Vietnam – Historians for Peace and Democracy

Oct 20-21 Power of Protest

September 2, 2017 Marc Becker 2

The Vietnam War is back in the news and is again creating tensions and divisions. The Pentagon is engaged in a 10 year public relations […]

Pentagon’s Vietnam War Commemoration

August 11, 2017 Marc Becker 0

The fiftieth anniversary of the Vietnam War has rekindled the contest over interpretations and lessons of the war. The battle is reverberating in the public […]

This is a series of one-page, printable handouts that summarize important historical events, movements, crises, and more that form the backdrop for our current political situation.

Ellen Schrecker, “McCarthyism, 1947-1960“
Jeremy Kuzmarov, “The U.S. War on Drugs“
Linda Gordon, “The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s“
Robert Oppenheim, “North Korea and Nuclear Weapons“
Geoff Eley, “Is Trump a Fascist?“
Felice Batlan, “Building a Regime of Restrictive Immigration Laws, 1840-1945“
Margaret Power, “Puerto Rico: A U.S. Colony in the Caribbean“
Van Gosse, “Why The United States Is Not A True Democracy, Part One“
Kevin A. Young, “Our Debt to Central American Refugees” also available as a text version with hyperlinks
Van Gosse, “Why the United States Is Not a True Democracy, Part Two”