Two of the Chicago 7 defendants,Rennie Davis and John Froines, were at the memorial. Yes, our ground troops were coming home but the air war was beingescalated unbeknownst to most Americans and, in the south, our allies were imprisoning, torturing and corruptingVietnamese civilians in our name. In discussing the legacy of JFK on the 50th anniversary of his assassination, Tom Hayden warmly remembered meeting JFK as a student leader of the anti-war and civil rights movements. [1], Hayden attended Dondero High School in Royal Oak, Michigan. Edited by Mark L. Levine, George C. McNamee and Daniel Greenberg / Foreword by Aaron Sorkin. The most revered of the speakers was a man I'd never heard of until then. Life gets mighty precious when there's less of it to waste. On May 1-2, 2015, one thousand people marked the 50th anniversary of the first national demonstration against the Vietnam War in Washington, DC. What a soaring speaker Tom was. Instead, he died reviled and almost forgotten. Subscribe to our Newsletter!function(m,a,i,l,s,t,e,r){m[s]=m[s]||(function(){t=a.createElement(i);r=a.getElementsByTagName(i)[0];t.async=1;t.src=l;r.parentNode.insertBefore(t,r);return !0}())}(window,document,'script','https://www.bonnieraitt.eu/wp-content/plugins/mailster/assets/js/button.min.js','MailsterSubscribe'); I would like to welcome all Bonnie Raitt fans to this fansite about her. He literally spent himself for the cause, as he tended to do. Distributed by ADA. Quality journalism. Kristy Edmunds, Director of UCLAs Royce Hall, wrote this to me after the memorial. A beautifully emotional Alfre Woodard read from Tom's memoir, Ed Begley spoke about Tom's commitment to the environment and how it changed his life, ending by saying that he named his daughter Hayden in Tom's honor. People came from all over the country who had been in the trenches with Tom, some from the very beginning. Visit www.bandanablues.com and hit the tipjar. He was also a strong advocate of anti-poverty measures. At the end of the month, I was invited to attend an event called the Hemispheric Conference Against the War in Vietnam being held in the Canadian city of Montreal. And dreaming of a time when all humankind will be free. Now, he said, Hayden had joined those in heaven who spent their lifetime fighting for justice, fighting for the poor.. And all across my country from Boston to Berkeley. But your dove couldn't sing. denied, 410 U.S. 970, 93 S.Ct. But the light at the end of the tunnel turned out to be the headlights of an onrushing train. He was a member of 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. To Helstein's dismay, Alinsky dismissed Hayden's venture into the field as naive and doomed to failure. Tom Hayden with his then-wife, Jane Fonda, and their son, Troy, Santa Monica, California. Obituary. He didnt see my tattoos. 1972), cert. The service opened with one civil rights march song, Keep Your Eyes on the Prize, and closed with another, Aint Nobody Going to Turn Me Around. Joining a four-person choir in the final number were singers Bonnie Raitt, Holly Near and Barbara Williams, Haydens wife, along with the couples son, Liam Hayden, and Haydens ex-wife, Jane Fonda. When Robert Kennedy was assassinated in 1968, the senators family picked Tom Hayden to be an honorary pallbearer at the funeral because the young antiwar activist embodied the great hope that my father had in the future of our country, Robert Kennedy Jr. recalled Sunday night at a memorial for Hayden. At the same time, most of these writers acknowledged that Soviet "socialism" was certainly no better, and probably even worse, than the corporate capitalism they challenged at home. The result of this tour of North Vietnam, at a high point in the war, was a book titled The Other Side. I began door-belling for McCarthy shortly after Tet, in Superior, Wisconsin, an industrial port city, while I was attending Wisconsin State University there. For years Tom worked tirelessly to stop the gang wars, helping support Homies Unidos and other efforts which allowed young men and women to leave the gang life and become community leaders. [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. Several of the black students were fighting back tears; knowing the anger they must be feeling. Snipers fired randomly into the crowd, killing hundreds of students and bystanders. They had marched there from several universities to protest the upcoming Olympic Games, which had displaced hundreds of poor Mexico City residents from their homes. All rights reserved. He didnt see that I was from the most infamous gang. To illustrate the cultural impact that the Port Huron Statement had, we were able to get clips fromMad Men and the film,The Big Lebowski in which characters talked about the document and howcool it was. Please help Spinner deal with the costs of hosting & bandwidth. Tom Hayden, the famed 1960s anti-war activist who moved beyond his notoriety as a Chicago 8 defendant to become a California legislator, author and lecturer, has died. The strategy worked. He had changed the lives of most present such was the power and personality of Tom Hayden. President Nixons Justice Department prosecuted Hayden in the raucous Chicago 7 trial after violent clashes between police and protesters at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. And you started to cry, but now dry out your eyes. Please give it a try and become a member or subscribe to the newsletter of Bonnies Pride and Joy! "[3], Hayden grew up attending a church led by Charles Coughlin, a Catholic priest noted for his anti-Semitic teachings, and who was also known nationally during the time of The Great Depression as the "radio priest". ), Bobby Kennedy Jr. shed light on the relationship. 