Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama, by Tom Hayden
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In this unique and compelling book Tom Hayden argues that Barack Obama would not have been able to mount a successful presidential campaign without the movements of the 1960s. The Long Sixties shows that movements throughout history triumph over Machiavellians, gaining social reforms while leaving both revolutionaries and reactionaries frustrated. Hayden argues that the 1960s left a critical imprint on America, from civil rights laws to the birth of the environmental movement, and forced open the political process to women and people of colour. He urges President Obama to continue this legacy with a popular programme of economic recovery, green jobs and health care reform. The Long Sixties is a carefully researched history which will be of interest to activists, journalists and historians as the fiftieth anniversary of the 1960s begins.
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- Published on: 2015-11-17
- Released on: 2015-11-17
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Long Sixties: From 1960 to Barack Obama, by Tom Hayden From Booklist *Starred Review* With the approach of a decade of anniversaries of the 1960s, iconic figure Hayden stakes a strong claim in the ongoing debate over memories of the turbulent time. He begins by reviewing “movements and Machiavellians,” attempts at social progress and the powers that be that blocked every step before co-opting and adopting modified reforms. Concerned about how memories of the ’60s are presented in the media, he argues that the decade has had a profound effect on American culture and politics, leading up to the election of Barack Obama. Hayden’s analysis offers a sense of the sweep and depth of reform movements across the U.S. that had been brewing for decades and ignited in the ’60s, including civil rights, women’s rights, gay and lesbian rights, and the green movement. Hayden intersperses analysis with personal memories of his years with Students for a Democratic Society, the Chicago 8 conspiracy trial, visiting Vietnam. He ponders how different global politics would be now if Machiavellians hadn’t stopped leftist developments and laments the commodification of the ’60s and its activist figures. Hayden combines the fervor of his radical youth and continued commitment to progressive politics, the introspection of his years, and the research and analysis of his academic career in this insightful, passionate look at progressive reform. --Vanessa Bush
Review Tom Hayden is an American original... --Charles Derber, coauthor of Morality Wars and The New Feminized Majority
About the Author Tom Hayden-social activist, legislator, educator, and speaker-is the author of The Port Huron Statement, long considered the founding document of the Sixties movement. He is the author of more than 15 books including, most recently, Voices of the Chicago 8: A Generation on Trial (2008) and Writings for a Democratic Society: The Tom Hayden Reader (2008). He writes for The Nation and many other magazines.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. The Project Had Noble Intentions By Robin Orlowski It falls short through trying to be a too expansive history of the 1960's. And lots of good things came out of the 1960s. Hayden himself and then-wife Jane Fonda gained cult-like status as figures of the left while they organized against the war in Vietnam and for other progressive causes such as civil rights.So it's natural that he'd want to reflect on these 'glory days'. Unfortunately, how he's doing it just doesn't work. The book format is too long.And Obama has by now demonstrated that he is not the second coming of that New Left.Merely being the first African American elected to the office and from the Democratic party does not qualify somebody as a 'liberal'. Coming from the trenches of Chicago's political machine, Obama's political expedience strategically places him to the right of predecessors Jesse Jackson and then earlier, Shirley Chisholm. They were candidates of the left, but they had no chance of obtaining either the nomination or the election because of that alliance.Trying to make peace with the administration's current policy decisions, he appears to romanticize Obama: the image.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Tom Haydens' ideas are always worth a visit. By craig brammer In 1966,as a junior in college, I read his Port Huron statement. This may have been the defining document of the New Left in this era.Up to Berkeley and Pacific School of Religion for 4 years graduate work, the ideas and feelings of the moments are well remembered by Tom.The 70's and 80's and his perspective are rich in what I observed and what I didn't. I had him speak a community forum in the fall of 1972, at Asbury United Methodist Church, East Los Angeles. He drew a nice crowd, tho we had hoped Jane would come along.Most writers, one can skim and spead read. Not this book, each sentence and paragraph contains multiple ideas and references. Not a difficult read, but one that must be put down, absorbed, reflected on, and then picked up again.When the firestorm over Reverend Jeremiah Wright and his black liberation theology hit the headlines, I remembered James Cone and many others voicing these same points 30 years earlier. Todays' young reporters did not live this, nor did whites (mostly).He hopes to connect the 60's with Barach Obama but fails. His primary beginning statement: "Obama was created in a classic rebellious act of interracial love". Beyond that, President Obama is his own man.All said and done, Tom Hayden is a brilliant thinker and advocate. For those seeking to know the thinking of the era, a must read book.
9 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Could Be Better By David F. Mcginnis Tom Hayden is often described a "leader of the 60's Movement." Yet the 60's Movement really had no leader(s). Hayden makes this point here, that The Movement grew spontaneously and had no real leader. In fact he seeks to generalize about The Movement and movements in general. This may be useful but seems of academic interest, mostly. It makes no predictions and uncovers no new insights about the 60's.I agree with Tom that the 60's began around 1957 and lasted until 1974 when Nixon resigned, and that there were two 60's divided sometime around 1965. Taken together, these form the Long Sixties. Prior to that year, prior to the Vietnam War, there was only a diffuse and inchohate feeling that change was happening. After 1965 there was a demand for change, now! When it did not come, things got intense. Tom makes good points about the assassinations; we forget that there were many more than the Big Three of John, Martin, Bobby. He also makes a good point about the infiltration of dissident groups by the FBI, etc., and the possibility that the CIA was behind some of the proliferation of drug use at the time, the idea being that this would divert the movement from politics into...recreation. Remember how the CIA sold crack to raise money for the Contras? Coulda happened.But Tom needs better editors. Is this a personal memoire or history? He needs someone to rid him of the bad habit of the dash. His sentences should be shortened to where they communicate one idea at a time. Extraneous material following dashes should be given a sentence of its own, be fair. These days, I just plain hate dashes.Also his attempt to tie Obama to the 60's does not work. Progressives wishing he were otherwise are in for further disappointments I'd say. He has enough problems without we lay the 60's on him, too.The 60's are important in their own right and they have a lot to say about today. For instance those who decry the present divide in national politics should look back. They would see these are halcyon days comparatively. Go down the list: cities burning? Nope. Street demonstrations practically daily? Nope. Campus unrest? Nope. Assassinations? Nope. Excellent music on underground FM radio stations? Nope. :)He gets three stars for coming on like a leader and using too many dashes besides.
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