Historians for Peace
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Gearing Up for the Third Gulf War: Will Washington, Tel Aviv, Riyadh, and Tehran Face Off in a Future Cataclysm?” By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch.com, posted May 13 “Oliver North Worked with Cocaine Traffickers to Arm Terrorists. Now He’ll Be President of the NRA” By Jon Schwartz, The Intercept, posted May 12 A reminder…
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Dear H-PAD friends and associates: We are forwarding this message from James N. Green, Professor of Latin American History at Brown University, so that you may take action on a human rights issue he is spearheading. He is gathering signatures on a petition demanding the release from prison of former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Gearing Up for the Third Gulf War: Will Washington, Tel Aviv, Riyadh, and Tehran Face Off in a Future Cataclysm?” By Michael T. Klare, TomDispatch.com, posted May 13 “Oliver North Worked with Cocaine Traffickers to Arm Terrorists. Now He’ll Be President of the NRA” By Jon Schwartz, The Intercept, posted May 12 A reminder of the 1986-87 Iran-Contra scandal, with detailed…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest Note: In the last H-PAD Notes mailing, an incorrect link was given for Chris Appy’s New York Times op-ed, “What Was the Vietnam War About?” Click here for the correct link. “Reality Show Violence in the Age of Trump: Striking Syria” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “What Was the Vietnam War About?” by Christian Appy, New York Times, posted March 26. The author teaches history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and has written extensively on the Vietnam War. “Renaming the 1948 War: Partition, Dispossession, and Fragmentation” by Richard Falk, ZNet, posted March 25. The author is a professor emeritus…
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H-PAD supporters, This coming March 16 is the fiftieth anniversary of the massacre of over 500 Vietnamese civilians by U.S. troops at My Lai. H-PAD calls on its supporters to join others in remembering qand denouncing this war crime. Two H-PAD Steering Committee members, Ellen Schrecker and James Swarts (part of the Veterans for Peace…
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At the end of this message, following the links to recent articles, is a repeat of an announcement of H-PAD’s series of “Broadsides for the Trump Era.” Links to Recent Articles of Interest “The 9/11 Hijackers Were Iraqis, Right? Teaching in a Time of Wars” By Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch.com, posted February 22 On the…
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“Historians for Peace and Democracy publishes five Broadsides for the Trump Era” Margaret Power, co-chair, marmacpower1@gmail.com Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD) is pleased to announce the publication of five broadsides, collectively called Broadsides for the Trump Era. You can access them on the H-PAD website, here https://historiansforpeace.org/broadsides-for-the-trump-era/ This is a new series…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “The War That Never Ends (for the U.S. Military High Command)” By Danny Sjursen, TomDispatch.com, posted January 28 The reference is to the Vietnam War. The author is an active-duty military strategist and a former history instructor at West Point. “Who Is a Hero?” By Lawrence Wittner,…
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Dear friends, We take seriously H-PAD’s commitment to fighting the threats to democracy, whether attacks on immigrants or attempts to rig elections. In this context, it’s crucial that, as educators and activists we defend students’ right to vote where they go to school. That right was affirmed by the 1979 Supreme Court Symm…