February 2020
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Dear friends, Since our founding in 2003, Historians Against the War/Historians for Peace & Democracy has operated as a loose network. Anyone who agreed with our mission was considered a supporter or member. This open-door policy allowed us to reach out and incorporate thousands of people. 2019 was a year of sustained activism by…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest "The Conversation about American Torture Is 400 Years Old" By William Fitzhugh Brundage, Aeon, posted February 20 "For 400 years, Americans have argued that their violence is justified while the violence of others constitutes barbarism." The author teaches history at the University of North Carolina and his latest book…
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Congressional Update By Carolyn "Rusti" Eisenberg and Prasannan Parthasarathi, H-PAD Legislative Coordinators Important Vote in Senate This Week The US Senate will be voting, perhaps as early as today, on Senate resolution S.J. 68, Tim Kaine's War Power Resolution, which directs the President to terminate the use of U.S. Armed Forces for hostilities against Iran…
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https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/174241 A Victory for the Immigrants’ Rights Working Group of Historians for Peace and Democracy