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NATO countries are poised to add 7,000 soldiers to the US escalation of 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, providing a cover of…
Tom Hayden
After forty years of activism, politics and writing, Tom Hayden still is a leading voice for ending the war in Iraq, erasing sweatshops, saving the environment, and reforming politics through greater citizen participation. Currently he is writing and advocating for US Congressional hearings on exiting Iraq. This year he drafted and lobbied successfully for Los Angeles and San Francisco ordinances to end all taxpayer subsidies for sweatshops. He recently has taught at Pitzer College, Occidental College, and Harvard's Institute of Politics. He has written eyewitness accounts for The Nation , where he serves on the editorial board, about the global justice movements in Brazil, Chile, Bolivia, Chiapas, and India. He is the author or editor of thirteen books.
The president’s proposed Afghanistan policy is not a product of intelligent rethinking so much as it is a predictable Obama preference for…
Last night I participated in a Chicago forum with a retired US general who directs a large “capacity building” program on many…
Let us say, hypothetically, that American forces kill or capture Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar, enabling President Obama to declare victory…
In an interview with SPIEGEL ONLINE, veteran antiwar demonstrator Tom Hayden speaks about the coming ‘storm of protest’ over the war in…
The conference on Afghanistan with Ambassador Richard Holbrooke, sponsored by the Center for American Progress on August 12 turned into a disappointing…
IT WAS A CRYPTIC Pentagon answer to Senator John Kerry’s straightforward question, in notes from the Senate hearing on May 21: Question.…
It’s becoming a pattern: whenever Barack Obama implements a campaign pledge, the dinosaurs used to running things push back. The latest dinosaur…
The Center for American Progress has positioned itself as a "progressive" Washington think tank, especially suited to channel new thinking and expertise…
Hopefully, the demonstrations planned on Wall Street April 4 by United for Peace and Justice and other groups will contribute to the…