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

To members and friends of Historians Against the War,

1.  The HAW Steering Committee's statement in response to President Obama's State of the Union message, which was sent to this list last Friday, has since been picked up by the History News Network (at http://www.hnn.us/articles/135968.html) and by Portside.org (at http://lists.portside.org/cgi-bin/listserv/wa?A2=PORTSIDE;ca16889.1101d).  The statement was drafted by Marty Halpern, Staughton Lynd, and Edrene McKay and endorsed by the Steering Committee after discussion.

 

2.  Carl Mirra of the HAW Steering Committee has passed along a request from Cover Me, a resource center for veterans and soldiers outside Fort Stewart in Georgia.  The request is that HAW members and supporters who have written books consider donating a copy that would be put in a library at the center.  The address is Monica Benderman/Cover Me, 733 Strickland Road, Hinesville, GA 31313.

 

 

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

 

"Why Washington Clings to a Failed Middle East Strategy"

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/31-9

By Gareth Porter, CommonDreams.org, posted January 31

 

"President Obama, Say the 'D-Word'"

http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/01/29-4

By Mark A. LeVine, CommonDreams.org, posted January 29 (from Al Jazeera)

The author teaches history at UC Irvine

 

"Roots of the Egyptian Revolutionary Moment"

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6185

Interview with Mohammed Ezzeldin on the Real News Network, posted January 29

Mohammed Ezzeldin is a graduate of Cairo University and a history graduate student at Georgetown University

 

"Egyptian and Tunisian People vs. US Dominance"

http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=6188

Interview with Phyllis Bennis on the Real News Network, posted January 29

 

"The U.S. Is Moving On from Afghanistan, but Its Troops Are Still Dying There"

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/jan/30/afghanistan-us-troops-dying

By Gary Younge, The Guardian, posted January 30

Includes comparisons with the Iraq War and Vietnam

 

"In America Today, Dwight D. Eisenhower Would Be Bernie Sanders in the U.S. Senate"

http://www.alternet.org/story/149700

By Rachel Maddow, AlterNet.org, posted January 28

 

"The United States and the Prospects for Democracy in Arab Nations"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-zunes/post_1617_b_812666.html

By Stephen Zunes, Huffington Post, posted January 27

 

"The Corruption Game: What the Tunisian Revolution and WikiLeaks Tell Us about American Support for Corrupt Dictatorships in the Muslim World"

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175346

By Juan Cole, TomDispatch.com, posted January 25

 

"Glaspie Memo Refutes Claims Leaked Docs Were Classified for 'Security'"

http://original.antiwar.com/jason/2011/01/19/glaspie-memo-refutes-claims-leaked-docs-were-classified-for-security/

By Jason Ditz, AntiWar.com, posted January 20

Suggestions for these lists can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.  Carolyn (Rusti) Eisenberg, Miriam Jackson, and John Fitzgerald contributed ideas for today's list.