Countless people were injured during the protests. God knows—after the sit-ins, the ban-the-bomb marches, the freedom rides, the draft-card burnings, the campus riots, and Chicago—he's trying. The Chicago Eight included Abbie Hoffman, Tom Hayden, David Dellinger, Jerry Rubin, Lee Weiner, Rennie Davis, John Froines and Bobby Seale. "[28], In 2007, Hayden made news for his speech at the wedding of his son Troy, where, as Hilton Als wrote in The New Yorker, he "said that he was especially happy about his son's union with actress Simone Bent, who is black, because, among other things, it was 'another step in a long-term goal of mine: the peaceful, non-violent disappearance of the white race. Three months before the Chicago Eight trial began, a group of prominent writers and thinkers published a letter to the editors of The New York Review of Booksarguing that the anti-riot law set a dangerous precedent. Michael Finnegan (October 23, 2016). Writing about Hayden's role in the 1960s New Left, Nicholas Lemann, national correspondent for The Atlantic, said that "Tom Hayden changed America", calling him "father to the largest mass protests in American history", and Richard N. Goodwin, who was a speechwriter for presidents Lyndon B. Johnson and John F. Kennedy, said that Hayden, "without even knowing it, inspired the Great Society. Rioting and looting followed, with people flooding out onto the streets of major cities. Will Tom Hayden Overcome? Section 76060.5 allows the establishment of "student representation fees" at colleges in the California Community Colleges System. [18][19] Staughton Lynd later wrote that the New Left disavowed "the Anti-Communism of the previous generation", and that Lynd and Hayden had written, in Studies on the Left: "We refuse to be anti-Communist. He ultimately held on to that seat for eight years. Tom Hayden however worried that there would be mass arrests and a further escalation in violence, he urged protesters to disperse to the streets in small groups and try to make their way back to the Hilton Hotel. But despite the tumultuous trial that followed, Hayden symbolized courage in the face of pressure from the government. In early 1968, the National Mobilization Committee opened a Chicago office directed by Rennie Davis and Tom Hayden, who were leading political organizers at the time and former leaders of Students for a Democratic Society. In 1973, he married actress Jane Fonda, whom he’d met at an antiwar rally. [3] As a result, when he graduated in 1956,[4][1] he was banned from attending his graduation ceremony and only received a diploma.[3]. Godfrey Hodgson (October 27, 2016). "[7] The sponsoring League for Industrial Democracy (LID) took immediate issue. The Guardian. George Rose/Getty ImagesHayden in 1976, the year he ran against California Senator John V. Tunney. Davis and four co-defendants — Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and David Dellinger — were convicted of conspiracy to incite a riot during the “Chicago Seven” trial in … [1] Hayden attended a Catholic elementary school, where he read out loud to nuns and "learned to fear hell. "[20], In 1968, Hayden joined the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam ("the Mobe"), and played a major role in the protests outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Born Thomas Emmett Hayden on Dec. 11, 1939, in Royal Oak, Michigan, Tom Hayden had a turbulent childhood. Oct. 2, 1969. Firmly politically engaged by 1960, Tom Hayden managed to snag an interview with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. amidst the masses outside the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles. The historic trial of the Chicago Seven saw prominent antiwar activists charged with conspiracy to incite a riot while crossing state lines. : 1–2. Through carefully crafted production, the film blurs the lines between 1968 and 2020, rightfully so. [34] Hayden served as a member of the advisory board for the Progressive Democrats of America, an organization created to increase progressive political cooperation and influence within the Democratic Party. He was 76 years old. He spoke many times about the era that planted his name in the American consciousness as a radical firebrand, anti-Vietnam War protester and defendant in the Chicago … Protesters clash with the National Guard during the August 1968 riots at the Democratic National Convention. 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. 1968 Chicago Riot Left Mark On Political Protests Democrats are gathering for their national convention in Denver with the party divided and the country mired in an unpopular war. By then, the pair had already been through a major controversy together, after Fonda visited Vietnam in 1972 and was photographed on a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun. Refined and adopted at the first Students for Democratic Society (SDS) convention in June 1962, the Port Huron Statement called for a "new left" committed, in the spirit of participatory democracy, to "deliberativeness, honesty [and] reflection. [13], President of the United Packinghouse Workers of America Ralph Helstein arranged for Hayden to meet with Saul Alinsky. This 64-page manifesto called for “participatory democracy,” through which his generation could truly have a voice. The riots themselves started on 28 August 1968, when several thousand protestors tried to march to the International Amphitheatre, where the Democratic National Congress was being held. Whatever else one says about Tom Hayden, he practices what he preaches. Hayden also founded the Indochina Peace Campaign (IPC), which operated from 1972 to 1975. Tom Hayden played a big part in the protests against the Vietnam War during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, which resulted in violent clashes between police and protesters He and Williams adopted a son, Liam (born 2000). "The Politics of 'The Movement'", in Irving Howe (ed.). He spoke many times about the era that planted his name in the American consciousness as a radical firebrand, anti-Vietnam War protester and defendant in the Chicago 7 conspiracy trial. Senator John V. Tunney. the "Chicago Seven" after Bobby Seale's case was separated from the others. [23] The next year he married Fonda and they had one child, Troy Garity, born on July 7, 1973. “I’m Jefferson in terms of democracy,” he said, “I’m Thoreau in terms of environment, and Crazy Horse in terms of social movements.”