Announcements
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Few people today even know that there was a robust GI Movement, or that it had grown so large by 1971 that the Pentagon felt it was necessary to begin pulling ground troops out. The book and the exhibit, both called Waging Peace in Vietnam: U.S. Soldiers and Veterans who Opposed the War, is much more…
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Dear Friends, We are sending you three links regarding the abuse of immigrants on the Southern border and a group of journalists and scholars that has formed to mobilize against it. The first is an article calling on academics to engage in nonviolent actions to shut down the Trump-sponsored detention camps for immigrants https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/09/call-action-journalists-academics-urges-americans-use-all-nonviolent-means-necessary. Join us…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “The Missing Three-Letter Word in the Iran Crisis: Oil’s Enduring Sway in U.S. Policy in the Middle East” By Michael Klare, TomDispatch.com, posted July 11 Traces four decades of US determination to control the shipping lanes for the export of oil from the Gulf region. “Joe Biden: Protector of…
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Dear friends of Historians for Peace and Democracy, This spring we initiated an exciting new relationship giving the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) permission to post our “Broadsides for the Trump Era” on their website as they come out, after which anyone can republish them. The first to appear was Margaret Power’s “Puerto Rico: A U.S.…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Back from the Iran War Brink: Trump Wants to Walk Back Crisis That He Created with Severe US Sanctions” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted June 21 The author teaches Middle Eastern history at the University of Michigan. “Lies They Told Us: A Long History of Being Manipulated…
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Fortunately the President cancelled last week’s air strikes on Iran. However, since withdrawing from the nuclear deal, he has been pursuing a dangerously provocative course towards Iran. Leading figures within the Administration clearly welcome the prospect of war and are seizing opportunities to bring this about. At this time, members of Congress are of vital importance…
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Dear friends of Historians for Peace and Democracy, The following email from Leslie Cagan, a longtime progressive leader (and former National Coordinator of United for Peace and Justice), highlights a major historical anniversary coming up—the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, and a Queer Liberation March in New York that counters the corporate-sponsored “Pride” events…
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Note: Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD) and the Radical History Review are planning a set of eleven affiliate sessions at the January 3-6 annual meeting of the American Historical Association in New York City. Click here for more information. Links to Recent Articles of Interest "Here Comes the D-Day Myth Again" By Kevin Kennedy,…
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Dear HPAD supporters, The German Bundestag just passed a resolution attacking BDS as antisemitic, and is threatening to defund NGOs in Germany that subscribe to it. 60+ scholars of Judaism and Israel (with widely varying views on BDS itself) signed on to the following very well framed and clearly argued open letter opposing the Bundestag…
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“An Oral History of Trump’s Bigotry” By David A. Graham, Adrienne Green, Cullen Murphy, and Parker Richards, The Atlantic, June issue A a very long article based on documents and interviews, going back to housing discrimination cases in the 1970s. “The ‘Forever Wars’ Enshrined” By Andrew J. Bacevich, TomDispatch.com, posted May 23 Eloquent reflections on…