Louis Abolafia
Louis Abolafia was an artist, social activist, and folk figure. His candidacy for president of the United States under the Nudist Party[1] on the hippie Love Ticket at various times in the 1960s and onward was a form of political theater or performance art.[citation needed] He ran against Richard Nixon in 1968 as the naked hippie love candidate with the slogan: "What Have I Got to Hide?" Abolafia previously had run in 1967 under the Cosmic Love Party, also then with the slogan "What Have I Got to Hide?"[2]
The son of a New York City florist, Abolafia was part of the
Abolafia inspired the creation of the Exotic Erotic Ball in 1979 in San Francisco, held annually for more than three decades until it was canceled in 2010. In press materials for the first Ball, which was held as a campaign fundraiser for Abolafia, he was said to have coined the phrase "Make love, not war", though the attribution is disputed.[5]
He was a "descendant of the Abolafias—writers of the Kabbala".[6]
Death
Louis Abolafia died of a drug overdose in 1995 in California, aged 54.[7]
References
- ISSN 0886-3032. Retrieved 9 May 2018.
- ISBN 9780028646237.
- ^ a b Mastropolo, Frank (October 30, 2013). "Was Banksy Inspired By This East Village Nudist Who Ran For President?". Bedford + Bowery. Retrieved 2017-01-23.
- ISBN 9781849760874.
- ^ Rakoff, Jeff (September 2006). "Sex With Strangers". Spin: 92.
- ^ Abolafia for President 1967-05-13 , The New Yorker p.40
- ^ "Louis Abolafia, 54, was on Hippie 'Love Ticket'", Boston Globe, November 3, 1995.
External links
- Profile
- Obituary, alt.nntp2http.com
- Abolafia for President, New Yorker.com
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