[41] In his last years, however, he also described himself as "an archeological dig."[42][43]. Soon riots began, primarily in black urban areas. ‘The Radical Inside The System’: The Story Of Chicago 7 Activist-Turned-Senator Tom Hayden. They also blamed seven other key activists who were involved. Chicago 1968: glimpses of when the Democrats met amid a summer of unrest ... Tom Hayden and John Froines get lunch during the trial in 1970. Davis and four co-defendants — Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and David Dellinger — were convicted of conspiracy to incite a riot during the “Chicago Seven" trial in 1969 and 1970. He served as the editor for the school newspaper, and in his farewell column in the newspaper, he used the first letter of successive paragraphs to spell "Go to hell". The 1968 riots in Chicago led by SDS radicals could be repeated this year. Rennie Davis, one of the “Chicago Seven” activists put on trial for organizing an anti-Vietnam War protest outside the 1968 Democratic Convention, died Tuesday. A federal appeals court overturned the convictions, citing errors by U.S. District Judge Julius Hoffman. While he continued to fight for progressive causes, Hayden began to view his youthful endeavors as “overly romantic.”, During the 50th anniversary of the Port Huron Statement, he admitted, “You don’t navigate challenges and remain unchanged. The Chicago Seven (originally Chicago Eight, also Conspiracy Eight/Conspiracy Seven) were seven defendants - Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, and Lee Weiner - charged with conspiracy, inciting to riot, and other charges related to countercultural protests that took place in Chicago, Illinois on the occasion of the 1968 … CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (. Hayden in the thick of protests during the Democratic National Convention. [14], Hayden committed himself to the effort. The primary cause of the demonstrations and the subsequent riots during the 1968 Chicago convention was opposition to the Vietnam War. He taught a class at University of California, Los Angeles on protests from Port Huron to the present. The 1968 Chicago riots, in the United States, were sparked in part by the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Hayden and four others were convicted of crossing state lines to incite a riot, but the charges were later reversed and remanded on appeal. Hayden died in Santa Monica, California, on October 23, 2016, aged 76, following a lengthy illness, including a stroke. The primary cause of the demonstrations and the subsequent riots during the 1968 Chicago convention was opposition to the Vietnam War. 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 as the Vietnam War escalated in 1963, so did Hayden’s efforts to stop it. The government did not re-try the case, and thereafter elected to dismiss the substantive charges. Bettmann/Getty ImagesHayden addresses reporters in Chicago’s Dirksen Federal Building. Here, we explore the true story that inspired Aaron Sorkin's 'The Trial of the Chicago 7,' which happened after the protests and riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. In early 1968, the National Mobilization Committee opened a Chicago office directed by Rennie Davis and Tom Hayden, who were leading political organizers at the time and former leaders of Students for a Democratic Society. [citation needed], In 2016, Hayden ran to be one of California's representatives to the Democratic National Committee. An anti-Vietnam War protest had long been planned, but things soon spiralled out of control. Michael Ochs Archives/Getty ImagesHayden in the thick of protests during the Democratic National Convention. And it was at the University of Michigan where he truly found his purpose. 2, pp. As the editor of his high school paper, he used his farewell column to write, “Go to hell,” by using the first letter of each successive paragraph to do so. But with strong ideals and experience with activism under his belt, the 22-year-old drafted the Port Huron Statement — a call for a cultural revolution. Tom Hayden devoted his life to progressive ideals that the American establishment deemed radical in the 1960s. He was married to Jane Fonda for 17 years, and was the father of actor Troy Garity. Fifteen years ago, Aaron Sorkin began laying the groundwork for a film based on one of the most compelling legal showdowns of the late 1960s. However, the last man, Seale, was eventually removed from the proceedings, which dropped the total number of defendants to seven. With twenty-five years experience in Chicago and across the country, Alinsky was considered the father of community organizing. “In view of the fact that Hayden is an effective speaker who appeals to intellectual groups and has also worked with and supported the Negro people in their program in Newark," agents recommended that he "be placed on the Rabble Rouser Index.”