Tom Hayden Quotes

Tom Hayden — American Politician born on December 11, 1939,

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 their son, actor Troy Garity... (wikipedia)

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.

The peace and justice movement has to expand and not run away from the plight of gang members.

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.

Already this war on gangs in California is taking money from universities to build prisons, and the universities have some clout.

I've written a book on gangs, taught a course on gangs at Occidental.