December 2018 – Historians for Peace and Democracy

Articles of interest – Dec. 20, 2018

December 27, 2018 Roger Peace 0

“A New Middle East: Winners and Losers from Trump’s Abrupt Syria Withdrawal” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted December 20. The author teaches Middle Eastern history […]

H-PAD Notes 12/4/18: H-PAD at the AHA; Lemisch memorial reminder

December 4, 2018 Historians for Peace 0

[First a quick reminder: The memorial event for the late historian Jesse Lemisch, co-sponsored by H-PAD, takes place this Thursday, December 6, from 4:30 to […]

This is a series of one-page, printable handouts that summarize important historical events, movements, crises, and more that form the backdrop for our current political situation.

Ellen Schrecker, “McCarthyism, 1947-1960“
Jeremy Kuzmarov, “The U.S. War on Drugs“
Linda Gordon, “The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s“
Robert Oppenheim, “North Korea and Nuclear Weapons“
Geoff Eley, “Is Trump a Fascist?“
Felice Batlan, “Building a Regime of Restrictive Immigration Laws, 1840-1945“
Margaret Power, “Puerto Rico: A U.S. Colony in the Caribbean“
Van Gosse, “Why The United States Is Not A True Democracy, Part One“
Kevin A. Young, “Our Debt to Central American Refugees” also available as a text version with hyperlinks
Van Gosse, “Why the United States Is Not a True Democracy, Part Two”