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[haw-info] HAW Notes 5/16/12: more thanks; links to recent articles of interest
More Thanks
In addition to the twenty-eight people whom we thanked in the May 3 "HAW Notes," we would like to thank the following people for subsequent donations in response to our recent appeal for funds: Bill Barry, Sandra Deutsch, Carmen Hernandez, Davis Joyce, Scott Laderman, Jerry Lembcke, and Stig Lindberg. (As in the previous listing, current members of the HAW Steering Committee are not included in this list.) Thanks to all for making our first fund appeal in several years a success.
Links to Recent Articles of Interest
"Even Star-Spangled War Is Hell"http://indyreader.org/content/even-star-spangled-war-hell By David Swanson, Indypendent Reader, posted May 11 Relates the War of 1812 to recent wars"The Energy Wars Heat Up: Six Recent Clashes and Conflicts on a Planet Heading into Energy Overdrive" http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175540By Michael Klare, TomDispatch.com, posted May 10 "Iran and the US Anti-War Movement"
http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/5441/iran-and-the-us-anti-war-movement
By Manijeh Nasrabadi, Jadaliyya, posted May 8 "From Republic to Empire"http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/05/04/from-republic-to-empire By Paul Atwood, CounterPunch.org, posted May 5 "Texas Amnesia"http://truth-out.org/news/item/8737-texas-amnesia#.T6XM6Mdozls.email By James W. Russell, TruthOut.org, posted May 5 "A Putsch Against War: Generals and Secret Police Chiefs Get Together for an Attack on the Politicians" http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31251.htm By Uri Avnery, Information Clearing House, posted May 5 "University of California Takes Aim at Human Rights Activists"http://truth-out.org/news/item/8895-university-of-california-takes-aim-at-human-rights-activists By Stephen Zunes, TruthOut.org, posted May 4
"The Crown Family: Investing in Weapons, War . . . and Obama" http://warisacrime.org/content/crown-family-investing-weapons-war-and-obama By Nicolas Davies, War Is a Crime.org, posted May 1 "New Conflict of Interest at NYT Jerusalem Bureau"
http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=4534 By Alex Kane, Extra! (publication of FAIR, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting), May issue Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg, Rosalyn Baxandall, Jerry Lembcke, and Nicolas Davies for suggesting articles included in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.
[haw-info] Legislative Alert: $642 billion for the Military? This year? TIME SENSITIVE
The FY 2013 military budget (NDAA) is up for a vote in the House this Friday. It contains more than $642 billion of taxpayer money to pay for a war the majority of Americans oppose; nuclear upgrades that threaten non-proliferation agreements; programs and weapons that even the Pentagon doesn't want. The bill also promotes reckless threats on Iran, enables reckless actions by Israel and prohibits the transfer of prisoners from Guantanamo to the United States. It's not just the Republicans, who are at fault. The majority of Democrats on the House Armed Services Committee have voted in favor, producing a lopsided 56-5 margin for an outrageous bill. Partisan rhetoric should not obscure the reality that if this over-sized military budget passes the Congress, it will be paid for by programs that affect the most vulnerable- food stamps, school lunches, health insurance for low income children, "Meals-on Wheels" for the elderly.
Call the Capitol Switchboard Today 1-877-429-0678. (toll-free number provided by FCNL)
*Ask your Representatives to support Barbara Lee and Jerrold Nadler's strong amendment (#158) to cut all funding from the $88 billion allocated for the Afghanistan war, except for the purpose of bringing all of our troops and defense contractors home.
*And when it comes time for a vote on the entire Pentagon budget bill (H.R. 4310) make it clear that you expect your Representative to vote NO.
Please circulate this message widely to family and friends. Carolyn Eisenberg for the HAW Steering Committee
[haw-info] HAW Notes 5/3/12: Donors; links to White House documents; links to recent articles of interest; letter protesting New York Times ad
To members and friends of Historians Against the War, 1. We received a very gratifying response, in the form of donations ranging from $15 to $100, in response to our recent fundraising appeal (at http://blog.historiansagainstwar.org/2012/04/haw-info-appeal-for-funds.html). Heartfelt thanks to the following who gave as of today: Bonnie Anderson, Joe T. Berry, Allison Blakely, Ronald Cohen, Danny Czitrom, Geoff Eley, Bob Entenmann, Rosemary Feurer, Irene Gendzier, Robert Gold, Joan Hoff, Temma Kaplan, Michael Leja, John Marciano, Jerry Markowitz, Jeff Ostler, Jerry Paine, Roger Peace, Elizabeth Sanders, Ellen Schrecker, Robert Shaffer, Susan Strasser, Howard Swerdloff, Barbara Weinstein, Larry Wittner, and Robert Wolff. (Current members of the Steering Committee who made donations are not included in this list.) 2. For those interested, Rusti Eisenberg has provided links to the following White House documents concerning the "Strategic Partnership Agreement" announced by President Obama this week 3. At the end of this message, after the links to recent articles of interest, we are including a letter signed by several distinguished historians and sent to the New York Times "public editor" and to the New York Review of Books, protesting the David Horowitz ad in the Times using inflammatory language to denounce by name fourteen academics for having supported sanctions against Israel.
