Announcements
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Hello Everyone, If you were not able to join us July 16, I hope you will be able to participate July 22 on the discussion What is the role of Left historians today? It will be July 22 at 5 pm est; 4 pm cst; and 2 pm pct. The questions we will discuss are: · What…
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The zoom link for June 16 is: https://iit-edu.zoom.us/j/87190512433?pwd=N1dHd3BwMlNLTkdWbzVLZzd5WFBuQT09 What is the role of Left historians today? · What does it mean to you to be a Left historian? · What are some of the ways you have expressed this? · What are some of the challenges you have faced/face? · What role has H-PAD played (or could play) in supporting radical activism…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “History as End: 1619, 1776, and the Politics of the Past” By Matthew Karp, Harper's Magazine, July 2021 issue A nuanced, sometimes surprising long essay analyzing current political controversies over the American past. The author teaches US history at Princeton University, specializing in the Civil War era. “Pentagon Papers…
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What is the role of Left historians today? Below are the questions and the answers received so far are attached. The zoom link for June 16 is: https://iit-edu.zoom.us/j/87190512433?pwd=N1dHd3BwMlNLTkdWbzVLZzd5WFBuQT09 Time: EST: 4:00; CST 3:00; PCT 1:00 I will send the zoom link for June 22 closer to the date. Please let me know if you have…
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Dear Friends, Some of you who really want to participate in the discussion can't make it on Wednesday, June 16. So we have scheduled two discussions. The first will be June 16, 4 pm ECT, 3 pm Central, and 1 pm est coast. The second will be Tuesday, June 22 5 pm East coast time,…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Eisenhower Rejected Military Chiefs' Demand for Nuclear War on China, Classified Account of '58 Taiwan Strait Crisis Reveals” By Gareth Porter, MR Online, posted May 31 Based on a Pentagon-sponsored account of the 1958 Taiwan Strait crisis, kept secret for more than fifty years and recently released by Daniel…
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Members and Supporters of Historians for Peace and Democracy, The attached Emergency Newsletter focuses on the realities and background of Israel’s current, relentless attack on Palestine and includes a call for action. Solidarity, Andor Skotnes For the H-PAD Executive Committee H-PAD-Newsletter-8-final.pdf
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Legislative Alert: Palestinian Rights Matter ! Rapid Response Needed Immediate Background: As the Israeli-Palestinian crisis deepens, AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) and related organizations are generating one-sided pressure on members of Congress to “Stand with Israel. One month ago, these groups prevailed on 330 Congressional Reps to sign a letter, insisting that,…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “What We're Seeing Now Is Just the Latest Chapter in Israel's Dispossession of the Palestinians” By Rashid Khalidi, Washington Post, posted May 13 The author teaches Arab Studies at Columbia University. Among his books is The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017…
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To members and friends of Historians for Peace and Democracy, Here are a couple of notes about recent virtual events whose presentations were recorded and are readily available online. 1. About nine thousand persons took in one or more sessions of the online conference “Truth, Dissent & the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg” this past weekend,…