After Words
Tom Hayden
2008-06-28T22:04:53-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/46a/204500-m.jpgFormer California State Senator Tom Hayden talked about his book, Writings for a Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader, published by City Lights Publishers. The book collects Mr. Hayden’s pieces on various social
and political issues that he has engaged in since the early 1960s. As a founding member of Students for a Democratic Society, Mr. Hayden was a prominent figure in the movement against the Vietnam War and was one of the eight people charged with conspiracy after leading street demonstrations in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Later he served 18 years in the California State Assembly and Senate, and more recently has been active in preventing gang violence and ending the war in Iraq. He was interviewed on the C-SPAN BookTV Bus while at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
The guest interviewer was Jon Wiener, professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. Professor Wiener’s books include Historians in Trouble and [Gimme So
Former California State Senator Tom Hayden talked about his book, Writings for a Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader, published by City Lights…
read more
Former California State Senator Tom Hayden talked about his book, Writings for a Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader, published by City Lights Publishers. The book collects Mr. Hayden’s pieces on various social
and political issues that he has engaged in since the early 1960s. As a founding member of Students for a Democratic Society, Mr. Hayden was a prominent figure in the movement against the Vietnam War and was one of the eight people charged with conspiracy after leading street demonstrations in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Later he served 18 years in the California State Assembly and Senate, and more recently has been active in preventing gang violence and ending the war in Iraq. He was interviewed on the C-SPAN BookTV Bus while at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
The guest interviewer was Jon Wiener, professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. Professor Wiener’s books include Historians in Trouble and [Gimme So close
and political issues that he has engaged in since the early 1960s. As a founding member of Students for a Democratic Society, Mr. Hayden was a prominent figure in the movement against the Vietnam War and was one of the eight people charged with conspiracy after leading street demonstrations in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Later he served 18 years in the California State Assembly and Senate, and more recently has been active in preventing gang violence and ending the war in Iraq. He was interviewed on the C-SPAN BookTV Bus while at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
The guest interviewer was Jon Wiener, professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. Professor Wiener’s books include Historians in Trouble and [Gimme So
Former California State Senator Tom Hayden talked about his book, Writings for a Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader, published by City Lights… read more
Former California State Senator Tom Hayden talked about his book, Writings for a Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader, published by City Lights Publishers. The book collects Mr. Hayden’s pieces on various social
and political issues that he has engaged in since the early 1960s. As a founding member of Students for a Democratic Society, Mr. Hayden was a prominent figure in the movement against the Vietnam War and was one of the eight people charged with conspiracy after leading street demonstrations in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Later he served 18 years in the California State Assembly and Senate, and more recently has been active in preventing gang violence and ending the war in Iraq. He was interviewed on the C-SPAN BookTV Bus while at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
The guest interviewer was Jon Wiener, professor of history at the University of California, Irvine. Professor Wiener’s books include Historians in Trouble and [Gimme So close
People in this video
Hosting Organization
Series
Purchase a Download
After Words with Tom Hayden
-
MP3 audio - Standard
- Price:
- $0.99
Related Video
-
Open Phones: Democratic Convention
Telephone lines were opened for viewer comments.
-
1968 Democratic Convention
Newsreel footage from 1968 showed the violence both outside and on the convention floor during the 1968 Democratic…
-
Open Phones: Democratic Convention
Phone lines were opened for callers with questions or comments concerning the 1992 National Democratic Convention or the…
-
Open Phones: Democratic National Convention
Telephone callers commented on the just completed 1992 Democratic National Convention.
User Created Clips from This Video
-
- 1 minute
- 9 views
-
- 59 minutes
- 5 views