[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes, 7/8/22

[Jim O'Brien]

*Links to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"Abortion Decision Cherry-Picks History - When the US Constitution Was
Ratified, Women Had Much More Control over Abortion Decisions than during
the 19th Century"*
<https://theconversation.com/abortion-decision-cherry-picks-history-when-the-us-constitution-was-ratified-women-had-much-more-autonomy-over-abortion-decisions-than-during-19th-century-185947>
By *Maurizio Valsania, **The Conversation, posted July 6.*

*The title expresses the point of the article. The author teaches US
history at the University of Turin, specializing in the Early Republic, and
has had two books on Thomas Jefferson published by the U. of Virginia
Press.*

*"Means of Destruction"*
<https://newleftreview.org/sidecar/posts/means-of-destruction>
By *Wolfgang Streeck, *NLR [*New Left Review*] *Sidecar, *posted July 2
*On the economics and politics of the military spending by NATO countries
in recent years. " For the countries there [Western Europe], the ever more
urgent question will be whether they aspire to become more than an American
auxiliary charged with controlling Russia and assisting in the upcoming
battle with China The author is  a German economic sociologist and emeritus
director of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne.
*

*"Ignoring the Ghosts of the 'Great War' - at Our Own Peril"*
<https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/07/01/ignoring-the-ghosts-of-the-great-war-at-our-own-peril>
By *George Beebe, **Responsible Statecraft, *posted July 1
*Argues that lessons from both the beginning and the end of World War One
have been ignored in NATO's strategic planning in regard to the Ukraine
war. The author is a former Russia analyst for the CIA and is currently
Grand Strategy director of the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.*

*"Anatol Lieven on NATO Expansion & What a Ukraine Peace Settlement Could
Look Like"*
<https://www.democracynow.org/2022/6/30/biden_nato_names_china_security_threat>
Interview by Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh, *Democracy Now!*, posted June
30
*Anatol Lieven is a policy analyst and author of several books on Russia
and its neighbors. He is a senior fellow of the Quincy Institute for
Responsible Statecraft.*

*"White Replacement Theory Is Nothing New"*
<https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2022/6/30/2107452/-White-Replacement-Theory-is-Nothing-New>
By *Alan Singer, **Daily Kos, *posted June 30
*A sometimes startling sample of rhetoric and laws aimed at a variety of
immigrants, from the colonial period into the 1920s. The author is a
historian and director of social studies education at Hofstra University.*

*"Ukraine Is the Latest Neocon Disaster"*
<https://consortiumnews.com/2022/07/01/ukraine-is-the-latest-neocon-disaster>
By *Jeffrey D. Sachs, **Common Dreams, posted June 28*
* "The Biden Administration is packed with the same neocons who championed
the US wars of choice in Serbia (1999), Afghanistan (2001), Iraq (2003),
Syria (2011), Libya (2011), and who did so much to provoke Russia's
invasion of Ukraine." The author is a University Professor and director of
the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University.*

*"Ending the War in Ukraine: Three Possible Futures"*
<https://tomdispatch.com/ending-the-war-in-ukraine>
By *Rajan Menon, *TomDispatch.com, posted June 26
*Teases-out the dimensions of three possible ways in which the war might
end, arguing that, in any case, "in 2022, with so much headed in the wrong
direction, a major war is the last thing this planet needs." The author
teaches international relations at the Powell School, City College of New
York  and is the author of *The Conceit of Humanitarian Intervention *(Oxford
U. Press, 2016).*

*"Clarence Thomas's Latest Guns Opinion Is Ahistorical and
Anti-Originalist" *
<https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2022/06/clarence-thomas-gun-decision-bruen-anti-originalist.html>
By *Saul Cornell, **Slate, *posted June 24
*"The old originalism of Robeert Bork and Chief Justice William Rehnquist
sought to use history to constrain judicial discretion and activism. The
new originalism favored by Thomas and his fellow originalists has embraced
judicial activism on steroids." The author teaches US history at Fordham
University, and among his books is *A Well-Regulated Militia: the Founding
Fathers and the Origins of Gun Control in America *(Oxford U. Press, 2006).*

*"The Causes and Consequences of the Ukraine Crisis"*
<https://nationalinterest.org/feature/causes-and-consequences-ukraine-crisis-203182>
By John J. Mearsheimer, *National Interest, *posted June 23
*A lengthy, detailed argument that US policy was principally responsible
for the war's outbreak and that current US policy, in its focus on
weakening Russia, is downgrading the prospects for a negotiated settlement
and for an end to suffering in Ukraine. The author teaches political
science and international relations at the University of Chicago.*

*"Why Russian Intellectuals Are Hardening Support for War in Ukraine"*
<https://portside.org/2022-06-18/why-russian-intellectuals-are-hardening-support-war-ukraine>
By *Anatol Lieven, **Portside, *posted June 18
*Says that many Russian intellectuals who loathe Putin and opposed the
invasion are now joining in support for the war effort out of* *"*an
increasingly strong feeling that the United States is trying to use the war
in Ukraine to cripple or even destroy the Russian state."

*"Florida's Divisive Concepts Bill Mistakes What Historians Do, with Dire
Implications"* <https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/183353>
By *Jessica L. Adler, *History News Network, posted June 12
*On the threat posed by Florida's law H.B.7, passed in April, which in part
sets rules for the content of history instruction in public colleges and
universities, especially in regard to race. "For the sake of public
university students who deserve free access to information and knowledge,
let us not fall silent."The author teaches US history at Florida
International University.*


*Thanks to Steve Gosch and an anonymous reader for suggesting some of the
articles included in the above list, and to Bob Hannigan for consultation.
Suggestions can be sent to jimobrien48 at gmail.com <jimobrien48 at gmail.com>.
However, the next list will be sent in early August.*
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