[haw-info] HAW Notes 6/9/11: Links to recent articles of interest

Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg, Sam Lowe, and Maia Ramnath for suggesting articles that are included in the list below.  Suggestions for these usually biweekly lists can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.


"War? Bloodlust? What's a Scholar to Do?"
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/06/08-4
By William Loren Katz, CommonDreams.org, posted June 8

"With Ollanta Humala's Win, Peru Joins Latin America's Left Turn"
http://www.thenation.com/blog/161180/ollanta-humalas-win-peru-joins-latin-americas-left-turn
By Greg Grandin, The Nation blog, posted June 7
The author teaches Latin American history at New York University

"Netanyahu's Speech and Congressional Democrats' Embrace of Extremism"
http://www.truthout.com/netanyahus-speech-and-congressional-democrats-embrace-extremism/1307128075
By Stephen Zunes, Truthout.com, posted June 3

"Our New Iraq-Afghanistan War National Holiday"
http://warisacrime.org/content/our-new-iraq-afghanistan-war-national-holiday
By David Swanson, War Is a Crime.org, posted May 29

"How America Screws Its Soldiers"
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2011-05-28/memorial-day-how-america-screws-its-soldiers
By Andrew J. Bacevich, The Daily Beast, posted May 28
The author teaches history and international relations at Boston University.

"Netanyahu's Border War"
http://truthout.org/netanyahu%E2%80%99s-border-war/1306592212
By Shlomo Ben Ami, Truthout.org, posted May 28
The author is a history PhD and a former Israeli foreign minister.

"Parallel States: A New Vision for Peace"
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth/opinion/2011/05/2011528132114104574.html
By Mark LeVine and Mathias Mossberg, Aljazeera, posted May 28
Mark LeVine teaches history at the University of California, Irvine.

"Washington's Weapon of Choice"
http://socialistworker.org/2011/05/24/washingtons-weapon-of-choice
By Sherry Wolff, SocialistWorker.org, posted May 24

"Deception and Diplomacy: The US, Japan, and Okinawa"
http://www.japanfocus.org/-Gavan-McCormack/3532
By Gavan McCormack, Asia-Pacific Journal, posted May 23
Makes extensive use of documents released by Wikileaks