Announcements
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Dear H-PAD supporters, Among the profusion of groups focused on helping students vote, CEEP (the Campus Elections Engagement Project) is notable for its grassroots focus on campus, rather than creating “apps” to engage students electronically. It also publishes a lot of useful, up-to-date information. For instance, national Constitution Day is coming up on September 17, and they
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The Steering Committee of Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD) is saddened to announce the death of historian Jesse Lemisch (1936-2018). Jesse was one of the founders of Historians against the War (precursor of H-PAD) and served for several years on its Steering Committee. His pioneering work on “history from below,” with his early focus
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Dear H-PAD supporters, The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University is the nation’s premier research and advocacy group defending our democratic rights—especially the right to vote. If you care about voter suppression, including that aimed at students, subscribe to their regular alerts. Here are three of the Center’s current reports, which should be of interest
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Dear friends of Historians for Peace and Democracy, As students arrive on campus in the thousands, we have a remarkable opportunity to sign them up to vote. Back in June, we sent you a link to “Ten Easy Steps to Help Students Vote Where They Study.” Across the country, faculty and staff are seeing a high
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Beijing’s Bid for Global Power in the Age of Trump” By Alfred W. McCoy, TomDispatch.com, posted August 21. The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin and is author of the recent In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and Decline of U.S. Global Power. “How to Interfere in
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “What My Escape from Hitler’s Germany Taught Me about Trump’s America” By Henry Siegman, The Nation, posted July 27 The author formerly headed the American Jewish Congress and the Synagogue Council of America.” The article’s subhead reads “And What Trump’s America Teaches Us about Netanyahu’s Israel” “Debunking the Putin
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Dear supporters and friends, On July 14 (Bastille Day!), our Steering Committee will hold a strategy meeting in New York city to evaluate the past year and plan for the next, in the context of intensifying social and political conflict. We invite your considered thoughts on any (or all) of the following questions:
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A core component to democracy is making voting easy, accessible, and available to all. There are high expectations that this fall’s entering class on campus (and many returning students too!) will be fired-up to vote in the November midterms, because of the Parkland massacre and similar issues. Even if you have never organized an on-campus
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This message is from Carolyn”Rusti” Eisenberg and Margaret Power on behalf of the H-PAD Steering Committee. General Petraeus to Give Keynote Address at SHAFR (Society of Historians of Foreign Relations) Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, June 21-23. Member Protest Continues! How to Help … As previously reported, the professional organization of historians, who study American
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This is a practical manual for organizing a campus coalition to register and turn-out students to vote, based on what we have done at Franklin & Marshall since 2004. You can use any part of it, or adapt it to your campus. Please feel free to write me, Van Gosse, at van.gosse@fandm.edu, with any questions