Tom Hayden

Tom Hayden, the former California state assemblyman and senator, author, lifelong activist, and Nation editorial board member, died in Santa Monica on October 23, 2016. He was the author of more than 20 books, including most recently Hell No: The Forgotten Power of the Vietnam Peace Movement (Yale) and Listen, Yankee! Why Cuba Matters (Seven Stories).

The Silence of MoveOn The Silence of MoveOn

MoveOn, once the most powerful grassroots peace organization, has rendered its members voiceless on the expanding wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan. And that silence sends a message...

May 26, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden

Did McChrystal Violate Geneva Conventions? Did McChrystal Violate Geneva Conventions?

Obama's pick to be the top US commander in Afghanistan directed a screening center in Iraq in 2003 that held terror suspects in secret facilities to which the Red Cross did not hav...

May 19, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden

McChrystal’s Rise: More Secrets, Less Daylight McChrystal’s Rise: More Secrets, Less Daylight

His new role can only mean an intensified campaign of secret--and dirty--warfare in the remote villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

May 13, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden

The Politics of Escalation The Politics of Escalation

Democrats in Congress are quashing criticism of military escalation in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

May 12, 2009 / Editorial / Tom Hayden and Joseph Gerson

Understanding the Long War Understanding the Long War

A "Long War" may be underway in South and Central Asia and the Middle East that could last fifty years. Only a fifty-year commitment to peace can prevent it.

May 7, 2009 / Feature / Tom Hayden

Ten More Things You Can Do to Oppose War in Afghanistan Ten More Things You Can Do to Oppose War in Afghanistan

Take these concrete steps to build an antiwar infrastructure from the bottom up.

Apr 30, 2009 / Editorial / Tom Hayden

Don’t Go There Mr. President! Don’t Go There Mr. President!

Sending 17,000 or 21,000 more US troops to Afghanistan will not protect Americans against Al Qaeda attacks

Mar 27, 2009 / Editorial / Tom Hayden

Rage Is Good Rage Is Good

Demonstrations April 4 calling Wall Street to account could help progressive populism come alive in America. Obama and Congress need the pressure.

Mar 6, 2009 / Editorial / Tom Hayden

Partial Peace, Looming War Partial Peace, Looming War

The peace movement claims victory with Obama's promise to pull US troops from Iraq by 2011. But elsewhere in a volatile world, a long war looms.

Mar 1, 2009 / Editorial / Tom Hayden

Iraq Pact Challenges Antiwar Movement Iraq Pact Challenges Antiwar Movement

The US-Iraq Security Pact signals the war is ending--though not soon enough--and challenges peace activists to broaden their agenda against new quagmires.

Dec 1, 2008 / Feature / Tom Hayden

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