Links to Recent Articles of Interest "Collapsing Afghanistan & Pakistan Refuse to Cooperate with Obama Photo-Op"http://www.juancole.com/2012/05/collapsing-afghanistan-pakistan-refuse-to-cooperate-with-obama-photo-op.html By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted May 2 The author teaches history at the University of Michigan
"Israeli Dissent May Create More Space for Iran Nuclear Deal"http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=107628 By Jim Lobe, Inter Press Service, posted May 1 "Civilian Casualties: Tactical Regrets and Strategic Hypocrisy"http://hnn.us/articles/civilian-casualties-tactical-regrets-and-strategic-hypocrisy By Stephen I. Levine and Michael H. Hunt, History News Network, posted April 30 The authors are, respectively, a research faculty associate in history at the University of Montana and a professor of history emeritus at the University of North Carolina "The Obama Contradiction: Weakling at Home, Imperial President Abroad"http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175535By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, posted April 29 "Wars of Attrition: Green Zones of the Mind, Guerrillas, and a Technical Knockout in Afghanistan"http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175533 By Nick Turse, TomDispatch.com, posted April 24 Features parallels between the Vietnam and Afghanistan wars"The Shame of Nations: A New Record is Set for Spending on War"http://hnn.us/articles/shame-nations-new-record-set-spending-war By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted April 23 The author is a professor of history emeritus at SUNY Albany"Secret British Colonial Archive Finally Released"http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/04/20/secret-british-colonial-archive-finally-released By Graham McPhee, CounterPunch, posted April 20 "Collateral Damage in Afghanistan: After Decades of Military Devastation, Afghans Are Traumatized"http://inthesetimes.com/article/13008/collateral_insanity_in_afghanistan By Terry J. Allen, In These Times, posted April 17 Suggestions for these more or less biweekly lists can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com. Thanks to Rosalyn Baxandall and Mim Jackson for suggesting articles that are included in the above list. To the Editors: Regardless of our particular positions on the state of Israel and its policies toward the Palestinian people, we wish to declare our profound distress at the language and intent of the ad sponsored by the "David Horowitz Freedom Foundation" that appeared on the op-ed page of the NY Times on Tuesday, April 24th. It is a disgrace that this ad attempts to draw a direct connection between support for the Boycott, Divest, and Sanction Israel movement and the recent tragic murders of a rabbi and three Jewish students in Toulouse. Furthermore, we are deeply disturbed by the Times' decision to publish an ad that names and targets specific academics, accuses them of being motivated by "hatred," and that then calls for them to be "publicly shamed and condemned." The exact details of the "public shaming" that the Horowitz Foundation has in mind are not divulged, but it would apparently go beyond reasoned criticism or vigorous disagreement. David Horowitz has a long record of attempting to suppress academic freedom, and of seeking to silence scholars who have expressed what he considers unorthodox views. This latest ad, however, is an especially unsavory effort to incite harassment of scholars whose opinions are not to his liking. Horowitz's tactics, which rely on innuendo and intimidation, are inimical to an atmosphere of free expression and open debate, and should be condemned accordingly. Barbara Weinstein Silver Professor of History New York University New York, NY 10012 New York Linda Gordon Florence Kelley Professor of History New York University New York Temma Kaplan Professor of History Rutgers University New Brunswick Alice Kessler-Harris R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of History Columbia University New York David Abraham Professor of Law University of Miami School of Law Coral Gables Elaine Tyler May Regents Professor of American Studies University of Minnesota Minneapolis Marilyn B. Young Collegiate Professor of History New York University New York Gary Gerstle James G. Stahlman Professor of American History Vanderbilt University Nashville Linda K. Kerber May Brodbeck Professor of History University of Iowa Iowa City Nelson Lichtenstein MacArthur Foundation Professor of History University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Jon Wiener Professor of History University of California, Irvine Irvine Mary Nolan Professor of History New York University New York Lary May Professor of History University of Minnesota Minneapolis Joan Hoff Research Professor of History Montana State University Bozeman
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