The Port Huron Statement: The Vision Call of the 1960s Revolution

Hayden, Tom

ISBN 10: 1560257415 / ISBN 13: 9781560257417

Editore: PublicAffairs, 2005

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• Titolo: The Port Huron Statement: The Vision Call of the 1960s Revolution
• Editore: PublicAffairs
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1560257415
• ISBN 13: 9781560257417
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: Very Good

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A historic document of American history is finally returned to print!

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Tom Hayden, who drafted the Port Huron Statement in 1962 when he was 21 years old, was among the founders of Students for a Democratic Society, a Freedom Rider in the segregated South, a community organizer in the slums of New Jersey, an opponent of the Vietnam War who was indicted by Richard Nixon, and eventually served in the California Legislature for 18 years. He currently teaches at Occidental College and writes on the nature of social movements in Los Angeles. He is the author of nine books, including THE LAST GOSPEL OF THE EARTH, THE WHOLE WORLD WAS WATCHING, and IRISH HUNGER. The New York Times cited his 1988 book, REUNION, as one of the best of the year.

Tom Hayden has been a leader of anti-war, civil rights, and environmental movements in America since the 1960s. He drafted the famous "Port Huron Statement" for Students for a Democratic Society.

A California State Senator for eighteen years, he is the author and editor of many books including Reunion: A Memoir; Irish Hunger; and Irish on the Inside: In Search of the Soul of Irish-America; Trial; The American Future, and The Lost Gospel of the Earth.