Historians for Peace
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HPAD members & supporters, This letter below will be sent to President Biden, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Charles Schumer, and The Jerusalem Post. We invite you to add your signature to the letter, and to share it within your own networks. You can add your name to the letter at this…
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H-PAD members & supporters, Next Tuesday, the 21st of November @ 7pm EST, H-PAD and our partners at Massachusetts Peace Action are hosting a historical webinar on the recent eruption of violence in Israel/Palestine. We invite you all to attend, and to share this invitation widely with your friends and colleagues. You can register for the event at this link,…
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Dear H-PAD Members, As the humanitarian crisis in Gaza deepens, we urge you to take action to help resolve it and save lives. An Israel-Palestine Working Group (IPWG) has formed in H-PAD, which you are welcome to join. The working group has determined that one thing we as historians can do is write, and we…
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Tell Congress : Call for Cease-fire and Rapid Humanitarian Aid As the nightmare in Gaza continues, it is urgently important that you ask your Senators and Representatives to stand for an immediate ceasefire, unobstructed humanitarian relief for Gaza, and diplomacy to free the hostages. House members can make their voice heard by co-sponsoring H.Res.786 which…
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Historians for Peace and Democracy celebrates the life of Natalie Zemon Davis, a superb historian and staunch supporter. Just weeks ago, she was one of the first signers of our AHA resolution, “In Defense of the Right to Learn,” as she had signed every one of our AHA resolutions since 2014 in defense of academic freedom in…
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Just a note to thank you for your efforts in this terrible time. I’m signing and writing – currently revising an essay on R2P-R2K, THE RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT AND THE RESPONSIBILITY TO KNOW: REFLECTIONS ON THE QUESTION OF PALESTINE.- a useless but necessary effort. Hope you are managing to stay well and that we will…
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Dear H-PAD supporters, We did it! One month ago, we wrote you, asking current AHA members to sign our resolution, “In Defense of the Right to Learn” [see below] We needed signatures from 227 people (2% of the membership) to get on the agenda for the Business Meeting at AHA’s Annual Meeting in San Francisco…
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Legislative Alert: Ask Reps to Support Ceasefire and Diplomacy ! Peace and justice cannot be achieved through shooting civilians, holding hostages, conducting air strikes on densely populated neighborhoods, and depriving millions of people of food, water, electricity, and medicine. Please call your Senators and Congressional Representative (Congressional switchboard 202-224-3121) and urge them to: *Stand for a…
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Dear H-PAD Members, We just received this important resolution this morning and I am forwarding it to you. Please consider signing it and sharing it with other AHA members you know. Thank you. Margaret Power and Van Gosse Dear Colleagues, We have until October 1 to submit this resolution from Scholars for a New Deal…
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The Ellsberg Initiative for Peace and Democracy at UMass is beginning a year of programs called “The Whistleblower Project: A Series on Public Interest Truth Telling.” Our first event, on September 26 at 7pm ET, is an online panel discussion with antinuclear activists, “Nuclear Truth Tellers: In Memory of Daniel Ellsberg.” Please register to join…