It seemed to be emerging in places like Sweden and Czechoslovakia. Happily mingling in this congregation of joy: Onetime gang members (whose lives he had rescued and rearranged); his former students (ditto on the rearranged lives, maybe the same for the rescuing part); film and theatre people; academics and writers; political activists, including comrades from the Sixties and the California State Legislature, both; his family; and lots and lots of friends from many walks. Williams told The New York Times that Hayden had a history of heart problems and his health had declined in the preceding months. The war in Vietnam was described as an imperial venture fought for oil and other resources. Williams spoke just a few lines about her husband before singing a folk song about pushing a rock uphill. I was able to shake his hand later and tell him I appreciated it.
Now, the contest would be between him and Kennedy, and I would have been happy with either of them. He died in the bloody military coup that overthrew him on September 11, 1973. You watched them in the sky. Two of the most moving speeches were made by Alex Sanchez and DeWayne Holmes. Edited by Mark L. Levine, George C. McNamee and Daniel Greenberg / Foreword by Aaron Sorkin. [10], Convinced, in the words of the Statement, that students must "look outwards to the less exotic but more lasting struggles for justice," and with $5000 from United Automobile Workers, Hayden's first SDS initiative was the Economic Research and Action Project (ERAP). ", They released the doves to fly. A powerful critic of Stalinism in Russia, Sakharov suggested a middle way between Communist dictatorships and capitalist inequality. Kennedy's brother Edward eulogized him simply as a man who "saw wrong and tried to right it, saw pain and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it." Cesar thought for a few moments and then said, It only makes sense if you build a movement out of your campaign structure when its over.And that became CED: The California Campaign for Economic Democracy that got scores of progressives elected to state and local offices and many measures passed like Prop 65. Hayden died just over two weeks before Donald Trump was elected president. I grew up in Los Angeles in a Quaker family, and for me being Quaker was a political calling rather than a religious one. Feldmans path to observance took many twists and turns. Given little chance at first, his popularity was suddenly enhanced by developments across the Pacific. Again, dont we need CEDs today-in every state? In broken and halting English, she told me a story. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images). The Law of the Press was one of the courses he taught. Jane is an actress, writer, political activist, former fashion model and fitness guru. Bombing those fields took on a new meaning.. [14], Hayden committed himself to the effort. He had come to trust Bobby, despite the latter's wealth and establishment connections. He has taught at Evergreen State College and serves on the board of Earth Island Institute. The ones who are born then will sing in the rain.
Tom Hayden, anti-war activist-turned politician dies at 76 - CBS News Bonnie: vocal, electric slide guitar James Hutch Hutchinson: bass Ricky Fataar: drums, percussion, backing vocal Glenn Patscha:rhodes piano (nord), backing vocal Kenny Greenberg: electric guitar.
William Hayden Kennedy Obituary [31] Starting far behind, Hayden mounted a spirited campaign and finished a surprisingly close second in the Democratic primary. Tom Hayden, Contributor. An elderly and elegant gentleman wearing a fine wool sweater and dark-rimmed glasses, he spoke in Spanish, with translation.
