Tom Hayden outside the 2004 Democratic National Convention

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Hayden was born in Detroit, Michigan to parents of Irish descent, and later attended the University of Michigan, where he was editor of the Michigan Daily and one of the founders of the student activist group Students for a Democratic Society. In 1961, he married Casey Hayden, a Texas-born civil rights activist who worked for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee. He served as president of SDS from 1962 to 1963, and drafted its most famous work, the Port Huron Statement. From 1964 to 1968, he lived in Newark, New Jersey, where he worked with impoverished inner-city residents as part of the Newark Community Union Project. He was also witness to the city's race riots, and wrote the book Rebellion in Newark: Official Violence and Ghetto Response (1967). Hayden also played a key role in the protests and violence surrounding the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. There, he was arrested as part of the "Chicago Seven," with other protesters including Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, and charged with conspiracy and inciting riots. He made several high profile trips as a peace activist to Cambodia and North Vietnam during America's involvement in the Vietnam War, including an especially controversial one in 1972 to North Vietnam with his future wife, actress Jane Fonda. Nickname: Motor City & Murder City, Motown, Rock City, The D Motto: Speramus Meliora; Resurget Cineribus (Latin for, We Hope For Better Things; It Shall Rise From the Ashes) Location in Wayne County, Michigan Coordinates: Country United States State Michigan County Wayne County Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick Area    - City 370. ... UM also has campuses in Dearborn and Flint. ... The Michigan Daily is the daily student newspaper of the University of Michigan. ... SDS Button Logo The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was, historically, a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main iconic representations of the countrys New Left. ... The Port Huron Statement is the manifesto of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), written primarily by Tom Hayden, then the Field Secretary of SDS, and completed on June 15, 1962 at an SDS convention in Port Huron, Michigan. ... Nickname: The Brick City Map of Newark in Essex County Coordinates: County Essex Founded/Incorporated 1666/1836 Mayor Cory Booker, term of office 2006–2010 Area    - City 67. ... A race riot or racial riot is an outbreak of violent civil unrest in which race is a key factor. ... The 1968 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party was held at International Amphitheatre in Chicago, Illinois, from August 26 to August 29, 1968, for the purposes of choosing the Democratic nominee for the 1968 U.S. presidential election. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... The Chicago Seven were seven (originally eight, at which point they were known as the Chicago Eight) defendants charged with conspiracy, inciting to riot, and other charges related to violent protests that took place in Chicago, Illinois on the occasion of the 1968 Democratic National Convention. ... Abbott Howard Abbie Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was a social and political activist in the United States, co-founder of the Youth International Party (Yippies), and later, a fugitive from the law, who lived under an alias following a conviction for dealing cocaine. ... Jerry Rubin (July 14, 1938 – November 28, 1994) was a high-profile American social activist during the 1960s and 1970s. ... The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN), or less commonly, Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cá»™ng Hòa), also known as North Vietnam, was proclaimed by Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, September 2nd1945 and was recognized by the Peoples Republic of China and the... Combatants Republic of Vietnam United States Republic of Korea Thailand Australia New Zealand The Philippines National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam Democratic Republic of Vietnam People’s Republic of China Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea Strength US 1,000,000 South Korea 300,000 Australia 48,000... The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN), or less commonly, Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Vietnamese: Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cá»™ng Hòa), also known as North Vietnam, was proclaimed by Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi, September 2nd1945 and was recognized by the Peoples Republic of China and the... Lady Jayne Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model, and fitness guru. ...

In 1976, Hayden made a maverick primary election challenge against sitting California U.S. Senator John V. Tunney. Starting from far behind, Hayden mounted a spirited challenge and finished a surprisingly close second in the Democratic primary field. He and Fonda went on to found the Campaign for Economic Democracy (CED), which formed a close alliance with then Governor Jerry Brown and successfully promoted solar energy, environmental protection, and renters rights policies while electing some 100 members to local office throughout California. A primary election is an election in which registered voters in a jurisdiction select the candidates who will enter a subsequent election (nominating primary). ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... John Varick Tunney (born June 26, 1934), American politician, is a former U.S. Senator and Representative. ... Edmund Gerald Jerry Brown, Jr. ...

