[haw-info] HAW Notes 10/8/13: Syria teach-in tonight; links to recent articles of interest

1.  Here is a reminder of tonight's National On-Line Teach-In on "Syria & U.S. Policy in the Region," sponsored by fifteen national organizations including Peace Action, the Institute for Policy Studies, Code Pink, U.S. Labor Against the War, and others.  

• Live streaming (6:30 - 7:30 Eastern time): http://www.busboysandpoets.com/videos/live-streaming.
  
• On-line afterwards:  http://www.busboysandpoets.com/videos.
  
• Further details: http://peaceblog.wordpress.com/2013/10/01/4061/

2.  Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"Terror: The Hidden Source"

By Malise Ruthven, New York Review of Books, October 24 issue

Review essay on The Thistle and the Drone: How America's War on Terror Became a Global War on Tribal Islam

"An Interview with Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick"

By Satoko Oka Norimatsu and Narusawa Muneo, CounterPunch.org, posted October 7

"The Obama Doctrine"

By Noam Chomsky, TruthOut.org, posted October 1

"The Forgotten War: 12 Years in Afghanistan Down the Memory Hole"

By Ann Jones, TomDispatch.com, posted October 1

"Peace Panic"

By Ervand Abrahamian, London Review of Books blog, posted October 1

The author teaches history at Baruch College, CUNY

"A World in Which No One Is Listening to the Planet's Sole Superpower"

By Dilip Hiro, TomDispatch.com, posted September 29

"Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the 'Pathetic' American Media"

Interview in The Guardian Media Blog, posted September 27

"Collateral Damage"

By Dexter Filkins, New York Review of Books, posted September 27

"Obama's Syria Shift Sends Foreign Policy Elite Back to School"

By Ira Chernus, History News Network, posted September 25

Thanks for Rusti Eisenberg, Steve Goschy, and Rosalyn Baxandall for suggesting articles included in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.