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. "Now don't disturb the Olympics," the imperial orders came. I told her I had watched the games on television and she brightened when I mentioned the black-gloved protest by two of the United States' finest sprinters, Tommie Smith and Jon Carlos, as they received their medals on the podium while the Star-Spangled Banner blared behind them, a protest similar to Colin Kaepernick's half a century later. [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). Some inner cities exploded in anger. He was a member of. When it was over, I felt a slow realization that the times we thought were changing would change glacially if at all. The American response was to inflict horrible casualties on combatants and non-combatants alike. (Two of his codefendants, Rennie Davis and John Froines, attended the service.). We need to withdraw our stamp of approval and our tax dollars from supporting the occupation. Seize the time! He . Distributed by ADA. 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. 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. And there was this surprising occurrence: In an almost three hour event, during which a dozen plus speakers ( bold face names among them) held forth, each tethered to the portside of American politics, not once was the name of the current president mentioned. Now, the leading living scion of one of America's most beloved political families was also hammering Johnson from the campaign trail. Protestors gathered outside, some of them "Yippies" (for "Youth International Party") who had nominated a pig for President. 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. Those who spoke, led by his wife, Barbara Williams, covered the waterfront of a remarkable life: Tom Haydens achievements as a radical American reformer (in the words of his friend, Steve Wasserman); his contrarian nature, seen early on from Detroit and Ann Arbor days; his relentlessness and prescience, from his work in Georgia to Newark, Chicago to California; overall, his giftedness and singular voice all evoked with admiration and affection. He didn't; in November, Hubert Humphrey lost by a whisker to Nixon. His hair was braided down his back, and he wore a beaded headband and black rubber sandals that the Vietnamese had made out of the tires of a downed U.S. plane. I wanted to believe the words of the song were true, but I really didn't feel that way. . [37] In that same year, he helped initiate Progressives for Obama (now called Progressive America Rising), a group of political progressives that provided assistance for Obama in his initial presidential campaign. He was there to witness the 1967 Newark Riots which, in Rebellion in Newark (1967), he tried to place in a larger social and economic context. Music video by Bonnie Raitt performing Somethings Got a Hold of My Heart (Official Lyric Video.) http://img.youtube.com/vi/mKS_uEyiB78/0.jpg, California alternative lifestyles 60s,70s,80s. One former gang member, Alex Sanchez, paid tribute to Hayden for leading him away from a life of crime and violence. Perhaps most importantthis is 1967-68, remember, when the US was waging war in Vietnam while cracking down on dissent at homeKennedy Jr. noted that Hayden sought to persuade those who would listen that a nation behaving like an imperial power abroad, would not have true democracy at home. Section 76060.5 allows the establishment of "student representation fees" at colleges in the California Community Colleges System. Which is why, while we were gathered to memorialize him and his time is now gone, this was and is Tom Haydens moment. Known best for his major role as an anti-war, civil rights, and radical intellectual counterculture activist, Hayden was the former husband of actress Jane Fonda and the father of actor Troy Garity. Berkeley, Social and political revolutions, http://img.youtube.com/vi/2Pq6G5bS8Yk/0.jpg. Hayden, who died in October at the age of 76, had been one of the first white students from northern states to join blacks in Freedom Ride protests against segregation in the South. 2023 Getty Images. "[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. [40], Hayden maintained that he remained radical towards the end of his life, commenting, "I'm Jefferson in terms of democracy," he said, "I'm Thoreau in terms of environment, and Crazy Horse in terms of social movements". 2022 Redwing Records, LLC. It struck me as a putdown of the poor, and racist as well. William Hayden Kennedy (86) passed away Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at his home in Wheeler. He enjoyed making music, going to church, attending Wheeler basketball games, Ole Miss athletics, watching Westerns and spending time with his grandchildren. This speech was given at the 2003 Bioneers National Conference. United States v. Dellinger, 472 F.2d 340 (7th Cir. Two of the most moving speeches were made by Alex Sanchez and DeWayne Holmes. No other year has left such vivid memories for me, though it may be that this year, 2018, will be even more decisive for the future of America. Though all were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot, Seale was later tried separately with the rest thus dubbed the Chicago Seven. 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. He traveled singing gospel music for 35+ years. Hayden is the director of the Peace and Justice Resource Center in California and is an outspoken critic of continuing global conflicts. Two months earlier, on the night of October 2, she and other Mexican university students had gathered in a great open space called the Plaza of the Three Cultures near the center of Mexico City. A popular movement that succumbs to hate will soon enough see its promise in pieces and its time gone. SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Famed '60s anti-war activist Tom Hayden, whose name became forever linked with the celebrated Chicago 7 trial, Vietnam War protests and his ex-wife actress Jane Fonda,. The Law of the Press was one of the courses he taught. sister forever house address; bobby kennedy pallbearers tom haydenhow to make chalk with crayons Speakers included well-known American radicals such as the Black Panther leader Eldridge Cleaver. Hayden then attended the University of Michigan, where he was editor of the Michigan Daily. Tom Hayden discussed his book "Reunion" during an interview at his Santa Monica, Calif., office in 1988. Kevin DeLeon,President Pro Tem of the California Senate, talked about what Tom accomplished as a member of the state legislature for 14 years when term limits forced his retirement. 