Announcements
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We would like to inform our members about this important conference on the current situation in Brazil under the repressive Bolsonaro government and how you can act in solidarity with the opposition. Challenges to Brazilian Democracy Conference The U.S Network for Democracy in Brazil and the Brazil Initiative at Brown University are delighted to invite
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Note: Historians for Peace and Democracy has posted another in its series of “broadsides,” printable handouts offering historical background to current events. The new one is “Puerto Rico: A U.S. Colony in the Caribbean” by Margaret Power; a full list, with links, is on the H-PAD home page. Links to Recent Articles of Interest “The Long History
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Members and friends of Historians for Peace and Democracy, We are circulating the following request for signers for a response letter to the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) after they wrote a statement in reaction to a previous open letter about Venezuela that we circulated to this list. The original statement questioning some of
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest "How Bush's War on Iraq Produced Trumpism, Instability, Refugees and Climate Catastrophe" By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted March 21 The author teaches Middle Eastern history at the University of Michigan. "How to End Endless War: The Case Against American Military Supremacy" By Stephen Wertheim, The New Republic,
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest "When the Frontier Becomes the Wall: What the Border Fight Means for One of the Nation's Most Potent, and Most Violent, Myths" By Francisco Cantu, The New Yorker, March 11 issue Review-essay on Greg Grandin's new book The End of the Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “America: ‘Indispensable Nation’ No More” By Andrew J. Bacevich, The American Conservative, posted February 22 The author is a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University. “How the Failure of Our Foreign Wars Fueled Nativist Fanaticism” By Greg Grandin, The Nation, posted February 21 The author teaches history at
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Opinion Time to Break the Silence on Palestine Martin Luther King Jr. courageously spoke out about the Vietnam War. We must do the same when it comes to this grave injustice of our time. By Michelle Alexander Opinion Columnist Jan. 19, 2019 “We must speak with all the humility that is appropriate to our limited
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “A New Phase in the Great Game: U.S., Soviets, India, Pakistan Vied to Shape a New Afghanistan in Late 1980s” By the National Security Archive, posted February 1. Official documents newly obtained by Georgetown University’s National Security Archive, with introduction and document summaries by Svetlana Savranskaya. “Elliott Abrams, Trump’s
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“The Shutdown Is Trump’s Ultimate Attack on American Intellectual Life” By Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen, Washington Post, posted January 24. The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin. “Why Is the Doomsday Clock Set at 2 Minutes to Midnight?” By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted January 24. The author is a professor emeritus of
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Colleagues, Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-Pad) is concerned with threats of invasion and regime change in Venezuela. Below is a statement from Codepink denouncing moves in this direction. While we do not need to agree on what the Venezuelan government should do, and we don’t need to endorse everything the Democrats are saying, we