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

To members and friends of Historians Against the War,

 

Here are a couple of notes plus our latest set of links to recent on-line articles of interest.

 

1.  Groups or individuals on more than 100 campuses have arranged for local participation in the "Fight Back USA" national teach-in being organized for April 5, to be hosted by Frances Fox Piven and Cornel West and live-streamed.  Information is at http://fightbackteachin.org.

 

2.  The HAW Steering Committee has voted to co-sponsor a "Ground the Drones, End the Wars" march and rally on Friday, April 22 at Hancock Air National Guard Base in Mattydale, NY (outside Syracuse).  Information is at http://upstatedroneaction.peaceworksrochester.org/flyers/Ground_the_Drones.pdf.

 

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"A Debate on U.S. Military Intervention in Libya: Juan Cole vs. Vijay Prashad"
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/3/29/a_debate_on_us_military_intervention
On Democracy Now, posted March 29

"The Unfolding Crisis in Libya"
http://www.counterpunch.org/leupp03282011.html
By Gary Leupp, CounterPunch.org, posted March 28
The author teaches history at Tufts University

"The West's 'Double Standards' in Middle East"
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/03/201132710224885390.html
By Mark LeVine, English.Aljazeera.net, posted March 28
The author teaches history at the University of California, Irvine

"An Open Letter to the Left on Libya"
http://www.juancole.com/2011/03/an-open-letter-to-the-left-on-libya.html
By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted March 27
The author teaches Middle East history at the University of Michigan

"American Thought Police"
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/opinion/28krugman.html
By Paul Krugman, New York Times, posted March 27
On the Wisconsin Republican Party's attack on historian William Cronon

"Libya Remembers, We Forget: These Bombs Are Not the First"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/25/libya-remembers-bombs-not-first
By Mark Mazower, The Guardian, posted March 25

 

"Social Science and the Libyan Adventure"
http://walt.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/03/24/social_science_and_the_libyan_adventure
By Stephen M. Walt, ForeignPolicy.com blog, posted March 24

"Why Nothing Good Will Come of This Intervening in Libya"
http://www.counterpunch.org/prashad03232011.html
By Vijay Prashad, CounterPunch.org, posted March 23
The author teaches history at Trinity College

"The 'Kill Team' Photographs"
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/03/the-kill-team-photographs.html
By Seymour Hersh, The New Yorker blog, posted March 22

 

"Libya in the Balance"
http://www.merip.org/mero/mero031511
By Nicholas Pelham, Middle East Research and Information Project, posted March 15
Has much historical background on the Gaddafi regime

 

Suggestions for these lists can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.  Thanks to Maia Ramnath, Rusti Eisenberg, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, and Rosalyn Baxandall for items that are included in the list shown above.

[haw-info] HAW Notes 3/18/11: Links to recent articles of interest

Suggestions for this list can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.  Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg, Rosalyn Baxandall, and Sam Lowe for suggesting articles that are included in the following list.

"Revealed: US Spy Operation That Manipulates Social Media"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks
By Nick Fielding and Ian Cobain, The Guardian, posted March 17
On a Pentagon contract for the creation of false on-line identities, known as "sock puppets"

 

"Korean War Coverage Was Distorted and Suppressed"
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Korean-War-Coverage-Was-Di-by-Sherwood-Ross-110317-824.html
By Sherwood Ross, OpEdNews, posted March 17
Based on interviews with Korean War historian Bruce Cumings of the University of Chicago

"How the Japanese Learned about 'Nuclear Safety'"
http://www.hnn.us/articles/137657.html
By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted March 17
On the 1954 "Lucky Dragon" nuclear incident; the author is an emeritus professor of history at SUNY Albany

"Smoking Out Vietnam War Truths"
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/MC12Ae01.html
By Nick Turse, Asia Times Online, posted March 12

"The Mythic Lure of the 'No-Fly Zone'"
http://www.hnn.us/articles/137617.html
By Ira Chernus, History News Network, posted March 14

"Fissures in the Arab Revolt"
http://www.counterpunch.org/prashad03112011.html
By Vijay Prashad, CounterPunch.org, posted March 11
Historical background on Libya and especially Bahrain; the author teaches South Asian history at Trinity College

"The Shameful Abuse of Bradley Manning"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/mar/11/bradley-manning-wikileaks
By Daniel Ellsberg, The Guardian, posted March 11

The Arab Spring"
http://www.thenation.com/article/158991/arab-spring
By Rashid Khalidi, The Nation, March 21 issue, posted March 6
The author teaches the history of the modern Middle East at Columbia University 

"The Long History of Labor Bashing"
http://chronicle.com/article/The-Long-History-of-Labor/126555/
By Nelson Lichtenstein, The Chronicle Review, posted March 6
The author teaches history at the University of California Santa Barbara

"The Middle East Revolutions in Historical Perspective: Egypt, Occupied Palestine, and the United States"
http://www.japanfocus.org/-Herbert_P_-Bix/3488
By Herbert P. Bix, Asia-Pacific Journal, February 21
The author is a former Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who now teaches at Binghamton University

[haw-info] Links to recent articles of interest

This list is sent with an apology:  as will be clear from the date of the most recent article, the list should have gone out a week ago, but for various reasons it didn't.  These still seem like good articles, so I'm sending the list now.  Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg and Miriam Jackson for making suggestions of articles to include.  Jim O'Brien

"What Governor Walker Won't Tell You"

http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/what_gov_walker_wont_tell_you_20110220/

By Stanley Kutler, Truthdig.com, posted February 21

The author is a professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin

 

"They're Doing It Without Us"

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-bacevich-war-20110220,0,1400493.story

By Andrew Bacevich, Los Angeles Times, posted February 20

The author teaches history and international relations at Boston University

"Lessons for Wisconsin from the Flint Sit-Down Strikes of 1936-37"
http://www.hnn.us/articles/136764.html
By Mark Naison, History News Network, posted February 21
The author teaches history at Fordham University

"The Great Arab Revolt"
http://www.thenation.com/article/158682/great-arab-revolt
By Juan Cole, The Nation, posted February 17
The author teaches Middle East and South Asian history at the University of Michigan

"Twenty-Eight Hours in Tahrir"
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/02/2011211182045814921.html
By Mark LeVine, Aljazeera.net, posted February 11
The author teaches history at UC Irvine

"Pox Americana: Driving Through the Gates of Hell and Other American Pastimes in the Greater Middle East"

http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175351

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, posted February 7

 

"The Myth of Stability vs. Democracy in U.S. Foreign Policy"

http://hnn.us/articles/136377.html

By Ira Chernus, History News Network, posted February 7

 

"Arab Dictatorships under Fire in the New Information Age"

http://epw.in/epw/uploads/articles/15675.pdf

By Stuart Schaar, Economic and Political Weekly, posted February 5

The author is a professor emeritus of Middle East and North African history at Brooklyn College

 

"Why Egypt 2011 Is Not Iran 1979"

http://www.juancole.com/2011/02/why-egypt-2011-is-not-iran-1979.html

By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted February 2

 

"Popular Uprisings in Egypt's Recent History"

http://hnn.us/articles/136164.html

By Robert Tignor," History News Network, posted January 31

The author is a professor emeritus of history at Princeton University