[H-Pad] Broadsides for the Trump Era

[Margaret Power]

“Historians for Peace and Democracy publishes five Broadsides for the Trump
Era”



Margaret Power, co-chair, marmacpower1 at gmail.com



Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD) is pleased to announce the
publication of five broadsides, collectively called Broadsides for the
Trump Era. You can access them on the H-PAD website, here
https://www.historiansforpeace.org/broadsides-for-the-trump-era/ This is a
new series of brief, printable handouts that summarize important historical
events, movements, crises, and more that form the backdrop for our current
political situation. And please check back at this site for additions in
the near future!



The five broadsides, their authors, and a short summary of each is below.



Geoff Eley is a professor of history at the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor. His broadside, “*Is Trump a Fascist?*
<https://www.historiansforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Eley-Fascism-1.pdf>“
addresses this question and draws on historical comparisons to determine
what fascism is, and whether or not the current administration is, indeed,
fascist.



Linda Gordon is a professor of history and a University Professor of
Humanities at New York University. Her broadside explores “*The Ku Klux
Klan of the 1920s*
<https://www.historiansforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Gordon-Ku-Klux-Klan.pdf>”
and examines what the Klan was, its ideology, constituency, use of
violence, and accomplishments, and women and the Klan.



Jeremy Kuzmarov, is the Jay P. Walker assistant professor of history at the
University of Tulsa.  His broadside explores the political myths,
interests, and impact of the “*The U.S. War on Drugs*
<https://www.historiansforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Kuzmarov-War-on-Drugs.pdf>
” from its origins in the 1910s to today.



Robert Oppenheim is an associate professor in the Center for East Asian
Center Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. His broadside “*North
Korea and Nuclear Weapons*
<https://www.historiansforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Oppenheim-North-Korea-2.pdf>”
discusses why North Korea developed nuclear weapons, the potential for
eliminating or slowing its production of them, and whether or not North
Korean has cheated on nuclear agreements.



Ellen Schrecker is a professor emerita of American history at Yeshiva
University. Her broadside, “*McCarthyism, 1947-1960*
<https://www.historiansforpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Schrecker-McCarthyism.pdf>,”
answers key questions about McCarthyism, such as what was it, who sponsored
it, how did it end, and what were the long-lasting results.
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