He remained an enduring voice against war and spent his later years as a prolific writer and lecturer advocating for reform of America's political institutions.
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Tom Hayden on the Iraq War in July 2003
"It's time to break through the denial of the media and the politicians before more Americans die while guarding Baghdad trash pits. It's time to call it what it is, a deepening quagmire."
“The Famine experience has not ended, and will not end until forgotten ghosts of our past are finally at rest in our reverence, until the world’s children are safe from famine today, until we live in a world where all of us are truly home, and none of us feel away.” Tom Hayden.
“We carry the legacies, the spirits, the traumas, and the qualities of our invisible ancestors.” A hidden Ireland within us. Tom Hayden. Irish Hunger. 1997. #HappyStPatricksDay#Angortamor
“The history that was buried in the field was too buried inside me to be released.” #TomHayden on dealing with the traumatic legacy of the great Irish Famine.
“These trains are rolling toxic time bombs” - July 26, 1993 - A General Chemical rail car exploded in Richmond CA releasing a 17 mile toxic plume sickening over 25,000 people.