Description: Tom Hayden brings a lifetime of experience to the challenge of ending the Iraq War--and preventing future wars.
Brief description: TOM HAYDEN (1939-2016) was a founding member of the Students for a Democratic Society and author of its visionary call, the Port Huron Statement, described by Howard Zinn as "one of those historic documents which represents an era." He was also one of the famous "Chicago Eight" protesters during the 1968 Democratic Convention. He was elected to the California State Assembly in 1982, and to the State Senate ten years later, serving eighteen years in all. He is the author of Ending the War in Iraq.
Review Quotes: As one of the early leaders of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), Tom Hayden struggled to bring about equal rights for African Americans and later, to end the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War . . . Hayden stands for the voice of the people being heard, as it must in these difficult times--Congresswoman Barbara Lee