[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 9/19/19: Congressional advocacy; links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Congressional Bulletin*
*This new feature of some mailings will indicate some pending Congressional
initiatives on issues of concern to participants in H-PAD, along with
recommended actions. *
*Most Immediate:*
A House-Senate conference committee on the 2020 National Defense
Authorization bill is beginnings its work. There are three key provisions
in the House bill that are especially important.:

1/ a provision that would prohibit the use of funds for military action
against Iran without Congressional authorization. 2/ a provision that would
end US support for the Saudi-led war in Yemen, and 3/ repeal of the 2002
Authorization for the Use of Military Force against Iraq.

Call your Senators and Representatives today - *urge them to stand behind
these provisions and to speak out now against war with Iran. Capital
Switchboard: 202-224-3121.*
H-PAD legislative coordinators:
Carolyn Rusti Eisenberg
Prasannan Parthasarathi

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"On the Precipice: The Collective Asteroid of Human History"
<http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176605 >*
By *Tom Engelhardt, *TomDispatch.com, posted September 17
*A long view of the climate crisis.*

*"Autocrats Do Not Need a Majority to Destroy Democracy. A Divided
Opposition Helps Them" <https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/173030>*
By *Claudia Koonz, *History News Network, posted September 15
*The author is a professor of history emerita at Duke University and author
of, among other books, *The Nazi Conscience *(Harvard U. Press, 2005).*

*"The Only Way to End 'Endless War'"*
<https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/14/opinion/sunday/endless-war-america.html>
By *Stephen Wertheim, **New York Times, *posted September 14
*"First, America has to give up its quest for global dominance." The author
is a historian active in the Quincy Institute.*

*"More Than a Wall: 30 Years of Life Along the US-Mexico Border"
<https://www.thenation.com/article/photos-mexico-border-immigration/ >*
By *David Bacon, **The Nation, *posted September 12
*Striking photographs with explanatory captions and an introductory essay*

*"We Lost the War in Afghanistan. Get Over It."
<https://foreignpolicy.com/2019/09/11/we-lost-the-war-in-afghanistan-get-over-it/
>*
By *Stephen M. Walt, **Foreign Policy, *posted September 11
*The author teaches international affairs at Harvard University.*

*"Buying Greenland? Trump, Truman and the 'Pearl of the Mediterranean'"
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/173016>*
By Thorsten Borring Olesen, History News Network, posted September 10
*The author teaches history in the School for Culture and Society, Aarhus
University.*

*"On or Off, Peace Talks with the Taliban Spell Disaster for Afghanistan"
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/09/09/or-off-peace-talks-with-taliban-spell-disaster-afghanistan/>*
By *Ali A. Olomi, **Washington Post*, *posted September 9*
*The author teaches history, **specializing in the history of the Middle
East and Islam, **at Penn State Abingdon.*

*"The Pompeo Doctrine: How to Seize the Arctic's Resources, Now Accessible
Due to Climate Change (Just Don't Mention Those Words!)"
<http://www.tomdispatch.com/post/176603 >*
By *Michael T. Klare, *TomDispatch.com, posted September 10
*The author is a professor emeritus at Hampshire College; his book * All
Hell Breaking Loose: The Pentagon's Perspective on Climate Change
*is forthcoming in November.*

*"How the NRA Hijacked History"
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/09/09/why-accurate-history-must-guide-coming-debate-about-guns-second-amendment/?noredirect=on
>*
By *Jennifer Tucker, **Washington Post, *posted September 9
*On the actual origins of the Second Amendment and the campaign to alter
its meaning. The author teaches history at Wesleyan University and is
co-editor of the 2019 book *A Right to Bear Arms? The Contested Role of
History in Contemporary Debates on the Second Amendment.

*"Our Debt to Central American Refugees"
<https://www.dsausa.org/democratic-left/our-debt-to-central-american-refugees/>*
By *Kevin A. Young, *Democratic Socialists of America, posted September 9
*On the origins of Central American migration in US policies toward the
region.*
*The author teaches history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.*

*Thanks to Rusti Eisenberg and an anonymous reader for suggesting articles
included in the above list. Suggestions can be sent to
jimobrien48 at gmail.com <jimobrien48 at gmail.com>.*
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