Stories by Tom Hayden
Tom Hayden was a leader of the student, civil rights, peace and environmental movements of the 1960s. He served 18 years in the California legislature, where he chaired labor, higher education and natural resources committees. He is the author of ten books, including "Street Wars" (New Press, 2004). He is a professor at Occidental College, Los Angeles, and was a visiting fellow at Harvard's Institute of Politics last fall.
In a stunning breakthrough for Obama, Iraq's prime minister endorsed the Dem candidate's timeline for withdrawing combat troops from Iraq.
Posted on Jul 19, 2008
Obama is serious about a withdrawal plan for Iraq, but he's committed himself to expanding the wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Dumb Idea.
Posted on Jul 16, 2008
Meet David Kilcullen, an Australian academic and military veteran who advises Gen. Petraeus on counterinsurgency doctrine in Iraq.
Posted on Jun 21, 2008
The presidential candidates have passed up the chance to say something new or hopeful that might end the killing.
Posted on Mar 21, 2008
While Dem contenders spouted rhetoric about "ending the war," the real Iraq War continued safely unchallenged.
Posted on Jan 11, 2008
Barack Obama's support for intervention in Pakistan if there is "actionable intelligence" against al-Qaeda legitimizes Bush's escalation plans.
Posted on Jan 7, 2008
How the escalation in Iraq is both a campaign move and a way to force Sunnis out of Baghdad and into second-class status.
Posted on Jan 9, 2007
Far from demanding to 'bring the troops home now,' Congress has begun considering what steps will create a stable Iraq without involving our soldiers.
Posted on Sep 20, 2005
The door is swinging wide open for the peace movement -- and politicians in the Democratic Party -- to offer an exit strategy for Iraq.
Posted on Aug 25, 2005
The anti-war movement can force the Bush administration to leave Iraq by denying it the funding, troops, and alliances necessary to its strategy for dominance.
Posted on Nov 23, 2004
A transition to a new generation of leadership is needed if the massive outpouring of activism of the past year is to flourish and be funded for the future.
Posted on Nov 8, 2004
On Tuesday, the traditions of civil disobedience and electoral politics may converge.
Posted on Nov 1, 2004
The belief that the Chicago '68 protests were the reason that Humphrey lost is unfounded. So too is the idea that John Kerry's prospects will be hurt by the demonstrations at the Republican convention in New York.
Posted on Aug 26, 2004
Dave Dellinger was a coalition-builder, a nonconformist, a pacifist. He was a living mountain of a man.
Posted on Jun 7, 2004
105 gang members burned to death in a Honduran prison fire in May. It's clear that the Honduran war on gangs is out of control; what isn't so clear is the U.S. connection.
Posted on Jun 2, 2004
Four decades after the egalitarian '60s and some 225 years since the Declaration of Independence, American voters must choose between two members of an elite secret society. The lesson is that aristocracy still survives democracy.
Posted on May 18, 2004
Bolivia is becoming the epicenter of battles against neo-liberal financial institutions like the World Bank and the U.S.-sponsored forced eradication of coca production.
Posted on May 7, 2004
The war on gangs has resulted in a body count of 25,000 people nationwide in the past two decades. We need to drastically change our approach to inner-city youth and gangs; we need a peace movement against the war on gangs and the war on drugs.
Posted on Apr 28, 2004
While most Americans would like to forget the past, the Vietnam War is about to be relived this election season. Misrepresenting Jane Fonda's involvement -- again -- is just the beginning.
Posted on Mar 8, 2004
The Democratic presidential candidates have adopted the broad goals of the peace and justice movements, becoming anti-war and pro-fair trade in the course of the primaries.
Posted on Feb 17, 2004
The close of this year's World Social Forum poses an opportunity to explore the organizational and ideological challenges that lie ahead, and to decide how the movement will push forward with its goals.
Posted on Jan 27, 2004
A new generation of progressive Indian-Americans are taking on the conservatives now trying to dominate and speak for their community.
Posted on Jan 23, 2004
Instead of fragmenting the global justice movement, the war in Iraq has prompted a peace movement heavily influenced by the anti-globalization analysis of the World Social Forum.
Posted on Jan 19, 2004
Developing countries at the WSF are saying no to Washington's agenda. Will anti-Americanism become the driving passion of global politics?
Posted on Jan 18, 2004
As the January primaries quickly approach, the Anybody-But-Dean syndrome is becoming as infectious as the flu among rival Democrat camps.
Posted on Dec 9, 2003
The Miami summit left many questions in its wake, like, what's up with Brazil, and what's next for the global justice movement?
Posted on Dec 1, 2003
Even as FTAA protestors and trade ministers poured out of town in droves, the city's Robo-Cops continued to demonstrate the 'Miami model' of suppression -- with pepper spray, rubber bullets and drawn weapons.
Posted on Nov 21, 2003
The FTAA summit began with a paranoid police force attacking peaceful demonstrators. A sudden decision to end the event a day early has averted a possibly bloodier ending.
Posted on Nov 20, 2003
With Sharpton's attack on Dean, the Democratic presidential candidates enter a new phase, marked by nastier assaults on the frontrunner than on Bush.
Posted on Nov 7, 2003
Politics becomes live entertainment when Chris Matthews and an audience of Ivy League students get up close and personal with the presidential candidates.
Posted on Oct 29, 2003
Converging progressive movements are in sync with the larger body of public opinion, and are spilling over into the mainstream to create a new global movement.
Posted on Oct 21, 2003
Marking a break from years of bloody confrontations and outright police violence, security forces show unprecedented restraint at the WTO.
Posted on Sep 15, 2003
The derailment of the WTO summit is the biggest triumph for the anti-globalization movement since Seattle.
Posted on Sep 15, 2003
While members of G-21 led by Brazil ally themselves with activists to resist U.S. pressure, protesters have a rare moment of accord with the police.
Posted on Sep 13, 2003
The death of the Korean farmer and activist cast a long shadow over the WTO summit, with activists publicly mourning his death through protest.
Posted on Sep 12, 2003
The ritual suicide of a South Korean farmer in protest of WTO policies marked the end of a day of confrontation.
Posted on Sep 11, 2003
Thousands of campesinos are gearing up to stage a series of protests to empower delegates from developing countries to just say no to trade agreements.
Posted on Sep 10, 2003
The world's sole superpower is feeling lonely at the Mexico summit, besieged by dissent inside the WTO and grassroots protests on the outside.
Posted on Sep 9, 2003
For the moment, progressive networks are vibrant in Iowa, fueling a rising sense that George Bush can be defeated in 2004.
Posted on Aug 12, 2003
The inevitable assassination of Saddam Hussein will be a public spectacle intended to reassure an insecure America -- but it won't end the guerrilla war in Iraq.
Posted on Aug 1, 2003
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