Announcements

  • Contacting Congress is More Urgent Than Ever! Within 24 hours of the American veto of a UN Ceasefire Resolution, Israel was accelerating its air attack on southern Gaza, where they had previously told people to seek safety. Thousands of children have been killed, and tens of thousands are dying of starvation. Meanwhile Congress is close

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  • Gaza and US Politics in the Shadow of MAGA: Save the Date with cohost Maya Schenwar Gaza and US Politics in the Shadow of MAGA

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  • HPAD members & supporters, We’re writing today with information about a mini-conference at the American Historical Association’s Annual Meeting this year, sponsored by the Radical History Review, an affiliate organization of the AHA, with support from Historians for Peace and Democracy. See below for further details about the “mini-conference”. The full schedule for its eighteen sessions is available on the

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  • Two Notes on Webinars: On Thursday, November 30 (7-8pm Eastern time), H-PAD and Massachusetts Peace Action will present a webinar on “Why There Will Be No Winners in the Israel-Gaza War.” The speaker is Andrew Bacevich, a retired US Army colonel and a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University. Click here

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  • H-PAD on the move!

    Dear friends, We have been busy, generating action on multiple fronts. Our letter calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza will be sent to President Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Charles Schumer, and The Jerusalem Post. Over 180 historians have signed, and we invite you join them. The

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  • H-PAD members & supporters, Tomorrow, on Tuesday, the 21st of November @ 7pm EST, H-PAD and our partners at Massachusetts Peace Action are hosting a historical webinar on the recent eruption of violence in Israel/Palestine. Last week we shared an invitation with our subscribers to attend, and asked you all to share this invitation widely with your friends and colleagues.  We’re writing again

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  • HPAD members & supporters, This letter below will be sent to President Biden, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, Majority Leader Charles Schumer, and The Jerusalem Post. We invite you to add your signature to the letter, and to share it within your own networks. You can add your name to the letter at this

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  • H-PAD members & supporters, Next Tuesday, the 21st of November @ 7pm EST, H-PAD and our partners at Massachusetts Peace Action are hosting a historical webinar on the recent eruption of violence in Israel/Palestine. We invite you all to attend, and to share this invitation widely with your friends and colleagues. You can register for the event at this link,

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  • HPAD members & supporters, As Israel’s war against Gaza and its people enters its fifth week, we would like to update you on what we have been doing to build support for peace. We invite you to join us. Eleven members of Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD) are now working in our reactivated Israel-Palestine Working

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