[haw-info] HAW Notes 4/7/16: Vietnam draft resistance film; links to recent articles of interest

A note: The IndiGoGo fundraising campaign for the film-in-progress The Boys Who Said No: Draft Resistance & the Vietnam War has gotten off to a strong start. Information about the project, with a link for contributing, is here.

LInks to Recent Articles of Interest

"Are Sanders' Criticisms of Israeli Occupation Policies Unprecedented in a Presidential Campaign?"

By Juan Cole, Informed Comment blog, posted April 7

The author teaches history at the University of Michigan.

"Orwell (and the President) Come to Hiroshima"

By Joseph Gerson, CommonDreams.org, posted April 6

"Writing a Blank Check on War for the President: How the United States Became a Prisoner of War and Congress Went MIA"

By Andrew J. Bacevich, TomDispatch.com, posted April 5

The author is a professor emeritus of history and International Relations at Boston University.

Two more by Prof. Bacevich:

"Matters of Choice," an interview by Stephen Kinzer, Boston Review, posted April 4

"Ted Cruz Embodies the Degeneration of Foreign Policy Conservatism," The Nation, posted March 30

"Islamic Extremism Is a Product of Western Imperialism"

By Gary Leech, CounterPunch.com, posted March 30

"Donald Trump: Foreign Policy's Useful Idiot?"

By John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus, posted March 30

"Neoconservatism in a Nutshell"

By Jim Lobe, LobeLog, posted March 24

"With the Middle East Peace Process 'Dead,' Now What?"

By Douglas Kerr and Ted Steinberg, Cleveland.com, posted March 23

Ted Steinberg teaches history at Case Western Reserve University.

"A Force unto Itself: A Military Leviathan Has Emerged as America's 51st and Most Powerful State"

By William J. Astore, TomDispatch.com, posted March 20

The author is a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and formerly taught at the US Air Force Academy.

Thanks for Mim Jackson and an anonymous reader for suggesting articles included in the above list. Suggestions for these occasional lists can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.