Amy Goodman
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History Repeats? Activist Tom Hayden on Police Brutality Protests from the 1960s to Baltimore
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16:38Now PlayingAs protests continue in Baltimore and around the country over the death of Freddie Gray in police custody, we are joined by one of the leading longtime activists in the country, Tom Hayden, who is no stranger to police and protest. In 1968, Hayden was a major organizer of demonstrations against the Vietnam War during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He became one of the Chicago 8 and was convicted of crossing state lines to start a riot. The judge ordered Bobby Seale, one of his fellow defendants and the only African American, to be bound and gagged and chained to his chair. Later Hayden would organize in Newark, New Jersey, and go on to write the book, "Rebellion in NewarkOfficial Violence and Ghetto Response." "The country came to near collapse. Baltimore today was everywhere in 1967’68," Hayden says. "So we have to remember that these issues of going abroad to fight enemies leaves our internal problems festering, and they can blow at any time. So history repeats, I’m sorry to say."
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