March 2023
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I am pleased to send this announcement for one more excellent event in the U Mass Feinberg Series. Margaret Power An evening of poetry with Ocean Vuong, Carolyn Forché, Yusef Komunyakaa, Dunya Mikhail, and Ru Freeman View this email in your browser FEINBERG SERIES CAPSTONE Out of the wreckage of war and imperialism, artists often present us…
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Note: The 80-minute PBS documentary The Movement and the Madman, which premiered last night (March 28) showing the influence of the Vietnam antiwar movement on Nixon's Vietnam policy, is available via livestream through April 27. Also, Vietnam War historian Chris Appy is interviewed on Jon Wiener's podcast about the events depicted in the documentary. …
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Dear H-PAD supporters, We are honored that our fellow historian Paul Ortiz will lead this online forum, so we can all start planning to organize our own campuses. The Right is coming for all of us, and there are lessons to be learned! Please forward to everyone you know who is ready to fight. Van…
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A new, useful documentary on the power of antiwar protest during the Vietnam War. Premiers Tuesday March 28 at 9 PM on PBS. https://www.movementandthemadman.com/ The Movement and The “Madman” – Official Film Site How antiwar protests in 1969 caused President Nixon to cancel his “madman” plans for a massive escalation of the Vietnam war. www.movementandthemadman.com
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Dear H-PAD supporters, We don’t send many urgent alerts, but now is the time, and we ask that you take action now. The March 3 letter from the Council of the American Historical Association, copied below, makes clear the stakes of what is involved in Florida House Bill 999. Governor Ron DeSantis and his legislative…
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Here is another wonderful event in the ongoing Feinberg Series. Margaret Power Solidarity Across the Americas: The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and Antiimperialism https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469674056/solidarity-across-the-americas/
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “The American War from Hell, 20 Years Later: How Washington Lost Its Moral Compass in Iraq” By Juan Cole, TomDispatch, posted March 9 Written in advance of the 20th anniversary of the Iraq invasion (March 20, 2003). “Who remembers anymore that, in 2003, we were Vladimir Putin?” The author…
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In case you have not seen this statement, please read it and share it. And note the use of the word “horror!” Margaret Power for Historians for Peace and Democracy Solidarity Across the Americas: The Puerto Rican Nationalist Party and Antiimperialism https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469674056/solidarity-across-the-americas/ Margaret Power Professor of History Emerita Department of Humanities Illinois Institute of Technology …
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Fwd: (Please Forward) Feminists Against Empire: Resistance to U.S. Sanctions and Embargoes (Tu, 3/7)
Another excellent event in the Feinberg Series from the UMass History Department.