[16], Hayden was later to suggest that if ERAP across the country had failed to build to greater success (the promised "interracial movement of the poor") it was because of the escalating U.S. commitment in Vietnam: "Once again the government met an internal crisis by starting an external crisis. Indiana cop fired for neo-Nazi internet forum ties. While Aaron Sorkin’s upcoming Netflix movie The Trial of the Chicago 7 hopes to deliver a breathtaking courtroom drama, the true story of the Chicago Seven and its role in Tom Hayden’s life is even more inspiring. It almost cost him his diploma. 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. [38] 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. Godfrey Hodgson (2016). The Days of Rage demonstrations were a series of violent actions taken over a course of three days in October 1969 in Chicago, organized by the Weatherman faction of the counterculture-era group Students for a Democratic Society. Davis and four co-defendants — Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and David Dellinger — were convicted of conspiracy to incite a riot during the “Chicago Seven" trial in 1969 and 1970. Tom Hayden, in full Thomas Emmet Hayden, (born December 11, 1939, Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S.—died October 23, 2016, Santa Monica, California), American activist and author. [1] When Hayden was 10, his parents divorced, and his mother raised him. [33] Student representation fees are used to support the operation of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges. It depicts their travels through North and South Vietnam in spring 1974.[24]. It would be the first of many trips he’d take to the country in the following years. Bettmann/Getty ImagesHayden speaking to protesters at Chicago’s Lincoln Park. And none of them would serve time — since a Court of Appeal overturned the criminal convictions in 1972 due to the judge’s procedural errors as well as his overt hostility to the defendants. With the 1968 Democratic National Convention looming ahead and with ending the war being his top priority, Hayden headed to Chicago — and walked straight into American history. Despite iconic witnesses on their side, Hoffman, Rubin, Dellinger, Davis, and Hayden were all found guilty of crossing state lines with the intention of starting a riot. Tom Hayden remembers the first time he tried to enter the Conrad Hilton Hotel on Chicago's Michigan Avenue.. “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” written by acclaimed screenwriter, Aaron Sorkin, tells the true story of the 8 men put on trial for inciting violence during the 1968 Chicago riots that followed the assassinations of JFK, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy. Oct. 2, 1969. That year, with other SNCC women, Casey Hayden coauthored "Sex and Caste"[9] since regarded as a founding document of second-wave feminism. Hayden was best known for his role as an anti-war and civil rights activist in the 1960s, authoring the Port Huron Statement and standing trial in the Chicago Seven case. [12] By the end of 1964 ERAP had ten inner-city projects engaging 125 student volunteers. Thomas Emmet Hayden (December 11, 1939 – October 23, 2016) was an American social and political activist, author, and politician. In later years, he ran for political office numerous times, winning seats in both the California Assembly and California Senate. Stirred by her "ability to think morally [and] express herself poetically," Hayden soon followed her into the left-wing grouping. "[17], In 1965, while still committed in Newark, Hayden, along with Communist Party USA member Herbert Aptheker and Quaker peace activist Staughton Lynd, undertook a controversial visit to North Vietnam. King’s words of wisdom would stay with Hayden forever, as he recalled in his memoir, Reunion. This page was last edited on 11 February 2021, at 22:52. The Chicago Seven (originally eight) were political radicals accused of conspiring to incite the riots that occurred at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. [39] He also claimed that he never endorsed Sanders and only supported his campaign with the hopes that it would push Hillary towards the Left. But only eight of them were hit with federal conspiracy charges. Davis and four co-defendants — Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and David Dellinger — were convicted of conspiracy to incite a riot during the Chicago Seven trial in 1969 and 1970. '"[29], During 1976, Hayden made a primary election challenge to California U.S. Co-defendants John Froines and Lee Weiner were acquitted, the AP reported. Early Life & Education. Tom Hayden died from complications related to a stroke on Oct. 23, 2016. By William F. Jasper I would object to … While Hayden lost against California Senator John V. Tunney in 1976, he quickly picked himself up and successfully won a seat in the California Legislature in 1982 and held his seat for a decade. He mounted a bid in the Democratic primary for California Governor during 1994 on the theme of campaign finance reform and ran for Mayor of Los Angeles in 1997, losing to incumbent Republican Richard Riordan. [21] Six months after the convention, he and seven other protesters including Rennie Davis, Tom Hayden was long past his heyday of political rebellion and the Chicago 7 trial when he died on Sunday at age 76. Events Leading up the 1968 Convention Riots. One of the preeminent activists of the 1960s, Hayden helped found Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and was arrested as one of the Chicago Seven indicted for conspiracy to incite the riots that accompanied the 1968 … As a member of the State Assembly, Hayden introduced the bill that became Chapter 1238 of the California Statutes of 1987. Hayden ignored the State Department’s travel prohibitions in order to witness Vietnam’s destruction firsthand, becoming one of the first Americans to visit wartime Hanoi in 1965. 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