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Tom Hayden

BlackCommentator.com Guest Commentator Tom Hayden has spent over fifty years as a political activist and writer. Mr. Hayden is still a leading voice for ending the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Pakistan, for erasing sweatshops, saving the environment, and reforming politics through a more participatory democracy. His Website is TomHayden.com - The Peace and Justice Resource Center. Click here to contact Mr. Hayden.

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Bernie’s Long Shot Campaign Strategy

By Tom Hayden Guest Commentator

Bernie's advantages are these: spirit, momentum, money and polls showing he’s better in a showdown with Trump. His disadvantages are the lack of a broad base in communities of color, above all, and the fear among Democratic officials that their candidates will suffer if they run on the same ballot with a democratic socialist this fall.

Bernie’s Continental Army (what else to call it?) is readying to throw itself into a vital string of primaries from Wisconsin (April 5) to the Wyoming…

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What Will it Take To Bring Obama Home? – An Obama Alternative in 2012 is Unimaginable, Moving Left – Part 6

By Tom Hayden Guest Commentator

Note: This is a response to “How do we respond to Obama?” by Bill Fletcher, Jr. On Bill Fletcher’s Thoughts on Obama I agree with Bill Fletcher’s essay on how to approach Obama in 2012. I only wish to add these thoughts. First, I knew very well that Obama was a centrist, because he declared…

Note: This is a response to “How do we respond to Obama?” by Bill Fletcher, Jr. On Bill Fletcher's Thoughts on Obama I agree with Bill…

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