[H-Pad] A CALL TO ACTION: “War or Peace with North Korea?”

[Andor Skotnes]

H-PAD Supporters

Colleagues,

The H-PAD SC has recently been involved with national groups that are
organizing activities during the Winter Olympics and Paralympics to educate
the US public about the current Korea crisis, and to oppose US war with
North Korea.  Using the tradition of the truce during the ancient Olympics
as a metaphor, this organizing effort is called the *Olympic Truce Campaign*,
and it will extend at least through February and March 2018.

*We ask H-PAD supporters to join this campaign in any way we can*.  To
facilitate H-PAD participation in the campaign, we have drawn up *a call to
action (below),* and are placing support materials on the H-PAD web site
including:

·         Information on other participating organizations

·         An easily reproducible Broadside by Robert Oppenheim, “North
Korea and Nuclear Weapons”

·         A hyperlinked reading list of useful, recent articles

·         A list of expert speakers who are available to speak on the
U.S.-Korea crisis

·         Some sample flyers to be used to publicize local events

·         A National Calendar of Actions

·         A blog for reporting events and sharing organizing experiences

All of these resources can be found at
https://www.historiansforpeace.org/korea/ and will be updated frequently.

Let’s join the campaign and build H-PAD presence!

                 Solidarity,  H-PAD Steering Committee

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*A CALL TO ACTION*

“War or Peace with North Korea?”

An Olympics Truce Campaign

February and March 2018

Of all the dangers the reactionary Trump administration poses, the most
immediately devastating would be another war with North Korea. Such a war
would almost certainly go nuclear, with catastrophic loss of life.
President Trump’s bluster and instability, matching that of the North
Korean president, pose a constant risk of a tense situation getting
completely out of control. The public needs to weigh in on the need for a
diplomatic resolution to the conflict. Peaceful options exist, and they
need to be brought to the forefront of public discussion.


Historians for Peace and Democracy (H-PAD) has joined a large coalition of
national peace and justice organizations in calling for a multi-faceted
campaign of teach-ins, forums, debates, roundtables, film showings, and
political actions—on campus and in the community—to raise consciousness
about the danger of war and the options for peace.. We want these events to
raise the question “Korea: What Are the Options?”


The fact that the Winter Olympics (February 9-25) and the Paralympics
(March 9-16) are to be held in Pyeongchang, South Korea, offers a unique
opportunity to use the ancient tradition of an Olympic Truce to achieve
peaceful resolution of the U.S.-North Korean confrontation. Already the
occasion of the Olympics has reduced tensions, as North and South Korea
have reinstituted dialogue, and planned US-South Korean military exercises
are suspended. However, without public awareness and pressure, these steps
will become just a short-lived peaceful interlude.

*WE CAN’T LET THIS MOMENT PASS: WE MUST ORGANIZE!*
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