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Thursday, February 26, 2015

[haw-info] Skip the Speech! Stand for Peace! Congressional Switchboard 202-224-3121

Skip the Speech! Stand for Peace!
 
House Speaker John Boehner has invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress on March 3. This partisan initiative is an obvious effort to embarrass the President and sabotage the Administration's promising negotiations with Iran about its nuclear energy program.
 
As of now 25 Representative and 4 Senators have stated they will skip the speech, while a larger group have asked the Israeli Prime Minister to stay at home. This could be a turning point in US-Israeli relations opening the prospect of greater independence by members of Congress in addressing Middle East policy.
 
Please pick up the phone and call your member of Congress. Ask the Capitol Switch-board to connect you:
Congressional Switchboard: 202-224-3121
 
Ask your Representative to:
* Skip the speech
* Support the Administration's negotiations with Iran about its nuclear-energy program
* Resist Israeli efforts to intervene in American politics
 
Carolyn Eisenberg and Van Gosse for the Historians Against War Steering committee
ps please let us know of any responses

Friday, February 20, 2015

[haw-info] HAW Notes 2/20/15: Links to recent articles of interest

Links to Recent Articles of Interest

By Staughton Lynd, CounterPunch.org, posted February 20
Review essay on American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity by Christian Appy

By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted February 19
The author teaches history at the University of Michigan.

By Scott McConnell, The American Conservative, posted February 18
Draws lessons from the 1956 Suez crisis

By Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept, posted February 16

By Andrew J. Bacevich, Moyers & Company, posted February 14
The author, retired from teaching history at Boston University, is a fellow at Columbia University's School of Public and International Affairs.

By Jim Lobe, LobeLog, posted February 12
Parallel's Netanyahu's arguments about Iraq prior to the 2003 invasion with his statements on Iran today.

By Danny Postel, In These Times, posted February 11
Review essay on Muhammed Idrees Ahmad's new book The Road to Iraq

By Gary Leupp, CounterPunch.org, posted February 11
The author teaches history at Tufts University.

By Rebecca Gordon, TomDispatch.com, posted February 10
The author's book Mainstreaming Torture was published in 2014.

By Christian Appy, TomDispatch.com, posted February 8
The author teaches history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His just-released American Reckoning is his third book on the Vietnam War.

Thanks to Mim Jackson, Rosalyn Baxandall, Chad Pearson, and an anonymous reader (always the same one) for suggesting articles included in the above list. And special thanks to Steve Gosch for having acted as co-editor of these lists for most of the past year. Suggestions for articles to be included can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.



Wednesday, February 04, 2015

[haw-info] HAW Notes 2/4/15: Vietnam War notes; Links to recent articles of interest


Vietnam War:  A new book by Christian Appy, author of two previous books on the Vietnam War, is being released by Viking Press tomorrow, February 5, with the title American Reckoning: The Vietnam War and Our National Identity. Information is available at http://www.christianappy.com. Also regarding the Vietnam War, the ad hoc project Peace Commemoration is planning a May 2 convention in Washington. D.C. honoring the Vietnam-era peace movement. There is not yet a website, but information can be obtained by writing to peace.commemoration@gmail.com or to David.B.Cortright.1@nd.edu.



Links to Recent Articles of Interest

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, posted February 3
Memories of I. F. Stone and reflections on the US in the Vietnam era and the present

By William J. Astore, TomDispatch.com, posted February 1
The author is a retired lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force who also has a doctorate in Modern History from the University of Oxford.

By David Mizner, Jacobin magazine, posted January 30

By Danny Postel, Portside.org, posted January 30

By Andrew J. Bacevich, TomDispatch.com, posted January 29
The author, retired from teaching history at Boston University, is a fellow at Columbia University's School of Public and International Affairs.

By Stephen R. Shalom, Mondoweiss, posted January 29

By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted January 25
The author is a professor of history emeritus at SUNY Albany.

By Andrew Meyer, History News Network, posted January 25
The author teaches history at Brooklyn College, CUNY.

By Matt Taibbi, Rolling Stone, posted January 21

Thanks to Rosalyn Baxandall and an anonyous reader for suggesting articles that are included in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.