From jimobrien48 at gmail.com Mon Mar 8 04:39:58 2010 From: jimobrien48 at gmail.com (Jim O'Brien) Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 07:39:58 -0500 Subject: [haw-info] Support needed for Kucinich withdrawal resolution Message-ID: *This message is sent on behalf of Carolyn (Rusti) Eisenberg, Steering Committee member and legislative coordinator of Historians Against the War.* ** This past Thursday, Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich introduced H. Con Res. 248, a privileged resolution with 16 original cosponsors that will require the House of Representatives to debate whether to continue the war in Afghanistan. Debate on the resolution is expected early this week (week of March 8). This Resolution would require the President *to withdraw all US troops from Afghanistan by the end of 2010. *While unlikely to pass, significant Congressional support for the Kucinich measure would help build momentum for the budget battles to come. The White House is asking for $33 billion Supplemental to 2010 budget to pay for the increase in troop numbers, along with an additional $159 billion for FY 2011. As of now, the Kucinich resolution lists as cosponsors John Conyers, Ron Paul, Jos? Serrano, Bob Filner, Lynn Woolsey, Walter Jones, Danny Davis, Barbara Lee, Michael Capuano, Ra?l Grijalva, Tammy Baldwin, Tim Johnson, Yvette Clarke, Alan Grayson, and Chellie Pingree. *Because Rep. Kucinich is invoking the War Powers Act, a vote is expected to come soon. Please call the Congressional switchboard 202-224-3121 and tell your Congressional Representative to support **H. Con Res. 248* *.* -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimobrien48 at gmail.com Wed Mar 10 13:45:47 2010 From: jimobrien48 at gmail.com (Jim O'Brien) Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:45:47 -0500 Subject: [haw-info] HAW Notes (including links to recent articles of interest) Message-ID: To members and friends of Historians Against the War, Here are a couple of notes, followed by our (more or less) biweekly links to recent articles of interest. 1. HAW will have a literature table at the Left Forum (www.leftforum.org), being held this year at Pace University in New York City, March 19-21. If anyone is planning to attend and is interested in helping at the table for a stretch on either Saturday or Sunday, March 20 or 21, please contact Jeri Fogel at jerise at jerise.com. 2. Members of the HAW Steering Committee for this year, following an election by the currently enrolled HAW membership (see the HAW web site, at historiansagainstwar.org, on how to join) are as follows: Marc Becker, Matt Bokovoy, Carolyn (Rusti) Eisenberg, John J. Fitzgerald, Jerise Fogel, Rich Gibson, Van Gosse, Martin Halpern, Mark Hatlie, Julia Liss, Staughton Lynd, Edrene McKay, Beth McKillen, Carl Mirra, Tom Murphy, Jim O'Brien, Margaret Power, Maia Ramnath, Robert Shaffer, Francis Shor, and Andor Skotnes. *Links to Recent Articles of Interest "Israel Sandbags Biden"* * http://readersupportednews.com/opinion/75-politics/1201-israel-sandbags-biden * By *Juan Cole, *Reader Supported News, posted March 10 *includes historical background* *"Exit Strategies for Aghanistan and Iraq"** *http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100322/hayden?rel=EmailNation * *By *Tom Hayden, **The Nation, *posted March 8 *on Congressional dynamics and the state of the peace movement* * "Let Europe Be Europe: Why the United States Must Withdraw from NATO"** * * http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/02/22/let_europe_be_europe?page=0,1 * By *Andrew Bacevich, **Foreign Policy, *March-April, posted March 4* **The author teaches history and international relations at Boston University** "The Pentagon's Runaway Budget"* *http://www.fpif.org/articles/the_pentagons_runaway_budget* By *Carl Conetta, *Foreign Policy in Focus, posted March 3 *on the rise in military spending since 1998, compared to past surges **"How to Fight a Better War (Next Time)"* http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/175213 By *Tom Engelhardt, *TomDispatch.com, posted