Announcements
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An important announcement about the next presentation in the outstanding U. Mass Confronting Imperialism series. The event and registration information is attached. Solidarity, Margaret
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“The U.S. Response to the Holocaust Was Part of a Longer Pattern of Appeasing Fascism” By Roger Peace, History News Network, posted October 30 Argues that US policy long tolerated the Mussolini and Hitler regimes. “Essentially, the policy of appeasement was based on the view that communism constituted a mortal threat to Western society, whereas…
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H-PAD Update Occasional Newsletter, November 2022 Radical History Sessions at the 2023 American Historical Association Annual Meeting For the third time, the Radical History Review, supported by Historians for Peace and Democracy, is sponsoring a set of sessions at an annual meeting of the American Historical Association, the oldest organization of historians in the…
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Dear H-PAD Supporter, As you know, social studies teachers, librarians, and local school boards are on the frontlines of the right-wing’s vicious attack on educational freedom. Teachers are being threatened, attacked, and fired. Members of school boards have been either voted out of office or forced to resign. Librarians are under intense pressure to get…
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Another great program in this series. Margaret and Van From: Feinberg Series <feinberg@history.umass.edu>Date: Fri, Oct 21, 2022 at 1:16 PMSubject: (Please Forward) U.S. Empire in Asia and the Pacific (Tues, 11/1)To: Jessica Johnson <johnson@history.umass.edu>, History Department <communications@history.umass.edu> Join the Feinberg Series for a panel conversation on repression, resistance and the history of U.S. imperialism in Asia…
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Dear H-PAD supporter, Guides.votes has many excellent, nonpartisan voter guides for races in all parts of the country. If students on your campus are trying to get information so they can decide how to cast their votes, this is a great resource! We also know that many on campuses have participated in voter registration campaigns. But…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Why the U.S. Must Press for a Ceasefire in Ukraine” By Jack F. Matlock, Responsible Statecraft, posted October 17 A historically grounded argument by the last US ambassador (1987-91) to the Soviet Union. Among his books is Reagan and Gorbachev: How the Cold War Ended (Random House, 2004). “Bye…
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U.S.-China Update Committee for a Sane U.S.-China Policy Issue #35 ~ October, 2022 ~ Subscribe at:
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Is Putin in a Corner?” By John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus, posted September 29 “The challenge is to force the Russian leader into the kind of middle position where he can preserve Russia’s regional power without the occupation of Ukraine and its superpower status without the use of…
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Oops! Monday is the 19th not the 17th. Sorry about that. Margaret On Wed, Sep 14, 2022 at 12:13 PM Margaret Power via H-PAD <h-pad@lists.historiansforpeace.org> wrote: Dear H-PAD Members, We are pleased to share with you an annoucement of a series of important events organized by the Dept. of History at U Mass Amherst and…