[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 6/19/20: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"Juneteenth: Activists Across US Inherit a Historic Battle for Racial
Justice"*
<https://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/318-66/63555-juneteenth-activists-across-us-inherit-a-historic-battle-for-racial-justice>
By *Kenya Evelyn, **The Guardian, *posted June 19

*A history of the observance of Juneteenth, the holiday that, according to
President Trump, "nobody had ever heard about."*

*"The Cops Can Be Defeated - But Not by Taking Obama's Advice"*
<https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/06/barack-obama-police-protests-riots-george-floyd>
By* Kevin Young, **Jacobin, *posted June 17
*On lessons from the southern civil rights movement of the 1960s,
especially the Birmingham protests of 1963. The author teaches history at
the University of Massachusetts Amherst and is a coauthor of the new
book *Levers
of Power: How the 1% Rule and What the 99% Can Do about It
*(Verso Press, July 2020). *

<https://warontherocks.com/2020/06/stay-out-of-the-regime-change-business>
*"Cut Overseas Training Programs"*
<https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/06/15/cut-overseas-police-training-programs>
<https://www.counterpunch.org/2020/06/15/cut-overseas-police-training-programs>
By *Jeremy Kuzmarov, *CounterPunch.org, posted June 15
*On the historic use of US police training to bolster despotic regimes. The
author teaches history at Tulsa Community College and Southern Nazarene
University. He is the author of * Modernizing Repression: Police Training
and Nation Building in the American Century *(Umass Press, 2012). *

*"The History of the 'Riot' Report: How Government Commissions Became
Alibis for Inaction"*
<https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/06/22/the-history-of-the-riot-report>
*By Jill Lepore, **The New Yorker, *posted June 15
*On the Kerner Report of 1968 as part of a long pattern of government
commissions on race relations that led to no change.The author teaches
history at Harvard University.*

*"The Insubordination of the Social and the Value of Life in the Time of
the Pandemic"*
<https://www.identitiesjournal.com/the-viral-condition-virtual-symposium/the-insubordination-of-the-social-and-the-value-of-life-in-the-time-of-the-pandemic>
By *Barbara Weinstein, *The Viral Condition, *Identities,* posted June 15
*The author teaches history at New York University and is a former
president of the American Historical Association. This essay was written
during the pandemic but before the murder of George Floyd.*

*"Rename the Army Posts - These 10 Soldiers Deserve the Honor"*
<https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/06/14/rename-army-posts-these-10-soldiers-deserve-honor>
By *Andrew Bacevich and Danny Sjursen, *CommonDreams.org, posted June 14
*Proposes new names for the ten military posts now named for Confederate
generals. Among the new honorees would be Robert Gould Shaw of the Civil
War, Sgt. Alvin York of World War I, Capt. George McGovern and Lt. Daniel
Inouye of World War II, Chief Warrant Officer Hugh Thompson of the Vietnam
War, and Geronimo. Both authors are retired US Army officers who have
taught at West Point.*

*"Let Them Eat Weapons: Trump's Bizarre Arms Race"*
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/175961>
By *Lawrence Wittner, *History News Network, posted June 14
*A concise critique of jacked-up military spending amid a public-health and
economic crisis. The author is a professor emeritus of history at SUNY
Albany.*

*"A Short History of Black Women and Police Violence"*
<https://theconversation.com/a-short-history-of-black-women-and-police-violence-139937>
By* Keisha N. Blain, **The Conversation, *posted June 12
*The author teaches history at the University of Pittsburgh and is the
author of *Set the World on Fire: Black Nationalist Women and the Global
Struggle for Freedom *(U. of Pennsylvania Press, 2018).*

*"Yes, American Police Act Like Occupying Armies. They Literally Studied
Their Tactics"*
<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/08/yes-american-police-act-like-occupying-armies-they-literally-studied-their-tactics>
By *Stuart Schrader, **The Guardian, *posted June 8
*The author teaches sociology at Johns Hopkins University and is the author
of *Badges Without Borders: How Global Counterinsurgency Transformed
American Policing
*(U. of California Press, 2019).  *

*"Contagion and Recovery in the Hittite Empire"*
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/175827>
By* Eva von Dassow, *History News Network, posted June 7
*A very quick read, wryly enjoyable. The author teaches Classical and Near
Eastern studies at the University of Minnesota.*

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