Announcements
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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 from happening. We in H-PAD…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Which Constitution Is Amy Coney Barrett Talking About?” By Jamelle Bouie, New York Times, posted October 16 Based on work by Eric Foner and other historians, the Times columnist argues that that the Civil War and Reconstruction made radical changes in the meaning of the Constitution. As Foner put…
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Call for Contributions Racial Justice and Peace History: Is it “Different” This Time? A Proposed Special Issue of Peace & Change Robbie Lieberman, Editor John Lewis and C.T. Vivian, two icons of the racial justice movement known for their courageous nonviolent challenges to segregation and inequality, died in Atlanta on June 17, 2020. They were…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “With Crushing Sanctions on 18 Iranian Banks, Is Trump Trying to Leave a War Behind for Biden?” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted October 9 The author teaches Middle East history at the University of Michigan. “Trump's Attacks on Refugees Expose the Inadequacies of the Current System” By…
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Dear H-PADers, Below is a petition we urge you to sign. It is from The U.S Network for Democracy in Brazil, of which H-PAD is a member. Thank you. Margaret Power, co-chair of H-PADFrom: James N. Green <James_Green@brown.edu> Dear Colleagues: In the past I have sent you individual emails on occasions to ask you to support…
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H-PAD Issues Forums Announcement #2 Additional Speakers! October 7, 2020 Last week, Historians for Peace and Justice (H-PAD) announced its Virtual Issues Forums, along with a list of twenty-seven leading historians, intellectuals, and activists who are willing to present, via Zoom or Skype, to campus or community gatherings around the country. Now we are…
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Organize a Virtual Forum on Issues Related to the Election! Colleagues, 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…
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Hello, H-PAD started this project, which is growing rapidly. Any faculty interested in supporting student voting are welcome! Webinar: Science is Rising: Turning out the STEM Vote in 2020Melissa Varga and Raena Garcia of the Union of Concerned Scientists to lead a webinar on how to increase the STEM student vote leading up to the 2020…
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H-PAD Members and Supporters, Attached is Historians for Peace and Democracy Newsletter #6. In it we call all H-PADers to action in the final eight weeks before the election. We feel that widespread mobilizations of all sorts are needed, and these mobilizations can only emerge if activists and radical intellectuals become self activated—if we look…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Patton and Westy Meet in a Bar” By Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch.com, posted September 10 A fanciful alcohol-fueled conversation between long-dead generals George Patton and William Westmoreland and a fictitious general who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan. The author is a retired Army colonel and a professor emeritus of…