Notorious????

Biased??? Who - the innocent press?


14 posted on 03/30/2009 7:12:05 PM PDT by relictele
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Good riddance to bad rubbish.

VietVet

15 posted on 03/30/2009 7:15:04 PM PDT by VietVet (I am old enough to know who I am and what I believe, and I 'm not inclined to apologize for any of)
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"It was as hard to be a gay communist as it was to be a gay capitalist."

Probably harder. But his dream has not (yet) come true, an American society where nonconformists are sent to concentration camps or worse. If and when it comes to pass it's a pretty safe bet who will be rounded up first, and it's not gonna be we conservatives, people with guns, or even the Jews.

16 posted on 03/30/2009 7:20:13 PM PDT by Clinging Bitterly (0bama - a vital organ of the headless Soviet beast that thrives in our land.)
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To: SunkenCiv

17 posted on 03/30/2009 7:24:09 PM PDT by GSP.FAN
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In 1963, the crew-cut sophomore transferred to UC Berkeley as a divinity student. Some time later, his family saw televised reports of protests there showing a “rather scruffy-looking guy with long hair,” recalled his sister, Shirley Metcalf.

His family was sure he never would participate in such activities, she said, and was shocked when on school break “in walked the scruffy-looking man.”

Mr. Hamilton later helped found the Marxist Revolutionary Union and organized at work in Richmond’s Bethlehem Steel factory.

He became a therapist trying to better the mental health system

Steve was a radical political activist who remained committed to core progressive ideals for his entire life.

, Steve initially considered becoming a Christian minister, but soon got caught up in the political ferment that was Berkeley in the 1960s. He joined SLATE, the Free Speech Movement (FSM) the Progressive Labor Party (PLP) and the Revolutionary Union (RU).

By the mid 70’s Steve was a member of BASOC (Bay Area Socialists of California).

His last job was with MHN, a mental and behavior health network, where he focused on occupational stress issues. In his final year, suffering from congestive heart failure, Steve moved to Louisville KY with his friends Tank and Roman, where he died in his sleep.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_shtHmVdGdHw/Rf-GHpq_HMI/AAAAAAAAATg/Mc0sG9ilRZk/s320/steve_hamilton_life_back.jpg


18 posted on 03/30/2009 7:27:07 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: tflabo

EEEEPHUS


19 posted on 03/30/2009 7:27:47 PM PDT by Francis McClobber
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To: GSP.FAN
"It was as hard to be a gay communist"

From the New York Times, September 11, 2001:

"He [Bill Ayers] also writes about the Weathermen's sexual experimentation as they tried to 'smash monogamy.' The Weathermen were 'an army of lovers,' he says, and describes having had different sexual partners, including his best male friend."

Source: New York Times, September 11, 2001: "No Regrets for a Love Of Explosives; In a Memoir of Sorts, a War Protester Talks of Life With the Weathermen"
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F02E1DE1438F932A2575AC0A9679C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1

20 posted on 03/30/2009 7:41:54 PM PDT by ETL (ALL the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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