William Hayden Kennedy | NewObits.com It was a roller coaster year of emotional highs and lows, when unlikely dreams suddenly seemed possible, only to be dashed time and again. Shocking photographs surfaced, of young girls running naked from a wall of flames, of suspected traitors being summarily assassinated without investigation of their supposed disloyalty; in one case, in lurid, living color, crimson gushed like a fountain from the head of a man shot at point-blank range. SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Famed '60s anti-war activist Tom Hayden, whose name became forever linked with the celebrated Chicago 8 trial, Vietnam War protests and his ex-wife actress Jane Fonda,. I Cant Make You Love Me : A 25th Anniversary Oral History, MUSICIANS ON MUSICIANS Bonnie Raitt & Brandi Carlile, Joan Baez and Bonnie Raitt Tree-Sit In Protest, Together we can make this a great community and make many new friends. The American response was to inflict horrible casualties on combatants and non-combatants alike. Forty years would pass before I would experience again the hope I had before August of 1968, before we would dance in the streets again, as so many did when Obama was elected. Bandana Blues is and will always be a labor of love. Both former gang members who evolved into becoming successful peace activists. Friends Dan Martin, right, and Michael Deiden embrace before a memorial service for activist and politician Tom Hayden at UCLAs Royce Hall on Sunday. And I was able to see with even more clarity than when he and I were together what an extraordinary life of dedication he lived and what a lasting impact he had on countless lives. The comment form collects your name, email and content to allow us keep track of the comments placed on the website. I wish I had an e-mailaddress of Bonnie but I don't have that. [22], Hayden made several subsequent well-publicized visits to North Vietnam as well as Cambodia during America's involvement in the Vietnam War, which had expanded under President Richard M. Nixon to include the adjoining nations of Laos and Cambodia, although he did not accompany his future wife, actress Jane Fonda, on her especially controversial trip to Hanoi in the spring of 1972. Since 1990, Bioneers has acted as a fertile hub of social and scientific innovators with practical and visionary solutions for the world's most pressing environmental and social challenges. Recorded on tour June 3, 2017 - Centennial Hall, London - Ontario Canada, Activist & Politician Tom Hayden 1939-2016 Memorial Video, http://img.youtube.com/vi/Mxz2QBsslrE/0.jpg. The conference was followed by a commemoration at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. But he'd stuck with Johnson on the war. Protestors gathered outside, some of them "Yippies" (for "Youth International Party") who had nominated a pig for President. A few days later, the Democratic Convention began in Chicago. Hayden was best known for his role as an anti-war, civil rights, and intellectual activist in the 1960s, authoring the Port Huron Statement and standing trial in the Chicago Seven case. I found her inexpressibly lovely and wanted only to tell her things would be all right. He was able to whisper to me the day before he died that seeing people willing to die for their beliefs changed him forever. Tom had been able to see past their tattoos to who they really wereand made it possible for them to completely turn their lives around. He literally spent himself for the cause, as he tended to do. You see,Tom wanted to win. I wanted to believe the words of the song were true, but I really didn't feel that way. And you started to cry, but now dry out your eyes. Both spoke of how Tom had believed in them despite their troubled pasts. [1], Hayden attended Dondero High School in Royal Oak, Michigan. For the last 4 months, Toms widow Barbara Williams, Troy Garity, my son with Tom, and I have been working together to create a memorial that honored and celebrated Toms 6 decades of commitment to peace, justice and democracy. As the two-hour 10-minute movie comes to a close, the judge allows one defendant to speak on the behalf of the seven-man group Tom Hayden. Chapter 1238 enacted Section 76060.5 of the California Education Code. Stream/purchaseHERE. He and Williams adopted a son, Liam (born 2000). I watched with pride as Don Peterson, a Wisconsin businessman I'd worked with on the McCarthy campaign, nominated the brilliant African-American leader Julian Bond as a Vice Presidential candidate. On Sunday Keep your eyes on the prize was a watchword, for few had done it better than he. John Moscowitz is rabbi emeritus, Holy Blossom Temple, Toronto. It captures what so many felt: Ilearned so much more about the efforts and events that have shaped and changed the directions of so manythan I was conscious ofincluding those that have influenced and made possible my own courseI was awakened to such gratitude, and I found myself gaining inspiration and an inner charge to press forward with even more boldness. This page was last edited on 24 February 2023, at 23:34. I will always consider it an honor to have met him. Troy, edited a wonderful opening video calledWho the Hell is Tom Hayden? and then started everything off with an emotional, funny and welcoming speech that really set the perfect tone. While at home for a month, I read constantly--the literature of the New Left. 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The Year That Changed Everything: A Personal Memory of 1968 In the same year, while the Vietnam War was still ongoing, the documentary film Introduction to the Enemy, a collaboration by Fonda, Hayden, Haskell Wexler and others, was released. [8], Tom Hayden was elected SDS president for the 19621963 academic year, but his wife Sandra Cason "Casey" Hayden left Ann Arbor, and left him, heeding the call to return to the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Atlanta. Johnson had surrendered; the war would end. "Shot him in LA last night just as he was about to claim victory.". The youth-led movement changed the very language of politics and its impact is still being felt today. I watched the news footage of Kennedy on the floor of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, bleeding to death. