January 2022
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Legislative Alert! We Need Diplomacy, not a Military Buildup! As the tensions over the Russian-Ukraine conflict ratchet up, US policy grows more dangerous, Unfortunately, Democratic leaders in the House and Senate (Rep. Meeks and Senator Menendez) are working on legislation to expedite the shipment of $500 million in weapons to Ukraine and threatening punishing sanctions on…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Common Security Approaches to Resolving the Ukraine and European Crises” By Joseph Gerson, Pressenza, posted January 23 A long, historically rich discussion of “three interrelated crises” involved in the current Ukraine standoff, with suggested steps for negotiated resolution. It includes a helpful ethno-linguistic map of Ukraine. The author is…
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THE UYGHURS OF CHINA: WHO THEY ARE, HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. POLICY A Panel Discussion with: · Garner Bovington, author of The Uyghurs: Strangers in Their Own Land and professor of Central Eurasian Studies at Indiana University · Kate Kizer, human rights advocate and columnist at Responsible Statecraft · Alkan Akad, China Specialist, Amnesty…
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Historians for Peace and Democracy A CALL TO ACTION American democracy is under attack as never before – and educators at every level are on the front lines of the new culture wars. Reactionary and opportunistic politicians and operatives tied to the Republican party hope to mobilize voters in 2022 by…
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The following lists were compiled by Carolyn Eisenberg. New Cold War with Russia and China United States tensions with both China and Russia have become increasingly prominent, dangerous, and central to US foreign policy. It is no surprise that conflict with these two countries is once again providing a rationale for extravagant military spending. Earlier…
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H-PAD Members and supporters: Attached is the latest newsletter from Historians for Peace and Democracy, H-PAD Update #11. In two-pages, our newsletter discusses: · The continuation of our Virtual Speakers Program; · Our initiatives in response to the right-wing culture wars—OUR NEW PRIORITY; · The rescheduling of our AHA panels as virtual sessions; · …
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The Quincy Institute, Just Foreign Policy, and others are circulating a letter that encourages the Biden administration to continue seeking diplomatic solutions with Russia to their conflict with Ukraine. So far groups including Common Defense, Concerned Veterans for America, Defense Priorities, FCNL, Just Foreign Policy, Physicians for Social Responsibility, and Quincy Institute have signed on,…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “The War on Terror Is a Success – for Terror” By Nick Turse, TomDispatch.com, posted January 4 Recalls the claims made at the outset of the “War on Terror” regarding effectiveness and cost with the actual history of the past two decades. The author is an investigative journalist and…
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Our colleague, Nancy MacLean, sent us the message below to distribute about nationwide demonstrations on January 6. Please pass the word on! H-PAD SC Share List
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Report on RHR/H-PAD at the 2022 AHA Annual Meeting: Our sessions Are Being Rescheduled and Relocated! As with the 2020 AHA, RHR, in cooperation with H-PAD, has organized a set of ten strong affiliate sessions for the 2022 AHA conference in New Orleans; it begins soon, and runs January 6-9. Unfortunately the COVID pandemic…