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  • Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Witness to a Revolution” By Marc Egnal, History News Network, posted May 21 A personal essay that traces conflicting themes among historians since the author’s time in graduate school in the 1960s regarding the causes of the American Revolution. He offers the desire for westward expansion as a theme that is…

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  • Below is a list of frequently asked questions developed for the Resolution in Solidarity with Gaza. Click here or on the images of the FAQs below to access a downloadable pdf.

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  • President Trump’s unprovoked, unilateral, illegal attack on Iran follows more than eighteen months in which the US government has enabled Israel’s violation of international law. In continuing Netanyahu’s agenda, he has now paved the way for American casualties, with more death and suffering across the entire Middle East. Congress must take a firm stand against…

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  • Voting begins June 1 and extends until July 15. Watch your email for your personalized link to the ballot or find the link on historians.org/myaha. If you have any questions or need assistance, please contact ltownsend@historians.org. To see all candidates and their statements follow this link. We are posting this in advance of that election, to let…

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  • We are happy to send you our Newsletter #16 providing updates on our current activities. Click on any of the pages of the newsletter to access a PDF version with functional links.

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  • Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Cyberpunk Nation: How Donald Trump’s America Is Being Hacked by White Nationalism” By Juan Cole, TomDispatch, posted February 6 Briefly summarizes the extraordinary damage being inflicted by Elon Musk and his high-tech team, prophesied in part by the “cyberpunk school” of late twentieth-century science fiction, and relates it to the family roots of…

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  • Links to Recent Articles of Interest: “How the Israeli Settlers Movement Shaped Modern Israel” By Arie Perliger, Informed Comment, posted September 19 “Since the late 1970s, the future of the Israeli settlements in the West Bank has been the country’s most divisive debate. Yet the once-fringe settler movement has arguably become the most influential actor in Israeli politics.”…

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