Tom HaydenAuthor Tom Hayden has devoted his life to peace, social justice and progressive politics. After forty years of activism, politics and writing, he 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, including most recently Ending the War in Iraq (Akashic Books 2007); Reunion (Random House, 1988), reissued as Rebel (2002); The Lost Gospel of the Earth (Sierra Club, 1996, reissue 2006); Irish on the Inside (Verso, 2001); Street Wars (New Press, 2004); and The Port Huron Statement (Thunders Mouth, 2005). Read more about Tom Hayden.