June 2019
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Back from the Iran War Brink: Trump Wants to Walk Back Crisis That He Created with Severe US Sanctions” By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted June 21 The author teaches Middle Eastern history at the University of Michigan. “Lies They Told Us: A Long History of Being Manipulated…
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Fortunately the President cancelled last week’s air strikes on Iran. However, since withdrawing from the nuclear deal, he has been pursuing a dangerously provocative course towards Iran. Leading figures within the Administration clearly welcome the prospect of war and are seizing opportunities to bring this about. At this time, members of Congress are of vital importance…
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Dear friends of Historians for Peace and Democracy, The following email from Leslie Cagan, a longtime progressive leader (and former National Coordinator of United for Peace and Justice), highlights a major historical anniversary coming up—the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion, and a Queer Liberation March in New York that counters the corporate-sponsored “Pride” events…
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Note: Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD) and the Radical History Review are planning a set of eleven affiliate sessions at the January 3-6 annual meeting of the American Historical Association in New York City. Click here for more information. Links to Recent Articles of Interest "Here Comes the D-Day Myth Again" By Kevin Kennedy,…
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Dear HPAD supporters, The German Bundestag just passed a resolution attacking BDS as antisemitic, and is threatening to defund NGOs in Germany that subscribe to it. 60+ scholars of Judaism and Israel (with widely varying views on BDS itself) signed on to the following very well framed and clearly argued open letter opposing the Bundestag…