March 2 *on "lessons" from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, tongue-in-cheek **"The System Works, Obama's Approach Doesn't"* http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_system_works_even_if_these_bozos_dont_20100301/ By *Stanley Kutler, *Truthdig.com, posted March 2* * * **compares Obama to Franklin Roosevelt* * **"America, the Fragile Empire"* http://www.commondreams.org/view/2010/02/28-5 By *Niall Ferguson, *Common Dreams (from *Los Angeles Times*), posted February 28 *"US Started a War of Aggression Against Afghanistan over 30 Years Ago"* http://countercurrents.org/lucas260210.htm By *James A. Lucas, *Countercurrents.org, posted February 26 *Suggestions for articles to include in these mailings can be sent to jimobrien48 at gmail.com. Other members of the working group for this project are Matt Bokovoy, Carolyn (Rusti) Eisenberg, Maia Ramnath, and Tom Murphy.* * ** * * * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jimobrien48 at gmail.com Fri Mar 26 09:47:09 2010 From: jimobrien48 at gmail.com (Jim O'Brien) Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:47:09 -0400 Subject: [haw-info] Links to recent articles of interest Message-ID: *Suggestions for inclusion in these more-or-less biweekly lists can be sent to jimobrien48 at gmail.com. Working group members are Carolyn (Rusti) Eisenberg, Maia Ramnath, Matt Bokovoy, Tom Murphy, and Jim O'Brien. Thanks also to Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and John J. Fitzgerald for suggesting articles included in this week's list. * *"Top Ten Reasons East Jerusalem Does Not Belong to Jewish-Israelis" * * http://www.juancole.com/2010/03/top-ten-reasons-east-jerusalem-does-not.html * By *Juan Cole, *Informed Comment blog, posted March 23 *On the history of Jerusalem from ancient times; the author teaches Middle East history at the University of Michigan* *"Texas School Board Whitewashes History"* *http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/03/18/czitrom.texas.textbooks/index.html* By *Daniel Czitrom, *History News Network, posted March 22 *The author teaches history at Mt. Holyoke College **"Counterfactual: A Curious History of the C.I.A.'s Secret Interrogation Program"* * http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2010/03/29/100329crbo_books_mayer * By *Jane Mayer, **The New Yorker, *March 29 issue *Dismantles Marc Theissen's best-selling book *Courting Disaster *"From the Philippines Conquest to Afghanistan, the U.S. Trains Local Police in Brutality"* *http://www.hnn.us/articles/124504.html* By *Jeremy Kuzmarov, *History News Network, posted March 22 (first published in *Asia-Pacific Journal*) *"Twisting History in Texas"* *http://www.thenation.com/doc/20100405/foner* By *Eric Foner, **The Nation, *April 5 issue, posted March 18 *The author teaches history at Columbia University **"The Pentagon Church Militant: The Top Five Questions We Should Ask the Penatagon"* http://www.tomdispatch.com/blog/175219 By *William J. Astore, *TomDispatch.Com, posted March 18 *The author, a retired Air Force lieutenant Colonel, teaches history as the Pennsylvania College of Technology* *"Justifying Torture: Yoo Besmirches the Legacy of Jefferson"* *http://www.counterpunch.org/mcgovern03162010.html* By *Ray McGovern, *CounterPunch.org, posted March 16 *"Torture and the Imperial Presidency"* http://www.truthout.org/torture-and-imperial-presidency57695 By *Cary Fraser, *Truthout.org, posted March 15 *The author teaches history at Pennsylvania State University* *"The Travails of a Client State: An Okinawan Angle on the 50th Anniversary of the US-Japan Security Treaty"* *http://www.fpif.org/partnercontent/the_travails_of_a_client_state* By *Gavan McCormack, *Foreign Policy in Focus, posted March 12 *"An Open Letter to President Obama: U.S. Foreign Policy and Post-Election Iran"* http://www.counterpunch.org/bina03122010.html By *Cyrus Bina, *Counterpunch.org, posted March 12 *Traces the history of recent decades of US-Iran relations* * * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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