[haw-info] HAW Notes (including links to recent articles of interest)

To members and friends of Historians Against the War,

The "Remembering Howard Zinn" session April 9, co-sponsored by HAW and the Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) at the Organization of American Historians annual meeting, was well attended and warm-spirited.  An account appears on the Zinn Education Project's web site, at http://www.zinnedproject.org/posts/6187.  The full text of Staughton Lynd's featured speech at the session is also on the Zinn Education Project site and is included in the list below.


Links to Recent Articles of Interest

"Howard Zinn, Historian"
http://www.zinnedproject.org/news/howard-zinn-historian-by-staughton-lynd
By Staughton Lynd (talk given in the "Remembering Howard Zinn" OAH session), posted April 12

"Left & Right: Prospects for Peace"
http://www.amconmag.com/article/2010/may/01/00012/
Symposium in The American Conservative, May 1 issue, posted April 12
On the prospects for unity of progressives and conservatives opposed to US wars

Interview with Andrew Bacevich on "Bill Moyers Journal"
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04092010/transcript3.html
Transcript of interview, mainly on Afghanistan, conducted April 9
Andrew Bacevich teaches history and international relations at Boston University

"Two, Three, Many Afghanistans"
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100426/klare
By Michael Klare, The Nation, April 26 issue, posted April 7

"Micro-Geography Matters in Jerusalem"
http://www.hnn.us/articles/125026.html
By Dror Wahrman, History News Network, posted April 5
The author teaches history at Indiana University Bloomington

"Legitimation Crisis in Afghanistan"
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100419/polk
By William R. Polk, The Nation, April 19 issue, posted April 1

"Can Anyone Pacify the World's Number One Narco-State? The Opium Wars in Afghanistan"
http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175225
By Alfred McCoy, TomDispatch.com, posted March 30
The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

"The Texas State Board of Education and History Standards: A Teacher's Perspective"
http://www.hnn.us/articles/124806.html
By Ron Briley, History News Network, posted March 29
The author is a longtime history teacher, and currently assistant headmaster, at the Sandia Preparatory School

"Lying About Nuclear Weapons"
http://www.hnn.us/articles/124709.html
By Lawrence S. Wittner, History News Network, posted March 29
The author teaches history at SUNY Albany

"The 'Long War' Quagmire
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-hayden28-2010mar28,0,4563376.story
By Tom Hayden, Los Angeles Times, posted March 28

Suggestions for these (more or less) biweekly lists can be sent to jimobrien48@gmail.com.  Thanks to Miriam Jackson and Larry Wittner for sending suggestions for this week's list, along with Carolyn (Rusti) Eisenberg from the HAW working group for this project.

[haw-info] HAW Notes

The first two of these notes relate to the Organization of American Historians (OAH) annual meeting in Washington, DC later this week.

1.  HAW and the Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) are co-sponsoring a special OAH session entitled "Remembering Howard Zinn: A Sharing of Memories and Thoughts," 5:30 to 7:00 pm Friday, April 9 in the Lincoln Room, on the mezzanine of the Hilton Washington, the convention hotel.  Howard's long-time friend Staughton Lynd will give a formal appreciation, followed by an open mike.

2.  Also on Friday at the OAH, we will also have a literature table, probably in the same area as other nonprofits.  If anyone is willing to help staff it, please write to jimobrien48@gmail.com.  In any case, if you get a chance, please look for it and stop by. 

3.  A paper given by at the first HAW national conference (in Austin, Texas, 2006) by military veteran and historian Paul Atwood has been greatly expanded and now exists in book form under the title War and Empire: The American Way of Life (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010).  http://www.amazon.com/War-Empire-American-Way-Life/dp/0745327648/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269534974&sr=1-1