2015 Birthday Cake Media A (SOCAN) administered by Warner Chappell Music Canada Ltd., Super Big Music (ASCAP) administered by Big Machine Music, LLC, Jett Music (ASCAP) administered by Big Machine Music, LLC. Sam & Dave classic written by Isaac Hayes and David Porter. . To donate by check, phone, or other method, see our More Ways to Give page. During 2001, he unsuccessfully sought election to the Los Angeles City Council. The year began with great hopes that the seemingly endless war in Vietnam might end soon. 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, has died. Both former gang members who evolved into becoming successful peace activists. 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. 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. Their hopes were buoyed by the July publication of Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov's samizdat, On Progress, Peaceful Co-existence and Intellectual Freedom. A month later, a year that began with great hope, ended with little. Other books documented the power of this elite over foreign policy, describing how the CIA had overthrown Arbenz in Guatemala, Mossadegh in Iran, and other elected leaders, to protect the profits of American corporations. In 1974, he appeared in a brief scene as an ER doctor in the film Death Wish. And I will.. Tom Hayden talks about creating social change as it happened in the 1960s and how it can happen today. Again, dont we need CEDs today-in every state? I watched the news footage of Kennedy on the floor of the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, bleeding to death. I was far from the only one in tears as I heard them speak about Tom. His book Hell No: The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Peace Movement, completed in the months before his death in October 2016, was published on January 31, 2017, by Yale University Press. She had come to the conference with several other student leaders from the Olympic protest. 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). Real musicians and real fans stay together for a long, long time. Their dialogue was peppered with the N word and references to "good riddance.". Oh, but in between, so many troubles you've seen. We delivered our message demand that Congress cut aid toour puppet regime in Saigonin union halls, churches, editorial boards, oncampuses,to crowds of sometimes 10,000 people. Does anyone know if he has recently shown any . In this extended interview, Hayden speaks about how Texas "is going nowhere," the strength of the progressive spirit in the country and how what ails the US are social and political demarcations founded on histor, Abalone Alliance Rally - San Luis Obispo, CA, Tom Hayden Democracy Against Empire | Bioneers, http://img.youtube.com/vi/6_Qu9hzk0ME/0.jpg. They met you, but with snipers, and left your friends all dead in the street. In the course of preparing the memorial, I reread many of his books and speeches, watched films, news footage and interviews of Tom that Troy and Barbara assembled and read letters that friends and colleagues of his were sending in about the impact Tom had on their lives. I was appalled when McCarthy, after his victory in solidly white, middle-class Oregon, suggested that only the ignorant and uneducated supported his rival. The three toured villages and factories and met with an American POW[who?] He was able to whisper to me the day before he died that seeing people willing to die for their beliefs changed him forever. He believed in change. The results would likely have been the same. [39] Though he originally leaned towards Bernie Sanders in the 2016 Democratic Presidential Primary, Hayden later announced he would support Hillary Clinton and cast his vote for her when the primary reached California. 1443, 35 L.Ed.2d 706 (1973). Hayden, she said, had been her teacher for 26 years. It was a profound departure from the doctrinaire, ideological view of the old Left and it brought hope and inspiration to a new generation of young activists who came together as SDS: Students for a Democratic Society. After the assasination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, Robert (Bobby) Kennedy hoped to carry on his brother's legacy. 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. For three years in Newark, he worked with a community union to organize poor black residents to take on slumlords, city inspectors and others. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images). For here we are, an imperious American administration in full tilt, and a Sixties- style movement of popular resistance aborning. You watched them in the sky. He and Williams adopted a son. A few days later, the Democratic Convention began in Chicago. The sense of satisfaction in recalling a life of consequence, together with others whod been there, was palpable. Two months later, Hayden and Daley would lead opposing armies of the night into combat . He was married to Jane Fonda for 17 years, and is the father of actor Troy Garity. SDS Founder, Tom Hayden on Participatory Democracy From Port Huron to Occupy Wall Street, http://img.youtube.com/vi/AJeAF3E2yl0/0.jpg, DemocracyNow.org We speak with Tom Hayden, principal author of the Port Huron statement 50 years ago, the founding document of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Tom Hayden, who burst out of the 1960s counterculture as a radical leader of America's civil rights and antiwar movements, but rocked the boat more gently . NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks to Bonnie Raitt about her friendship with the Mose Allison. I just play the music that I love with musicians that I respect, and fortunately, I'm in a position where people are willing to play with me, and perhaps I can do something to help them. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. 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. http://img.youtube.com/vi/coEzsUJYikM/0.jpg. A final word: Hayden wasnt a hater. Two years later, he would be elected president of Chile, thus setting off a three-year American effort to destabilize his government. I was able to shake his hand later and tell him I appreciated it. Hayden lived in Los Angeles and was married to his third wife, actress Barbara Williams, at the time of his death.
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