Tom Hayden

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 Hayden

#chapters #civil #civil rights #establishment #handle

Why should American atrocities be merely unsettling, but a trip to Hanoi unconscionable? ↗

— Tom Hayden

#atrocities #hanoi #merely #should #trip

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

— Tom Hayden

#build #california #clout #gangs #money

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

— Tom Hayden

#course #gangs #i #taught #written

Fonda was neither wrong nor unconscionable in what she said and did in North Vietnam. ↗

— Tom Hayden

#fonda #neither #nor #north #north vietnam

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 Hayden

#few #hundred #i #i think #march

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 Hayden

#any #clear #did #electoral #ever

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 Hayden

#data #gaining #inner #inner city #instead

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

— Tom Hayden

#expand #gang #justice #members #movement

Twice the Republicans in the California legislature tried to block my seating because of my trips to Hanoi. ↗

— Tom Hayden

#block #california #hanoi #legislature #republicans