[H-PAD] H-PAD Notes 7/27/23: Links to recent articles of interest

[Jim O'Brien]

*LInks to Recent Articles of Interest*

*"American Carnage" <https://archive.ph/myFXl>*
By *Sean Wilentz, **New York Review of Books, *August 17 issue
*A review essay on Jeffrey Toobin's new book *Homegrown: Timothy McVeigh
and the Rise of Right-Wing Extremism *(Simon and Schuster, 2023), which
links right-wing anti-government violence to Republican politics going back
to the Reagan administration. The author teaches US history at Princeton
University and his books include, among others, *The Age of Reagan: A
History, 1974-2008 *(Harper, 2008).*

*"Florida's 'Anti-Woke' Black History Standards"*
<https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/7/23/2182935/-Florida-s-Anti-Woke-Black-History-Standards>
By *Alan J. Singer, **Daily Kos, *posted July 23
*A concise critique of Florida's new black history standards against the
background of the state's racial history during and after slavery. The
author is a historian and the director for social studies education
programs at Hofstra University.*

*"Remembering Staughton Lynd's Life of Defiance"*
<https://therealnews.com/remembering-staughton-lynds-life-of-defiance>
Interview of *Alice Lynd and Luke Stewart* by Chris Hedges, *The Real News,
*posted July 21
*Insights into the late historian and activist who died last November at
age 91. Alice Lynd was Staughton's wife and comrade for over seventy years;
Luke Stewart is a Canadian who edited a volume of Staughton's writings and
speeches against the Vietnam War, *My Country Is the World *(Haymarket
Books) and earlier served on the steering committee of Historians Against
the War along with Staughton. *

*"The Crimes and Dangers of Elliot Abrams"*
<https://wagingnonviolence.org/forusa/2023/07/elliott-abrams-crimes-dangers>
By* Ariel Gold and Rev. Graylan Scott Hagler, **Fellowship, *posted July 14

*Highlights the role of Elliot Abrams, recently chosen by Mitch McConnell
to join the State Department Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, as a
Reagan administration official in the 1980s, when he glossed over mass
murder in El Salvador and Guatemala.*

*"Why the NATO Summit in Vilnius Matters"*
<https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/nato-summit-vilnius-2023>
By *Anatol Lieven, **Common Dreams, *posted July 12
*Written before the recent NATO summit, this article warns against a firm
commitment to NATO membership for Ukraine and describes the consequences of
the 2008 language of eventual membership for Ukraine and Georgia. The
author is a visiting professor in International Relations and Terrorism
Studies at King's College London.*

*"Iraq's Climate Crisis: America's War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian
Dustbowl"* <https://tomdispatch.com/iraqs-climate-crisis>
By *Juan Cole, **TomDispatch, *posted July 9
*A detailed report on the calamitous environmental results that flowed from
the US invasion of Iraq twenty years ago. The author teaches Middle East
history at the University of Michigan.*

*"J. Robert Oppenheimer's Tragedy - and Ours"*
<https://hollywoodprogressive.com/film/robert-oppenheimer>
By *Lawrence Wittner, **Hollywood Progressive, *posted July 9
*Links th*
*e story told by the new Hollywood movie with decades-long efforts to
reduce the dangers of atomic warfare. The author is a professor emeritus of
history at SUNY Albany.*

*The Pendulum of Queer History"*
<https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-pendulum-of-queer-history-huneke>
By *Samuel Huneke, **The Baffler, *posted July 6
*A capsule history of the persecution of queer people in Europe. "By
harnessing the solidarity and sympathy aroused by persecution, queer
activist movements have, in the long run, turned conservative overreach
into leverage." The author teaches modern German history at George Mason
University and wrote  *States of Liberation
<https://utorontopress.com/9781487542146/states-of-liberation/> on gay men
in cold war Germany (U. of Toronto Press, 2022).

*"Why Republicans Keep Calling for the End of Birthright Citizenship"*
<https://archive.ph/7LnkW>
By *Martha S. Jones, **The Atlantic, *posted July 2
*On birthright citizenship and challenges to it. "Calls to undo birthright,
though couched in terms of immigration reform, ultimately aim to undo a key
precept of our democracy: equitable access to citizenship.... Birthright
safeguards those born here from political leaders who would mete out
citizenship as a reward or withhold it as a punishment." **The author
teaches history at Johns Hopkins University and is the author of *Birthright
Citizens *(Cambridge U. Press, 2018).*

*"Why Are We in Ukraine? On the Dangers of American Hubris"*
<https://archive.ph/Mp36q>
By Benjamin Schwarz and Christopher Layne, *Harpers, *June 2023 issue
*A lengthy, detailed exposition of the viewpoint that US policies going
back to the 1990s, especially in regard to NATO expansion, were primarily
responsible for the Ukraine War. Benjamin Schwarz is a former editor of *
Harper's* and Christopher Layne teaches international affairs at Texas A&M
University.*

*"Ukraine Peace Appeal: Towards a More Informed Solidarity"*
<https://www.ukrainepeaceappeal2023.info>
Statement sponsored by appr. 130 civil society organizations in Ukraine,
posted May 26
*Addressed to "peacebuilding movements worldwide," the statement presents a
critical Ukrainian view of proposals internationally to limit the ongoing
pro**vision of weapons to Ukraine and to press for a cease-fire in the war.*

*Thanks to Mara Dodge, Rusti Eisenberg, and an anonymous reader for
flagging articles included in the above list, and to Roger Peace for
perceptive comments on articles being considered. Suggestions can be sent
to jimobrien48 at gmail.com <jimobrien48 at gmail.com>.*
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