Historians for Peace
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Congressional Bulletin This feature of some H-PAD mailings indicates some Congressional initiatives on issues of concern to participants in H-PAD, along with recommended actions. Congressional Alert on Yemen!! While impeachment is blanketing other issues, many crucial items are pending. Negotiations between House and Senate leadership are underway on the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).…
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Dear H-PAD members and friends, The Steering Committee has issued the following statement on Bolivia. Please see also the list of recommended sources included below. Historians for Peace and Democracy unequivocally condemns the unconstitutional removal of Bolivian President Evo Morales from office on November 10. The coup has directly empowered the Bolivian right, which has…
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Colleagues, We reaching out to request your support for a resolution to be submitted to the AHA on the on the protection of the right to Education in Palestine and Israel. We are hoping to mobilize discussion again in the organization, and we hope that you can sign the resolution so we can submit it again.…
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H-PAD Statement: The Kurdish people in Syria are under brutal military attack by the Turkishstate with the complicity of the president of the United States. We joinpeople around the world in condemning the Turkish offensive, in demandingthat it cease immediately, and in calling for all Turkish forces towithdraw from Syria. More though is needed. Kurds have for a very…
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To members and friends of Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD), Here are some notes followed by our occasional set of article links. 1. The Immigration working group of H-PAD is seeking signatures from members of the American Historical Association for a resolution for an end to ties of universities with the U.S. Immigration and…
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National Call-In day for Korea Peace Tuesday, October 8, 2019 Dear friends, Unfortunately, a hoped-for diplomatic breakthrough failed to materialize this past weekend when working-level US-North Korea talks broke down. But we can’t give up! Although the impeachment fight dominates politics in Washington, the next few weeks will be a very critical time to push…
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Congressional Bulletin This new feature of some mailings will indicate some pending Congressional initiatives on issues of concern to participants in H-PAD, along with recommended actions. Most Immediate: A House-Senate conference committee on the 2020 National Defense Authorization bill is beginnings its work. There are three key provisions in the House bill that are especially…
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Dear friends of Historians for Peace and Democracy, We’re very excited to announce a new series of short H-PAD videos, titled Liberating History. In the age of social media, we believe that short, accessible audiovisuals are vital to reaching the public. So a few months ago we hired a professional videographer to help us…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest "Reflections on 'Peace' in Afghanistan: Leaving a Misguided War and Choosing Not to Look Back" By Andrew J. Bacevich, TomDispatch.com, posted September 10 On parallels between the US wars in Vietnam and Afghanistan.The author is a retired US Army colonel and an emeritus professor of history and international relations at Boston…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “A GI Rebellion: When Soldiers Said No to War” By Steve Early, Portside.org, posted August 24 A review-essay on the just-published book Waging Peace in Vietnam (Village Press), edited by Ron Carver, David Cortright, and Barbara Doherty, including first-person accounts by fifty grassroots activists in the GI antiwar movement…