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'''Emmett Grogan''' (c. [[1943]]–[[1978]]) was one of the founders of the '''[[Diggers (theater)|Diggers]]''' in the Haight-Ashbury district of [[San Francisco]], [[California]] who inspired [[Abbie Hoffman]] to undertake a similar venture on the Lower East Side of [[New York City]] during the mid-1960s. The Diggers were a [[hippie]] group that scrounged for and provided food and other services. They took their name from the [[Diggers (True Levellers)|Diggers]] of [[17th Century]] [[England]] who were a radical movement opposed [[feudalism]], the [[Church of England]] and the [[British Crown]]. The Diggers of the [[1960s]] can be compared with the present-day [[Food Not Bombs]] who feed homeless youth.
Grogan's penchant for personal myth making and distrust of the mainstream media resulted in few details of his life being reliably recorded. His [[1972]] autobiography, ''Ringolevio (A life played for keeps)'', is filled with embellishments and large portions of his pre-Digger life appear to be outright fabrications. This flexibility with the truth was part of Grogan's larger social and political analysis and was meant to further Digger ideals.
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