R.I.P. Tom Hayden. ¡Presente! John Nichols at The Nation writes— Tom Hayden Taught Us How to Get Beyond Trump and Trumpism: Hayden’s lifetime was devoted to challenging the dogmas of the right, and the false populism of conservative politicians who would exploit global uncertainty for domestic gain. As the primary author of the Port Huron Statement, Hayden reflected on how “discontented, super-patriotic groups would emerge through political channels and explain their ultra-conservatism as the best means of Victory over Communism.” And he explained how this politics “becomes an umbrella by which to protest liberalism, internationalism, welfarism, the active civil rights and labor movements.” Tom Hayden never lost faith.

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