[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 9/28/18: Okinawa statement; links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Note: Over a hundred scholars and activists have issued a statement
<https://consortiumnews.com/2018/09/09/world-scholars-artists-activists-call-for-demilitarization-of-okinawa/>
opposing plans for a new U.S. Marine base in Okinawa. Historian Peter
Kuznick of American University (pkuznick at aol.com <pkuznick at aol.com>) is one
of the coordinators of the statement.*


*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"How the Koch Brothers Built the Most Powerful Rightwing Group You've
Never Heard Of"
<https://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/52492-how-the-koch-brothers-built-the-most-powerful-rightwing-group-youve-never-heard-of>*
By *Alexander Hertel-Fernandez, Caroline Tervo, and Theda Skocpol, **The
Guardian, *posted September 26
*A detailed history of the extremely well funded Americans for Prosperity*

*"What Carol Anderson Tells People Who Say They Don't Understand What Is So
Hard About Requiring Voters to Show an ID"
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/170081>*
Emery University press release, posted September 24
*Carol Anderson teaches Afrjican American Studies at Emery University. Her
new book is *One Person, No vote: How Voter Suppression is Destroying Our
Democracy.

*"Who Putin Is Not: Falsely Demonizing Russia's Leader Has Made the New
Cold War Even More Dangerous"
<https://www.thenation.com/article/who-putin-is-not/>*
By *Stephen F. Cohen, **The Nation, *posted September 20
*The author is a professor emeritus of history at Princeton University and
New York University. *

*"Yemen's Descent into Hell: A Saudi-American War of Terror"
<http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176469>*
By *Rajan Menon, *TomDispatch.com, posted September 18
*The author teaches international relations at City College of New York and
is a senior research fellow at Columbia University. The article gives
background on the war in Yemen and the U.S. role in it.*

*"John Dower in Conversation: Part II"
<https://www.thenation.com/article/john-dower-in-conversation-part-ii/>*
Interview by Patrick Lawrence, *The Nation, *posted September 17
*A wide-ranging interview with a leading historian of the Pacific War uses
past wars to illuminate present-day issues of imperialism and race.*

*"What Does Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Think About the South China Sea?"
<https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/17/opinion/democratic-party-cortez-foreign-policy.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage>*
By *Daniel Bessner, **New York Times, *posted September 17
*Argues that progressive politicians should pay more attention to the need
for major changes in the U.S. stance toward the world.. The author teaches
foreign policy at the University of Washington.*

*"Sabra and Shatila: New Revelations"
<https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/09/17/sabra-and-shatila-new-revelations/>*
By *Seth Anziska,* *NYR [New York Review of Books] Daily, *posted September
17
*Excerpted from the author's Princeton University Press book *Preventing
Palestine: A Political History from Camp David to Oslo.

*"Lessons from White House Disinformation a Century Ago: It's Dangerous to
Believe Your Own Propaganda"
<https://theconversation.com/lessons-from-white-house-disinformation-a-century-ago-its-dangerous-to-believe-your-own-propaganda-102155>*
By *John Maxwell Anderson and Meghan Menard McCune, **The Conversation, *posted
September 13
*On the use of forged documents to justify intervention in Russia toward
the end of World War I.*

*"25 Years After the Oslo Accords, Independence Remains More Elusive Than
Ever for Palestinians"
<https://www.thenation.com/article/25-years-after-the-oslo-accords-independence-remains-more-elusive-than-ever-for-palestinians/>*
By *Rashid Khalidi, **The Nation, *posted September 13
*The author teaches Arab Studies at Columbia University.*

*"A 'Gentlemen's Agreement': How Oslo Worked Out as Planned for Israel"
<https://www.jonathan-cook.net/2018-09-13/agreement-oslo-israel/>*
By *Jonathan Cook, *View from Nazareth blog, posted September 13
*The author is a British journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, since 2001.*

*"The Battle for Crazytown"
<https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/09/07/the-battle-for-crazytown/>*
By *Stephen M. Walt, **Foreign Policy, *posted September 7
*"America's newest live-streaming reality show features the foreign-policy
establishment fighting for its life against Donald Trump." The author
teaches international relations at Harvard University.*

*Thanks to Jerise Fogel, Margaret Power, Steve Gosch, and an anonymous
reader for suggesting articles in the above list. Steve Gosch also
consulted on which articles to include. Suggestions can be sent to
jimobrien48 at gmail.com <jimobrien48 at gmail.com>.*
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