Marc Becker
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[Passed at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, January 6, 2024] Whereas, the AHA’s Guiding Principles on Taking a Public Stance (2017) specify that “in a wide range of situations, whether involving the rights and careers of individual historians, historical practice in diverse venues, or the role of history in public culture, the…
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Gaza and US Politics in the Shadow of MAGA: Save the Date with cohost Maya Schenwar Gaza and US Politics in the Shadow of MAGA
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On behalf of our 1,400 members and supporters, the Steering Committee of Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD) expresses our unequivocal solidarity with the faculty of Rutgers. We stand with you in the fight for justice and equality for all teaching professionals, especially the contingent faculty who educate so many Rutgers students. We urge all…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “What Difference Does a War Make? The Geopolitics of the New Cold War” By Alfred McCoy, TomDispatch.com, posted June 21 “In this century, as in the last one, the geopolitical struggle over Eurasia has proven to be a relentless affair, one that, in the years to come, will likely…
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Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD) Statement on the Ukraine War The brutal, unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing massive destruction, immense suffering of the civilian population and holds the potential for triggering a wider war, which could even include the use of nuclear weapons. A cease-fire and withdrawal of…
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The Quincy Institute, Just Foreign Policy, and others are circulating a letter that encourages the Biden administration to continue seeking diplomatic solutions with Russia to their conflict with Ukraine. So far groups including Common Defense, Concerned Veterans for America, Defense Priorities, FCNL, Just Foreign Policy, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Quincy Institute have signed on,…
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Organize a Virtual Forum on Issues Related to the Election! Over the next five weeks, Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD) is encouraging members and supporters around the country to organize virtual talks or panels – delivered via Zoom or Skype—on key issues in this election regarding both domestic and foreign policy. We have created a speakers list…
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H-PAD Alert: October 27, 2020 Mobilize to Prevent Trump and Allies from Stealing the Election While the possibility of Trump winning re-election is receding, he and his rightwing, racist allies continue to make veiled—and not-so-veiled threats to disrupt and steal the election. While time is short, forces across the country are mobilizing to prevent this…
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Barbara Winslow, bwpurplewins@gmail.com, is available to speak on the historic struggle for the vote. Professor Emerita at Brooklyn College. She “is a historian of women’s activism as well as the founder and director emerita of the Shirley Chisholm Project. She is the author of Shirley Chisholm: Catalyst for Change (2013) and a coeditor of Clio…
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Larry Wittner, larrywittner@gmail.com, is available to speak on nuclear weapons and war. Professor Emeritus, SUNY Albany. He “ is the author of nine books, the editor or co-editor of another four, and the writer of about 400 published articles and book reviews. His most ambitious scholarly project thus far has been his Struggle Against the Bomb…