[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 5/14/21: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"What We're Seeing Now Is Just the Latest Chapter in Israel's
Dispossession of the Palestinians"*
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/13/what-were-seeing-now-is-just-latest-chapter-israels-dispossession-palestinians>
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/13/what-were-seeing-now-is-just-latest-chapter-israels-dispossession-palestinians>
By* Rashid Khalidi, **Washington Post, *posted May 13
*The author teaches Arab Studies at Columbia University. Among his books is
*The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and
Resistance, 1917-2017 *(Metropolitan Books, 2020). He is part of the H-PAD
Virtual Speakers Program <https://www.historiansforpeace.org/speakers/>.*

*"Cliche and Caricature: Why January 6 Was Not Like a Banana Republic"*
<https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/may-2021/clich%C3%A9-and-caricature-why-january-6-was-not-like-a-banana-republic>
By *Dario A. Euraque, *AHA *Perspectives on History, *posted May 12
*On the history of real US-dominated "banana republics" in Central America.
The author teaches history at Trinity College. Among his books is
*Reinterpreting
the Banana Republic: Region and State in Honduras 1870-1972 *(U. of North
Carolina Press, 1996).*

*"Women Asked for an Independence Day. They Got Mother's Day Instead"*
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/05/07/women-asked-an-independence-day-they-got-mothers-day-instead/>
By *Kimberly A. Hamlin, **Washington Post, *posted May 7
*Argues that President Woodrow Wilson's proclamation of "Mother's Day" in
1914 was a conservative response to diverse initiatives from women
reformers for a day that would represent "an equal voice in shaping the
laws that govern women, peace and safety for our children and accessible
health care." * The author teaches history at Miami University in Ohio.

*"The True Meaning of the Afghan 'Withdrawal': Will the Nightmare of
Saigon's Fall Return in Kabul"*
<https://tomdispatch.com/the-true-meaning-of-the-afghan-withdrawal>
* <https://tomdispatch.com/the-true-meaning-of-the-afghan-withdrawal>*
By *Alfred McCoy, *TomDispatch.com, posted May 6
*A capsule history of US involvement in Afghanistan, with particular
attention to the heroin trade, with which the Taliban has financed its
operations. The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin;
among his books is *In the Shadows of the American Century: The Rise and
Decline of American Global Power *(Haymarket Books, 2017).*

*"Remember the Essential Workers after Covid - They Deserve Better"*
<https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/180088>
* <https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/180088>*
*By Joshua Freeman, *History News Network, posted May 2
*On the rise and (since the 1970s) fall of New York City policies taking
the needs of working-class people into account. The author is a professor
emeritus of history at Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center,
best-known for his book *Working Class New York: Life and Labor Since World
War II *(New Press, 2001). He is part of the H-PAD Virtual Speakers Program
<https://www.historiansforpeace.org/speakers/>.*

*"From the Past, A Chilling Warning about the Extremists of the Present"*
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/01/us/the-order-proud-boys-oath-keepers-far-right.html>
By *Neil McFarquhar, **New York Times, *posted May 1
*On "The Order," a far-right group responsible for robberies and murders in
the early 1980s in the service of seeking to establish a white homeland in
the American West. The story is based on interviews with federal agents and
prosecutors who brought the group down and who see parallels with groups
such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers. *


*"All Enemies Foreign and Domestic: The Road from Vietnam to the Capitol
Steps"*
https://washingtonspectator.org/vietnam-to-the-capitol-steps
By *George Black, **The Washington Spectator, *posted April 27
*A lengthy, detailed essay arguing that "there is a clear throughline
connecting the grievances of right-wing military officers in the wake of
the defeat in Vietnam to the conspiracy theories that erupted into full
view in the weeks and months leading up to the Capitol insurrection." The
author's book *The Long Shadow: A Story of War, Peace, and Redemption in
Vietnam* will be published by Knopf. *

*"The Amazon Union Drive Showed Us the Future of US Labor"*
<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/27/amazon-union-drive-us-labor-future>
<https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/27/amazon-union-drive-us-labor-future>
By* Donna Murch, **The Guardian, *posted April 27
*" The Amazon drive is only one part of a larger tide of multiracial labor
activism incubated in workplaces during the Covid-19 pandemic – activism
that will undoubtedly grow as the lockdowns recede." The author teaches US
history at Rutgers University *

*"In the U.S., Praise for Anglo-Saxon Heritage Has Always Been about White
Supremacy"*
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/04/26/us-praise-anglo-saxon-heritage-has-always-been-about-white-supremacy/>
By* L. D. Burnett, **Washington Post, *posted April 26
*On the rise of "Anglo-Saxon" rhetoric in the 1830s, in opposition to
abolitionism and as a precursor to imperial expansion prior to the
US-Mexican war. The author is editor of the blog of the Society for U.S.
Intellectual History..*

*"Tribute: Alan Canfora"*
<https://www.kent.edu/magazine/news/tribute-alan-canfora>
* <https://www.kent.edu/magazine/news/tribute-alan-canfora>*
By *Thomas Grace, **Kent State Magazine, *Spring-Summer issue
*An appreciation of the late Alan Canfora, a Kent State University graduate
who more than anyone else kept alive the historical memory of the Ohio
National Guard's shooting that killed four students and wounded nine others
on May 4, 1971. The author teaches history at Erie Community College in
Buffalo and wrote *Kent State: Death and Dissent in the Long Sixties (U. of
Massachusetts Press, 2016).

*"Visions Against Politics"*
<https://www.aaup.org/article/guest-editors-visions-against-politics#.YJyDTKEpAb7>
*
<https://www.aaup.org/article/guest-editors-visions-against-politics#.YJyDTKEpAb7>*
By *Eileen Boris and Annelise Orleck,* *Academe**, *Spring 2021
*Introduction to a special issue of the AAUP magazine *Academe
* on a "New *

*Deal for Higher Education." Eileen  Boris teaches history and feminist
studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Annelise Orlick
teaches history at Dartmouth College. *

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