Tom Cornell
| Tom Cornell | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Thomas C. Cornell Bridgeport, Conn. |
| Residence | Marlboro, NY |
| Other names | Thomas C. Cornell |
| Education | Fairfield Univ AB 1956; Univ of Bridgeport, MS Sec Ed 1962; Fairfield DLH hc 1990 |
| Occupation | peace activist, poverty worker |
| Known for | organizing the first demonstration against the war in Vietnam, July 16, 1963 and the first corporate act of resistance to the Vietnam draft, November 6, 1965, both in New York City. |
| Movement | Catholic Worker Movement |
| Criminal penalty | 6 months incarceration at Danbury FCI, Conn. |
| Spouse(s) | Monica |
| Children | T. Christopher Cornell, Deirdre Cornell Gould |
| Website | homilies sermons harangues |
Tom Cornell is an associate editor of the Catholic Worker. He is a deacon in the Catholic Church. He is retired and living at the Peter Maurin Farm in Marlboro, New York.
He is a co-founder of the Catholic Peace Fellowship and Pax Christi, USA, a former member of the executive staff of Fellowship of Reconciliation and executive committee of Pax Christi USA and the War Resisters League and the Workers Defense League. He led the first protest against the Vietnam War, which started with only two people from the Catholic Worker, himself and Chris Kearns, July 16, 1963. In ten days their protest grew to 250 and the first nationally televised Vietnam War protest. He also called the first corporate act of resistance to the Vietnam draft, when he and five others, including David McReynolds, burned their draft cards, Nov. 6, 1965, in Union Square, New York City.
In 1967, Cornell signed a public statement declaring his intention to refuse to pay income taxes in protest against the U.S. war against Vietnam
He continues in his opposition to the Iraq War, having visited that country before the Invasion in Dec.-Jan. 2003 and again after in 2004. His reports were published in The Catholic Worker. He has urged that military chaplains be trained in the law regarding conscientious objection and give positive support to claimants.
A Penny a Copy: Readings from The Catholic Worker Edited by Thomas C. Cornell ad James H. Forest Macmillan, 1968 Revised by the same with Robert Ellsberg Orbis, 1995
Protest: Pacifism and Politics James Finn Random House, 1967
The Resistance Michael Ferber and Staughton Lynd Beacon, 1971
With Clumsy Grace: the American Catholic Left, 1961-1975 Charles A. Meconis Seabury, 1979
A Harsh and Dreadful Love William D. Miller Liveright, 1973
Dorothy Day: a Biography William D. Miller Harper & Row, 1982
Breaking Bread: The Catholic Worker and the Origin of Catholic Radicalism in America Mel Piehl Temple, 1982
The Universe Bends Toward Justice: a Reader on Christian Nonviolence Edited by Angie O’Gorman New Society, 1990
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