Hayden later served in the California State Assembly (1982-1992) and the State Senate (1992-2000). Hayden mounted another maverick bid in the Democratic primary for Governor of California in 1994 on the theme of campaign finance reform. He unsuccessfully ran as the Democratic candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles in 1997, defeated by Richard Riordan. In 1999 he made a speech during the 1999 Seattle WTO protests. In 2001 Hayden unsuccessfully sought election to the Los Angeles City Council. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California and is married to actress Barbara Williams. Over the last three years, Hayden has periodically taught as an assistant and adjunct professor at Occidental College, during the fall semesters of 2005 and 2006 he taught a course on Social Movements at Pitzer College. The California State Assembly chamber California State Assembly Chamber in the State Capitol The California State Assembly is the lower house of the California State Legislature. ... California state Senate chamber California State Senate Chamber in the State Capitol The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature. ... This is a list of mayors of Los Angeles, California. ... Richard J. Riordan Richard J. Riordan (born May 1, 1930) is a Republican politician from California, who served as the California Secretary of Education from 2003–2005 and as Mayor of Los Angeles from 1993–2001. ... Protest activity surrounding the WTO Ministerial Conference of 1999, which was to be the launch of a new millennial round of trade negotiations, occurred on November 30, 1999, when the World Trade Organization (WTO) convened in Seattle, Washington, USA. The negotiations were quickly overshadowed by massive and controversial street protests... Nickname: City of Angels Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Area    - City 1,290. ... Barbara Williams (born 1953 in Vancouver Island, British Columbia) is a Canadian-born American actress, and is the wife of Tom Hayden. ... Johnson Student Center and Freeman College Union Johnson Hall, one of the three original buildings of the 1914 campus Occidental College, located in Los Angeles, California, is a small coeducational liberal arts college. ... Pitzer College is a small, private liberal arts college located in Claremont, California, USA. Pitzer College is the fifth of seven institutions of higher learning known as the Claremont Colleges and coordinated through the Claremont University Consortium. ...

Books by Tom Hayden

• The Port Huron Statement (1962)
• The Other Side (1966)
• Rebellion in Newark: Official Violence and Ghetto Response (1967)
• Trial (1970)
• The Love of Possession Is a Disease with Them (1972)
• Vietnam: The Struggle for Peace, 1972-73 (1973)
• The American Future: New Visions Beyond Old Frontiers (1980)
• Reunion: A Memoir (1988)
• The Lost Gospel of the Earth: A Call for Renewing Nature, Spirit and Politics (1996)
• Irish Hunger (1997)
• Irish on the Inside: In Search of the Soul of Irish America (2001)
• Rebel: A Personal History of the 1960s (2003)
• Street Wars: Gangs and the Future of Violence (2004)
• Radical Nomad: C. Wright Mills and His Times with Contemporary Reflections by Stanley Aronowitz, Richard Flacks and Charles Lemert (2006)

Trivia

On The Simpsons episode "Three Gays of the Condo," after the family has spent many hours on a large jigsaw puzzle, a bleary-eyed Homer examines a piece and says to himself, "Now, let's see. This is either an old coconut or Tom Hayden." Hayden was also mentioned in the episode "Mother Simpson" when Mona explained that she survived while being on the run from the law in the 1960s in part by running credit checks at Tom Hayden's Porsche dealership. Simpsons redirects here. ... Three Gays of the Condo is an Emmy Award-winning episode from the fourteenth season of The Simpsons that aired April 13, 2003. ... “Mother Simpson” is the eighth episode of The Simpsons’ seventh season. ... Dr. Ing. ...

External links

• TomHayden.com
• Tom Hayden Talking about politics after 9/11 at Cal Poly Pomona (streaming video)
• Justin Raimondo. Tom Hayden: "I Was Israel’s Dupe", AntiWar.com, July 21, 2006.