[haw-info] HAW Notes (including links to recent articles of interest)

To members and friends of Historians Against the War,

Here are some notes, followed by our regular feature of links to recent HAW-relevant articles that are either written by historians or at least provide historical background on current events. Suggestions should be sent to jimobrien@gmail.com.

1. Iraq Veterans Against the War is circulating a moving "open letter to the Iraqi people" from Josh Stiever and Ethan McCord from Bravo Company 2-16, the company depicted in the Wikileaks "Collateral Murder" video (http://wikileaks.org/). The letter is at http://www.lettertoiraq.com.

2. Fran Shor, who teaches at Wayne State U. and is on the HAW Steering Committee, is involved with a statewide Military Disengagement from Afghanistan Campaign, which plans demonstrations in at least eight Michigan cities on May 4 (the fortieth anniversary of the 1970s Kent State shootings). His e-mail address is franshor@yahoo.com.

3. Kurt Dunbar, a HAW member and college history teacher in Bellingham, Wash., appears in a YouTube video clip on a long-running weekly antiwar vigil in Bellingham, at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJRWkoHPC74. He is holding a large sign saying "Afghanistan, Graveyard of Empires."

Links to Recent Articles of Interest "Death Squads in Afghanistan"
http://www.counterpunch.org/shor04272010.html
By Francis Shor, CounterPunch.com, posted April 27 "Winning All the Battles but Losing the War, Just Like Hannibal"
http://www.hnn.us/articles/125760.html
By Robert O'Connell, History News Network, posted April 26
The author is a history PhD who has had a 30-year career in Army Intelligence

"The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Past & Present"
http://www.hnn.us/articles/125933.html
By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted April 26
The author teaches history at SUNY Albany

"Can You Pass the Iran Quiz?"
http://www.countercurrents.org/rudolph240410.htm
By Jeffrey Rudolph, Countercurrents.org, posted April 24A
26-question quiz on Iranian history and society, recommended by Juan Cole in his Informed Comment blog
"The Urge to Stay"
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175238
By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, posted April 24
On US decision-making on Iraq and Afghanistan, with historical parallels

"Rummaging in 'The Hurt Locker' for the Moral Equivalent of War"
http://www.hnn.us/articles/125503.html
By James Livingston, History News Network, posted April 19
The author teaches history at Rutgers University

"America and Dictators: Diem to Karzai"
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion/124-human-rights/1521-america-and-dictators-diem-to-karzai
By Alfred W. McCoy, ReaderSupportedNews.org, posted April 18 (from Asia Times)
The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

"On Karzai and Unreliable Partners"
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/35811_Page2.html
By Andrew Bacevich, Politico.com, posted April 15
Draws sardonic lessons for President Karzai from the contrasting fates of former US clients Ngo Dinh Diem and Chiang Kai-Shek. The author teaches history and international relations at Boston University

"The Pentagon Papers are Public This Time"
http://afterdowningstreet.org/node/51516
By David Swanson, AfterDowningStreet.org, posted April 15
On Daniel Ellsberg and comparisons with the Iraq and Afghanistan wars

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[haw-info] HAW Notes (including links to recent articles of interest)

To members and friends of Historians Against the War,

The "Remembering Howard Zinn" session April 9, co-sponsored by HAW and the Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) at the Organization of American Historians annual meeting, was well attended and warm-spirited.  An account appears on the Zinn Education Project's web site, at http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/6187.  The full text of Staughton Lynd's featured speech at the session is also on the Zinn Education Project site and is included in the list below.


Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"Howard Zinn, Historian"
http://www.zinnedproject.org/news/howard-zinn-historian-by-staughton-lynd
By Staughton Lynd (talk given in the "Remembering Howard Zinn" OAH session), posted April 12

"Left & Right: Prospects for Peace"
http://www.amconmag.com/article/2010/may/01/00012/
Symposium in The American Conservative, May 1 issue, posted April 12
On the prospects for unity of progressives and conservatives opposed to US wars

Interview with Andrew Bacevich on "Bill Moyers Journal"
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04092010/transcript3.html
Transcript of interview, mainly on Afghanistan, conducted April 9
Andrew Bacevich teaches history and international relations at Boston University

"Two, Three, Many Afghanistans"
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100426/klare
By Michael Klare, The Nation, April 26 issue, posted April 7

"Micro-Geography Matters in Jerusalem"
http://www.hnn.us/articles/125026.html
By Dror Wahrman, History News Network, posted April 5
The author teaches history at Indiana University Bloomington

"Legitimation Crisis in Afghanistan"
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100419/polk
By William R. Polk, The Nation, April 19 issue, posted April 1

"Can Anyone Pacify the World's Number One Narco-State? The Opium Wars in Afghanistan"
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175225
By Alfred McCoy, TomDispatch.com, posted March 30
The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

"The Texas State Board of Education and History Standards: A Teacher's Perspective"
http://www.hnn.us/articles/124806.html
By Ron Briley, History News Network, posted March 29
The author is a longtime history teacher, and currently assistant headmaster, at the Sandia Preparatory School

"Lying About Nuclear Weapons"
http://www.hnn.us/articles/124709.html
By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted March 29
The author teaches history at SUNY Albany

"The 'Long War' Quagmire
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-hayden28-2010mar28,0,4563376.story
By Tom Hayden, Los Angeles Times, posted March 28

Suggestions for these (more or less) biweekly lists can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.  Thanks to Miriam Jackson and Larry Wittner for sending suggestions for this week's list, along with Carolyn (Rusti) Eisenberg from the HAW working group for this project.

[haw-info] HAW Notes

The first two of these notes relate to the Organization of American Historians (OAH) annual meeting in Washington, DC later this week.

1.  HAW and the Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) are co-sponsoring a special OAH session entitled "Remembering Howard Zinn: A Sharing of Memories and Thoughts," 5:30 to 7:00 pm Friday, April 9 in the Lincoln Room, on the mezzanine of the Hilton Washington, the convention hotel.  Howard's long-time friend Staughton Lynd will give a formal appreciation, followed by an open mike.

2.  Also on Friday at the OAH, we will also have a literature table, probably in the same area as other nonprofits.  If anyone is willing to help staff it, please write to jimobrien48@gmail.com.  In any case, if you get a chance, please look for it and stop by. 

3.  A paper given by at the first HAW national conference (in Austin, Texas, 2006) by military veteran and historian Paul Atwood has been greatly expanded and now exists in book form under the title War and Empire: The American Way of Life (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).  http://www.amazon.com/War-Empire-American-Way-Life/dp/0745327648/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269534974&sr=1-1