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 2022 Redwing Records, LLC. They shouted their opposition to the undemocratic nature of the convention. Jackie Ward reports. I will summarize some of what I said at the memorial because I think it speaks to what needs to happen today in this country: I spoke of my 17 years with Tom which began in 1972 when the peace movement was flagging after years of repression and sectarian divisiveness. It was bitterly cold in the snowy streets of Madison that night, but none of us noticed. Reporters covering the convention were roughed up by Daley's police. [25][26] Hayden and Fonda divorced in 1990. "[27] Staughton Lynd, though, was critical of the Port Huron and New Left concept of "participatory democracy", stating: "We must recognize that when an organization grows to a certain size, consensus decision-making is no longer possible, and some form of representative government becomes necessary. Please give it a try and become a member or subscribe to the newsletter of Bonnies Pride and Joy! With twenty-five years experience in Chicago and across the country, Alinsky was considered the father of community organizing. ), Bobby Kennedy Jr. shed light on the relationship. Hayden then attended the University of Michigan, where he was editor of the Michigan Daily. Though he knew presidents and princes, Tom Hayden ultimately was a man of the streets the kind of open streets where American democracy best thrives. Bobby Kennedy was listening (and so too was Martin Luther King Jr.). Berkeley, Social and political revolutions, http://img.youtube.com/vi/2Pq6G5bS8Yk/0.jpg. argued that our democracy was largely an illusion. He hired them to work on his Senate staff, and even traveled with them to El Salvador to witness the gang violence that forces so many young people to seek refuge in the US. That doesn't mean that there can't be some attempts at remedies, but these should never be used as an excuse to stay."[43]. Once your account is created, you'll be logged-in to this account. We need to withdraw our stamp of approval and our tax dollars from supporting the occupation. "They killed Kennedy," he said. Los Angeles, Downtown L.A stabbing sends six to hospital; 1 arrested, San Diego Roman Catholic diocese facing yet another lawsuit from its insurance company, K-Pop isnt the only hot ticket in Koreatown how trot is captivating immigrants, Los Angeles is suddenly awash in waterfalls, Officials unprepared for epic mountain blizzard, leaving many trapped and desperate. Sam & Dave classic written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter. Would love your thoughts, please comment. From a working class family in Royal Oak, Michigan, a student and alter boy in the arch conservative Father Coughlins Temple of the Little Flower, Tom became editor of the prestigious Michigan Daily and, after reporting on the new Free Speech Movement in Berkeley in the early 60s, the civil rights bus boycotts and sit ins in the South, he stepped out from behind his notepad and became an organizer and builder of movements.
Kennedy's brother Edward eulogized him simply as a man who "saw wrong and tried to right it, saw pain and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it.". The SDS was the vanguard of the student unrest that characterized the decade of the 1960s. Dave Dellinger, Abbie Hoffman, and Jerry Rubin were indicted on federal charges of conspiracy and incitement to riot as part of the "Chicago Eight", a.k.a.
Tom Hayden, Chicago Seven defendant who became champion of liberal This is what is needed instead of walls. She was fighting hard to hold back tears as she told me her horrifying tale. John de Graaf, Outreach Director of The Happiness Initiative, has produced more than fifteen national PBS documentary specials and is the co-author of "Affluenza: How Overconsumption Is Killing Us--And How to Fight Back" (2014). We laughed; we all knew that walk of Haydens (which I always thought of as the walk of a wary, James Dean-like, outsider). There's a generation looking for a new beginning, And our sparkling eyes and songs prophesize, Are adding our bodies to the protest line. At the end of his life he was the director of the Peace and Justice Resource Center in Los Angeles County. ARLINGTON COUNTY, VA - JUNE 9: Pallbearers (including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., John Glenn, Douglas Dillon, LeMoyne Billings, Lord Harlech, James Whittaker, Steven Smith, David Hackett' Robert S. McNamara and Rafer Johnson) carry the coffin of Senator Robert Kennedy to the grave site at Arlington National Cemetery on June 9, 1968 in Arlington Hayden was a teaching assistant at the University of Michigan Journalism Department in the early 1960s. The 1965 protest was the beginning of what historian Howard Zinn called the greatest antiwar movement the nation had ever experienced, a movement that played a critical part in bringing the war to an end. Speakers and performers at the 2015 conference included Julian Bond, Congresswoman Barbara Lee, Daniel Ellsberg, Vivian Rothstein, Luis Rodriguez, Tom Hayden, former Congressmembers Ron Dellums, Pat Schroeder and Elizabeth Holtzman, Staughton Lynd, David Harris, Marilyn Webb, Rev. Peoples Park Protest & Riots, Speeches Tom Hayden, Mario Savio. In a discussion about the book with Theodore Hamm published in the Brooklyn Rail, Hayden argues, "The apparatus of occupation is never going to turn into a peacekeeping economic development agency. Tom Hayden discussed his book "Reunion" during an interview at his Santa Monica, Calif., office in 1988. Together with singer Holly Near, POWsBob Chenowith and George Smith and others, the IPC tour began at the Ohio State Fair and traveled to100 cities in 3 months during the fall of 1972. On the convention floor, Peterson and Connecticut Senator Abraham Ribicoff rose to report that the police were beating people up outside. Ban the bomb and the civil rights movement and the native American struggle for justice - those things were very, very front-burner in my childhood, as were the ideas of working for peace and if you have more than you need, then you share it with people who don't.
