April 2021
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Note: The UMass Amherst virtual conference on “Truth, Dissent & the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg” takes place this Friday and Saturday, April 30 and May 1. Among the many speakers are Ellsberg himself, Edward Snowden, John Dean, Frances Fitzgerald, Rusti Eisenberg, Bill Ehrhardt, Ngo Vinh Long, and others. The schedule of sessions is here and…
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https://www.ellsbergpapers.org/conference/ Free on-line event Featuring Daniel Ellsberg in conversation with Edward Snowden Panels: Vietnam War Role of Resisters Nuclear Weapons Whistle-blowing
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On Thursday, April 22 Massachusetts Peace Action will be holding a zoom forum on the US use and abuse of economic sanctions. It will feature the Empire of Sanctions syllabus that three H-Pad members put together and that provides useful and accessible resources for teachers and activists concerned about this increasingly prevalent weapon of…
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For more information on the conference and registration: https://www.umass.edu/history/ellsberg-conference History News Network, http://hnn.us/article/179723
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Note: “Truth, Dissent & the Legacy of Daniel Ellsberg,” a virtual national conference commemorating the release of the Pentagon Papers 50 years ago, will take place Friday and Saturday April 30 and May 1, sponsored by the History Department of the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The speakers list is extraordinary, including Ellsberg himself as well…
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If you wish to sign this urgently-needed letter, please go to https://forms.gle/eJhXePzoSW6KTP1e6 For information on the strike, see Graduate Workers of Columbia University/UAW Local 2110. Our deadline is Noon on Sunday, April 4. Van Gosse and Margaret Power, Co-Chairs Dear Provost Katznelson, We write you as fellow historians. Your scholarship in working-class history has been of…