Tom Hayden
Tom Hayden
Thomas Emmet Hayden, known as Tom Hayden, is an American social and political activist, author, and politician, who is director of the Peace and Justice Resource Center in Culver City, California. Known best for his major role as an anti-war, civil rights, and radical intellectual counterculture activist, Hayden is the former husband of actress Jane Fonda and the father of actor Troy Garity...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 December 1939
CountryUnited States of America
All my life I've been involved with racial politics. I was a Freedom Rider in the South. I was the author of books on gang violence, I was a community organizer in Newark, New Jersey, and when I spoke to the Black Caucus, congressional and state, I realized they were going all the way for Hillary [Clinton] and so was the Latino caucus in Sacramento and I asked myself this question: "Do I really want to cast my vote against these people who have been central to my life and to the soul of the country?" And so I went with them. Period.
The issue of civil rights was too much for the establishment to handle. One of the chapters of history thats least studied by historians is the 300 to 500 riots in the U.S. between 1965 and 1970.
Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable?
A silent majority and government by the people is incompatible.
Then you have [Donald] Trump. So it could be the tightest, most hazardous race in political history and we can't afford to allow Trump to slither through. So that's where I'm at.
Our crime was that we were beginning to live a new and contagious life-style without official authorization.
There's so much benevolence on helping your fellow person. And the morality that helped build our country is based on the values that are found in the Bible. And as we look at problems, maybe we're getting away from those values. And in my little small way, I want to encourage people to get back into those values.
I think people are entitled to march without a permit. When you have a few hundred thousand people on the street you have permission.
They motivate us to play, be affectionate, seek adventure and be loyal.