[haw-info] HAW Notes 10/13/11: Links to recent articles of interest

In addition to the following articles, mention should be made of a report issued on October 7 by the Center for the Study of Working Class Life at Stony Brook University: "American Military Deaths in Afghanistan, and the Communities from Which These Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines Came."  It was written by Michael Zweig, Michael Porter and Yuxiang Huang and is available at
http://www.stonybrook.edu/workingclass/publications/afghan_casualties.shtml

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"Wagging the Dog with Iran's Maxwell Smart"
http://www.juancole.com/2011/10/wagging-the-dog-with-irans-maxwell-smart.html
By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted October 13
The author teaches history at the University of Michigan

"The All-American Occupation: A Century of Our Streets" vs. Wall Street"
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175453
By Steve Fraser, TomDispatch.com, posted October 13

"Ten Years and One Month Later"
http://www.fpif.org/articles/10_years_and_one_month_later
By Hannah Gurman, Foreign Policy in Focus, posted October 11

"The Wall Street Occupiers and the Democratic Party"
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/10/09-2
By Robert Reich, CommonDreams.org, posted October 8
a historical discussion

"New Yorkers Find Their Voice"
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2011/10/08-3
By Carolyn Rusti Eisenberg, CommonDreams.org, posted October 8
The author teaches history at Hofstra University

"What Can Afghanistan and Bosnia Teach Us about Libya?"
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/08/libya-intervention-rory-stewart
By Rory Stewart, The Guardian, posted October 7

"Wall Street and the Making of a Global Counterculture"
http://theragblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/mark-naison-wall-street-and-making-of.html
By Mark Naison, The Rag Blog, posted October 6
The author teaches history at Fordham University

"Going Postal History"
http://hnn.us/blogs/loewen/going-postal-history.html
By Jim Loewen, History News Network, posted October 4

"Why the US Recognized Israel"
http://www.zcommunications.org/why-the-us-recognised-israel-by-irene-gendzier
By Irene Gendzier, ZNet, posted October 1
The author teaches history at Boston University

"Review of Mohammed ElBaradei's 'The Age of Deception: Nuclear Diplomacy in Treacherous Times"
http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/142020.html
By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted September 23
The author is a professor emeritus of history at SUNY Albany

Suggestions for these lists can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.  Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg for suggesting several of the items in the above list.