Statements
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[Passed at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association, January 6, 2024] Whereas, the AHA’s Guiding Principles on Taking a Public Stance (2017) specify that “in a wide range of situations, whether involving the rights and careers of individual historians, historical practice in diverse venues, or the role of history in public culture, the…
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The H-PAD steering committee endorsed the following sign-on statement on October 15, 2023. We, the undersigned organizations, write to express our urgent concern regarding dire and escalating violence in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory, which continues to result in significant human suffering and loss of civilian life. We condemn all violence against civilians by Hamas…
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Dear H-PAD members and supporters, While we abhor the killing of Israeli civilians by Hamas, we can’t let that horror prevent us from speaking out against Israel’s attacks on Palestinians in Gaza. Collective punishment via mass starvation is a war crime. When the intended target is two million people, half of them children, it is…
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On behalf of our 1,400 members and supporters, the Steering Committee of Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD) expresses our unequivocal solidarity with the faculty of Rutgers. We stand with you in the fight for justice and equality for all teaching professionals, especially the contingent faculty who educate so many Rutgers students. We urge all…
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Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD) Statement on the Ukraine War The brutal, unjustified Russian invasion of Ukraine is causing massive destruction, immense suffering of the civilian population and holds the potential for triggering a wider war, which could even include the use of nuclear weapons. A cease-fire and withdrawal of…
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Statement of the Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD) on the Current Struggle H-PAD condemns the murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police. We stand with many, many others to demand justice for George Floyd, his family, and his community. We stand with many others to demand that the historic and structural…
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Dear H-PAD members and friends, The Steering Committee has issued the following statement on Bolivia. Please see also the list of recommended sources included below. Historians for Peace and Democracy unequivocally condemns the unconstitutional removal of Bolivian President Evo Morales from office on November 10. The coup has directly empowered the Bolivian right, which has…