--- title: Tom Hayden Never Stopped Pushing for Peace and Justice description: As both an activist and an elected leader, Tom Hayden brought the cruelties of war to the public's attention. canonical: https://time.com/4547313/tom-hayden/ author: Eric Garcetti article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-27T10:22:40.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T01:27:10.190Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Tom Hayden Never Stopped Pushing for Peace and Justice og:description: He fought for rights for all og:url: https://time.com/4547313/tom-hayden/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2f4097e2db50cea/6988abaf524fc029d3df9ffb/bernard-gotfryd-tom-hayden-new-york-activist-peace.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: bernard-gotfryd-tom-hayden-new-york-activist-peace og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tom Hayden Never Stopped Pushing for Peace and Justice twitter:description: He fought for rights for all twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd2f4097e2db50cea/6988abaf524fc029d3df9ffb/bernard-gotfryd-tom-hayden-new-york-activist-peace.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Eric Garcetti: Tom Hayden Never Stopped Pushing for Peace and Justice > Sponsored content. 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He firmly believed that a strong democracy is a democracy in which we listen to one another and one in which we don’t just hit the streets, but we also jump into the electoral and legislative processes. As both an activist and an elected leader, Tom brought the cruelties of war to the public’s attention, confronted environmental degradation and fought tirelessly for equal rights for all. His work took him abroad to conflict zones and brought him home to the streets of Los Angeles–where he saved lives by negotiating a gang truce, and took up the cause of protecting tenants from unfair rents. I will miss his sharp intellect and righteous stubbornness. 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