[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 11/22/21: Panels on "Twenty Years of War"; Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*Note: *Historian Tejasvi Nagaraja at Cornell University will host two free
online panels under the theme of "Twenty Years of War." The first, "The War
on Terror, Security Statecraft, and Racial Justice,"
<https://ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/overview/K113021> takes place
November 30 and the second, "Coalitions of War and Antiwar,"
<https://ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/overview/K120721/> on December 7,
both at 3pm EST.


*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"To Govern the Globe: Washington's World Order and Catastrophic Climate
Change* <https://tomdispatch.com/to-govern-the-globe>
By *Alfred McCoy, *TomDispatch.com, posted November 18
*Based on the author's new book, *To Govern the Globe (Dispatch Books,
November 2021),
*which covers the last 600 years of "world orders" and their unmaking, this
article argues that climate change is eclipsing America's world order and
offering only a short duration for the China-dominated order that is likely
to follow. The author teaches history at the University of Wisconsin.*

*"Are We Witnessing a 'General Strike' in Our Own Time?"*
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/11/18/are-we-witnessing-general-strike-our-own-time>
By *Nelson Lichtenstein, **Washington Post, *posted November 18
*Compares the current phenomenon of workers leaving their jobs, sometimes
called "The Great Resignation," with W. E. B. Du Bois's use of the term
"general strike" for actions by African Americans' in the South during and
after the Civil War. The author is a labor historian and a research
professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara.*

*"As One of the First White Kids in a Black School, I Learned Not to Fear
History"*
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/as-one-of-the-first-white-kids-in-a-black-school-i-learned-not-to-fear-history/2021/11/12/05a78eca-4328-11ec-a88e-2aa4632af69b_story.html>
By *Woody Holton, **Washington Post, *posted November 12
*A personal account by University of South Carolina historian Woody Holton,
who attended a newly integrated public school in Richmond in the early
1970s. His father, Linwood Holton, was the Republican governor of Virginia
at the time and accepted federal court orders to desegregate the schools.*
The older Holton died on October 28 of this year.

*"The 1619 Project and the Long Battle over U.S. History"*
<https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/magazine/1619-project-us-history.html>
By *Jake Silverstein, **New York Times, *posted November 9
*"Fights over how we tell our national story go back more than a century —
and have a great deal to teach us about our current divisions." The author
is the editor-in-chief of the *New York Times Magazine *and a key figure in
the 1619 Project.*

*"Educational Gag Orders: Legislative Restrictions on the Freedom to Read,
Learn, and Teach."* <https://pen.org/report/educational-gag-orders>
A report by *PEN America, *posted November 8
*A detailed survey of the 54 bills introduced in 24 state legislatures
during January-September 2021 to restrict teaching and training in K-12
schools, public universities, and state agencies. "These bills appear
designed to chill academic and educational discussions and impose
government dictates on teaching and learning. In short: They are
educational gag orders." *


*"The CIA Undermined Postcolonial Africa from the Start"*
<https://jacobinmag.com/2021/11/us-cia-intervention-africa-white-malice-susan-williams-book-review>
By *Alex Park, **Jacobin, *posted November 7
*A review essay on Susan Williams's book *White Malice: The CIA and the
Recolonization of Africa *(Public Affairs Press, 2021), a deeply researched
account of how the CIA undermined leftist governments in the Congo and
Ghana in the late 1950s and early 1960s. The reviewer is a freelance
journalist with a particular interest in foreign investments in Africa.*


*"White Backlash Is America's Most Destructive Habit"*
<https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/conservative-backlash-progress/620607>
By *John S. Huntington and Lawrence B. Glickman, **The Atlantic, *posted
November 7
*Gives historical examples, starting with Reconstruction, showing that
"Each time political minorities advocate for and achieve greater equality,
conservatives rebel, trying to force a reinstatement of the status quo." * *The
authors teach history at Houston Community College and Cornell University,
respectively.*

*"Armaud Arbery Suspects' Trial Defense Taps a Racist Legal Legacy"*
<https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/ahmaud-arbery-suspects-trial-defense-taps-racist-legal-legacy-ncna1283274>
By *Alan Singer, **Think, *posted November 5
*"The idea of citizen’s arrest laws dates to Europe in the 13th century,
but it became melded with American efforts to prevent slave escapes." The
author is a historian and director of social studies education at Hofstra
University. *

*"Loose Talk"*
<https://lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v43/n21/steven-shapin/loose-talk>
By *Steven Shapin, **London Review of Books, *posted November 4
*A lengthy review-essay on Alex Wellerstein's book *Restricted Data: The
History of Nuclear Secrecy in the United States *(U. of Chicago Press,
2021). The reviewer is a professor emeritus of the history of science at
Harvard University.*

*"The Historians Are Fighting"*
<https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/10/1619-project-historians-controversy-gordon-wood-woody-holton.html>
By *William Hogeland, **Slate, *posted October 30
*An informative and entertaining account of the recent face-off at the
Massachusetts Historical Society between Woody Holton and Gordon Wood on
the 1619 Project and the nature of the American Revolution. The author has
published several books on early American history, including *Inventing
America *(MIT Press, 2009).*

*Thanks to an anonymous reader for flagging some of the articles included
above, and to Steve Gosch for valuable consultation. Suggestions can be
sent to jimobrien48 at gmail.com <jimobrien48 at gmail.com>.*
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