Dennis Miller
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Tom Hayden was an influential American activist and politician who played a key role in the 1960s civil rights and anti-war movements. He later served in the California state legislature and was married to actress Jane Fonda. Hayden’s life was marked by a commitment to progressive causes and political engagement.
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Thomas Emmet Haydenwas an American social and political activist, author, and politician. Hayden was best known for his role as an anti-war, civil rights, and intellectual activist in the 1960s, becoming an influential figure in the rise of the New Left. As a leader of the leftist organization Students for a Democratic Society, he authored the Port Huron Statement, helped lead protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention, and stood trial in the resulting “Chicago Seven” case.
In later years, he ran for political office numerous times, winning seats in both the California State Assembly and California State Senate. At the end of his life, he was the director of the Peace and Justice Resource Center in Los Angeles County. He was married to Jane Fonda for 17 years and is the father of actor Troy Garity.
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Tom Hayden was an American social and political activist, author, and politician known for his leadership in the 1960s civil rights and anti-war movements. He was a prominent figure in the rise of the New Left and co-authored the influential Port Huron Statement.
Tom Hayden helped lead protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which resulted in the famous ,Chicago Seven, trial where he and others were charged with conspiracy and inciting a riot.
In later years, Tom Hayden ran for political office numerous times, winning seats in both the California State Assembly and California State Senate.
Tom Hayden was married to actress Jane Fonda for 17 years.
At the end of his life, Tom Hayden was the director of the Peace and Justice Resource Center in Los Angeles County.
Tom Hayden is the father of actor Troy Garity.
13 Quotes by Tom Hayden
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I’ve written a book on gangs, taught a course on gangs at Occidental.
Tom HaydenAmerican activist (1939-2016)
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I’m not ready to give you a clear answer on whether electoral politics holds any particular hope for progressives. It would mean that nothing I did ever mattered.
Tom HaydenAmerican activist (1939-2016)
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The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history that’s least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970.
Tom HaydenAmerican activist (1939-2016)
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I don’t think I’ll ever fully get over losing the city council seat. I don’t know how that happened. But it was less than 1 percent out of 50,000 votes. I’d put in six or seven years into changing L.A.
Tom HaydenAmerican activist (1939-2016)
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If you look at the data, the inner city that was the riot zone lost 55,000 jobs in the ten years from 1992 to 2002, instead of gaining a surplus of 50,000.
Tom HaydenAmerican activist (1939-2016)
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Fonda was neither wrong nor unconscionable in what she said and did in North Vietnam.
Tom HaydenAmerican activist (1939-2016)
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Already this war on gangs in California is taking money from universities to build prisons, and the universities have some clout.
Tom HaydenAmerican activist (1939-2016)
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The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members.
Tom HaydenAmerican activist (1939-2016)
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I think people are entitled to march without a permit. When you have a few hundred thousand people on the street you have permission.
Tom HaydenAmerican activist (1939-2016)
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Most centrist Democrats… try to distance themselves from controversies that recall the 1960s. There are journalistic centrists as well, who avoid hard truths for the sake of acceptance and legitimacy.
Tom HaydenAmerican activist (1939-2016)
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Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi.
Tom HaydenAmerican activist (1939-2016)
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The politicians of New York have everything that is necessary to make proper decisions and they will have to live with what happens afterwards. The worst scenario is the politicians covering their eyes and turning it over to the FBI.
Tom HaydenAmerican activist (1939-2016)
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Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable?
Tom HaydenAmerican activist (1939-2016)