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The Revolt of the Cockroach People - Oscar Zeta Acosta January 1, 1973 PDF  BOOKS
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The Revolt of the Cockroach People
Author: Oscar Zeta Acosta
Year: January 1, 1973
Format: PDF
File size: PDF 3.5 MB
Language: English

The further adventures of and "Dr. Gonzo and " as he defends the and "cucarachas and " - the Chicanos of East Los Angeles.Before his mysterious disappearance and probable death in 1971, Oscar Zeta Acosta was famous as a Robin Hood Chicano lawyer and notorious as the real-life model for Hunter S. Thompson's and "Dr. Gonzo and " a fat, pugnacious attorney with a gargantuan appetite for food, drugs, and life on the edge.In this exhilarating sequel to The Autobiography of a Brown Buffalo, Acosta takes us behind the front lines of the militant Chicano movement of the late sixties and early seventies, a movement he served both in the courtroom and on the barricades. Here are the brazen games of and "chicken and " Acosta played against the Anglo legal establishment; battles fought with bombs as well as writs; and a reluctant hero who faces danger not only from the police but from the vatos locos he champions. What emerges is at once an important political document of a genuine popular uprising and a revealing, hilarious, and moving personal saga.

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