Announcements
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View in browser Dear HPAD members, The November 5 election opens up a new and difficult terrain of struggle, and we need to engage collectively about how to respond. What is the way forward in 2025, and what role should historians play? Those are the questions we will discuss via Zoom at 7 pm (EST)…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “Aurora and Springfield Aren’t the First Cities to Become Flash Points in US Immigration Debate – Here’s What Happened in Other Places Used as Political Soapboxes” By Miranda Cady Hallett, The Conversation, posted October 21 Tells the story of two communities – Siler City NC and Lewiston ME – where…
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We are happy to release our Newsletter #14 providing updates on our current activities. Click on any of the pages of the newsletter to access a PDF version with functional links.
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest: “How the Israeli Settlers Movement Shaped Modern Israel” By Arie Perliger, Informed Comment, posted September 19 “Since the late 1970s, the future of the Israeli settlements in the West Bank has been the country’s most divisive debate. Yet the once-fringe settler movement has arguably become the most influential actor in Israeli politics.”…
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Whereas the US government has underwritten the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) campaign in Gaza with over $16 billion in military aid between October 2023 and June 2024. Whereas that campaign, beyond causing massive death and injury to Palestinian civilians and the collapse of basic life structures, has effectively obliterated Gaza’s education system; Whereas in April…
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Links to recent articles of interest: “How Donald Trump Undermined the Health and Safety of American Workers” By Lawrence S. Wittner, Common Dreams, posted August 16 Catalogues the ways in which Trump administration policies from 2017 to 2021, both before and after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, increased workers’ vulnerability to a wide range of injuries and…
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From JVP: Tell your school board– Reject the ADL. See link above
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HPAD members, Netanyahu Arriving in DC Today! Our Voices Needed! The crisis in Gaza and the West Bank continues, although eclipsed by election news. Netanyahu is arriving in Washington today and will meet with a now weakened President Biden. In a disgraceful development, leaders of the House and Senate (including Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer)…
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Links to Recent Articles of Interest “The Regional Origins of America’s First Comprehensive Immigration Law” By Devin E. Naar, Made by History – Time, posted July 6 On the background of the Immigration Restriction Act of 1924 and its author, Rep. Albert Johnson (R-Wash). “Even as the primary targets of immigration restrictionism…
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HPAD members, The Israel Palestine Working Group of Historians for Peace and Democracy has produced a new video titled Stand Against AIPAC. The video contains slides about The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) and its influence over US politics. This is especially pressing information as Netanyahu’s visit to Congress on the 24…