bobby kennedy pallbearers tom hayden whose plane had been shot down. In 2015 Tom wrote: My wife Barbara Williams has added a new meaning to the Albert Camus story of Sisyphus, who was condemned to push the rock back up the hill eternally. Students were beginning to exercise power in American universities, carrying out sit-down strikes at prestigious academic institutions like Columbia. United States v. Dellinger, 472 F.2d 340 (7th Cir. [12] By the end of 1964 ERAP had ten inner-city projects engaging 125 student volunteers. During 1999, Hayden made a speech for the Seattle WTO protests. Among the most important progressive political figures of our era, he co-authored the historic SDS-founding Port Huron Statements in the early 1960s, was a defendant in the trial of the legendary Chicago Seven, and went on to serve as a California State Senator. What a soaring speaker Tom was. [23] The next year he married Fonda and they had one child, Troy Garity, born on July 7, 1973. To a standing ovation she turned back a motion denying support for sit-ins in the struggle against racial segregation: I cannot say to a person who suffers injustice, Wait, And having decided that I cannot urge caution, I must stand with him. Alan Haber of the fledgling Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) recruited her on the spot. The results would likely have been the same. Arhoolie Foundation celebrates it's 60th anniversary (1960-2020) with an online broadcast. What I'm hearing is an appreciation of real music. Hayden and Fonda were a major force in California politics in the 1970s and 80s, and Hayden went on to represent the liberal Westside in the state Assembly and Senate for 18 years. Our message was that Nixon was lying about ending the war. Napalm, a terrifying jellied gasoline that cooked people alive, was dropped indiscriminately. Several of the black students were fighting back tears; knowing the anger they must be feeling. Her name was Luz, which means "light" in Spanish, but her story was decidedly dark. He previously covered state and national politics, including the 2020 presidential campaign.
Celebrating the Life of Tom Hayden: a Committed Man . http://img.youtube.com/vi/nVBQqI15nCc/0.jpg, Tom Hayden is a renowned political and social rights activist, a former California state senator, columnist and the author of 20 books. Hayden told HuffPost Live how empowering it was for him and his fellow student leaders to deliver a proposal to Kennedy and witness Kennedy carry it out in the . Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. . He traveled singing gospel music for 35+ years. Their hopes were buoyed by the July publication of Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov's samizdat, On Progress, Peaceful Co-existence and Intellectual Freedom. [33] During this time, he was frequently protested by conservative groups, including Vietnamese refugees, military veterans, and members of Young Americans for Freedom. It was part memorial, part movement rally, part testimonial, part reunion. The battle inside and out stretched into the night. Back in Superior, my friends and I watched troubling news on television, when on August 21, Soviet tanks crushed the democratic uprising in Prague. He . Mayor Daley audibly shouted a Jewish slur at Ribicoff. So, hope you like it ? He and Fonda later initiated the Campaign for Economic Democracy (CED), which formed a close alliance with then-Governor Jerry Brown and promoted solar energy, environmental protection and renters' rights policies, as well as candidates for local office throughout California, more than 50 of whom would go on to be elected. Sen. Robert F . This speech was given at the 2003 Bioneers National Conference. Document 86A: Casey Hayden (aka Sandra Cason) and Mary King, "Sex and Caste," November 18, 1965, Michael Finnegan (October 23, 2016). [40] He also claimed that he never endorsed Sanders and only supported his campaign with the hope that it would push Clinton's policies leftward. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy . Kennedy's funeral seemed surreal. Troy, Barbara and I had the speakers arranged in chronological order so that one could see the entire sweep of Toms life as an organizer/strategist/movement builder/writer/journalist/State Senator.