Announcements
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Dear Historians for Peace and Democracy, Renate Bridenthal, Molly Nolan and I from the Empire Working Group have finished at last the syllabus on economic sanctions–their forms, legality, and effectiveness, their history across the twentieth century and their current deployment, as well as blowback from and resistance to them. The syllabus can be used in…
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H-PAD Friends and Supporters, You have probably received a fair amount of information about our new Virtual Speakers Program, and more is available on the H-PAD website at https://historiansforpeace.org/speakers/ We have, however, received requests for a concise list of the speakers that can be quickly browsed. Here it is. H-PAD Virtual Speakers-Concise List…
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Supporters of Historians for Peace and Justice, H-PAD Newsletter #7 announcing the new Virtual Speakers Program is attached. Please check it out! Andor for the H-PAD Executive Committee H-PAD-Newsletter-7.pdf
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Can Historians Be Traumatized by History” By James Robins, The New Republic, posted February 16 On the psychological difficulties of historians who delve into past atrocities. The author is a journalist and historian who has written on the Armenian genocide. “Will the Nuclear Powers Ever Be Willing to Forgo…
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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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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “The Great Evasion” By Lawrence Wittner, History News Network, posted January 17 A capsule history of nuclear-weapons policies, with emphasis on the role of popular pressure in securing such steps that have occasionally been taken to reduce the risk of catastrophic war. The author is a professor emeritus of…
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We call for the immediate removal of President Trump from office and fully support all legal efforts to remove him. The AAUP’s leadership issued the following statement on January 8. Two days ago, while white supremacist, Trump-supporting insurrectionists stormed the United States Capitol, we wrote that we were appalled by the assault and noted that…
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Historians for Peace and Democracy shares in the widespread outrage about the Presidential inspired violence in the nation’s capital. We view this effort to overthrow the results of a democratic election as the culmination of four years of attacks against the constitutional rights of the American people. It is the obvious product of the Trump Administration’s…
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Prof. Kimberlé Crenshaw appeared in a segment of On the Media that aired today, on how post-Civil War appeasement allowed for the perpetuation of white supremacy in the United States. Prof. Crenshaw is doing the compelling historical analysis we all need of the end of Reconstruction under Hayes’ “Compromise,” which further encouraged and enabled white supremacists,…