[haw-info] Links to recent articles of interest

Suggestions for inclusion in these more or less biweekly mailings can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.  The articles listed are on HAW-relevant topics and are by historians or at least have considerable historical content.  Suggestions for this current mailing came from Maia Ramnath, Carolyn (Rusti) Eisenberg, and Larry Wittner.

 

"Iran's Green Movement: One Year Later: How Israel's Gaza Blockade and Washington's Sanctions Policy Helped Keep the Hardliners in Power"
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175259
By Juan Cole, TomDispatch.com, posted June 10
The author teaches Middle East history at the University of Michigan

 "What's Next for the Nuclear Disarmament Movement?"
http://www.fpif.org/articles/whats_next_for_the_nuclear_disarmament_movement
By Lawrence S. Wittner, Foreign Policy In Focus, posted June 9
The author teaches history at SUNY Albany

"A Warning from Noam Chomsky on the Threat of Elites"
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/a_warning_from_noam_chomsky_on_the_threat_of_elites_20100607/
By Fred Branfman, Truthdig.com, posted June 7

"Pakistan: The Myth of Civilizing War"
http://www.newpol.org/fromthearchives?nid=340
By Adaner Usmani, New Politics, Summer 2010 issue

"Kill a Turk and Rest"
http://www.zcommunications.org/kill-a-turk-and-rest-by-uri-avnery
By Uri Avnery, Z-Net, posted June 6
On the Gaza flotilla attack, with historical analysis

"'A Head for an Eye': Gaza, Israel, and the Limits of 'Escalation Dominance'"
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/geoffrey-wawro/a-head-for-an-eye-gaza-is_b_601125.html
By Geoffrey Wawro, Huffington Post, posted June 5
The author teaches military history at the University of North Texas

Doubling Down in Afghanistan: Why We Refuse to Fold a Losing Hand
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175256

By William Astore, TomDispatch.com, posted June 3

The author teaches history at the Pennsylvania College of Technology

"Israel's Permanent Insanity: The Madmen of Our Times"
http://www.counterpunch.org/prashad06012010.html
By Vijay Prashad, CounterPunch.org, posted June 1
The author teaches South Asian history at Trinity College

 "The Common Culture of Turkey, the United States, and Iran"
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/52695
By David Swanson, WarIsACrime.org (formerly AfterDowningStreet), posted May 30
With much historical background based on Steven Kinzer's new book Reset: Iran, Turkey, and America's Future

"Vietnam and Afghanistan: Still Waist Deep in the Big Muddy"
http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2010/05/vietnam-and-afghanistan-still-waist.html
By Harry Targ, the Rag Blog, posted May 27