January 2026
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HPAD members, HPAD is sharing the following message in solidarity with our comrades in the Palestinian Historians Group: We Refuse to be Silenced: The Palestinian Historians Group Responds to the AHA Council Vetoes We, the Palestinian Historians Group, are outraged by the American Historical Association Council’s decision to veto two resolutions that members passed by 78 and
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We want to share the news of our victories at the recent American Historical Association meeting in Chicago. On Jan. 10, 2026, the AHA Business Meeting passed the Resolution in Solidarity with Gaza by a vote of 282 to 76 and the Resolution Opposing Attacks on Core Principles of Education by a vote of 245 to 62. Barbara Weinstein, HPAD,
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Today, Trump’s Target Was Caracas. What Tomorrow?” By Stephen Wertheim, The Guardian, posted January 4 Liken’s Trump’s claim of success in Venezuela to his initial “This is genius” response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Now, “Trump has thrown a country of around 28 million people into uncertainty and tossed