<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><b><font size="4">Links to Recent Articles of Interest</font></b><br></div><div></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://archive.ph/nPVAQ" target="_blank"><b>"The Beautiful Struggle"</b></a></div><div></div><div>By <b>Manisha Sinha, </b><i>New York Review of Books, </i>April 20 issue</div><div><i>An extensive review essay on African American political activism and thought before the Civil War. The author teaches US history at the University of Connecticut and has published several books on slavery and Abolitionism.</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><b><a href="https://www.historians.org/research-and-publications/perspectives-on-history/may-2023/teaching-the-history-wars">"Teaching the History Wars"</a></b></div><div></div><div>By <b>Megan Threlkeld, </b><i>Perspectives on History</i> (American Historical Association), posted April 18</div><div><i>A personal account of eight years of teaching a class for first-year undergraduates that is focused on showing how historical interpretations in textbooks have changed over time and remain subjects of controversy. The author teaches history at Denison University.</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><a href="https://archive.ph/ZosIF"><b>"Child Labor in America Is Back in a Big Way</b></a></div><div></div><div>By <b>Beth English, </b><i>Washington Post, </i>posted April 18</div><div><i>Provides historical context for child labor protections and present-day efforts to roll them back. The author is an affiliate member of the history department at Indiana University and executive director of the <span class="gmail-wpds-c-PJLV gmail-wpds-c-PJLV-eLkMTV-isAuthorBio-true"><span class="gmail-"><span class="gmail-wpds-c-ewNrgJ gmail-author-description">Organization of American
Historians</span></span></span></i>
</div><br><div></div><div><a href="https://jacobin.com/2023/04/colfax-massacre-1873-racist-attack-black-democratic-rigths-us-history-reconstruction"><b>"The 1873 Colfax Massacre Was an Attack on Black People's <br></b></a></div><div><a href="https://jacobin.com/2023/04/colfax-massacre-1873-racist-attack-black-democratic-rigths-us-history-reconstruction"><b>Democratic Rights"</b></a></div><div></div><div>By <b>Gwendolyn Midlo-Hall and Keri Leigh Merritt, </b><i>Jacobin, </i>posted April 13<br></div><div><i>Posted on the 150th anniversary of the white-supremacist slaughter of 150 black Louisianians. The late Gwendolyn Midlo-Hall (1929-2022) was a professor emerita of history at Rutgers University specializing in the history of slavery, and Keri Leigh Merritt </i>
<i>is a historian and author of </i>Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South <i>(Cambridge U. Press, 2017).</i>
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://jacobin.com/2023/04/brandon-johnson-mayor-chicago-capital-strikes-movements" target="_blank"><b>=>"Brandon Johnson Won in Chicago. Now His Movement Will Have to Beat Capital Strikes"</b></a></div><div></div><div>By <b>Kevin A. Young, </b><i>Jacobin, </i>posted April 12</div><div><i>A historically informed article on challenges facing the progressive mayor-elect of Chicago. The author teaches history at the University of Massachusetts and is on the H-PAD Steering Committee. He is coauthor of </i>Levers of Power: How the 1% Rules and What the 99% Can Do About It <i>(Verso, 2020).</i><br></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><b><a href="https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/commentary-eisenhowers-misgivings-about-military-power-still-ring-true/article_002f463e-d4a6-11ed-b6b5-a73dedc3fc2c.html" target="_blank">"Eisenhower's Misgivings About Military Power Still Ring True"</a></b></div><div></div><div>By <b>Andrew Bacevich, </b>Tribune News Service, posted April 10</div><div><i>"
In the 1950s, not an especially peaceful decade, Eisenhower had
professed to believe that peace defined the ultimate aim of U.S. policy.
He also contended that peace formed a prerequisite if American
democracy was to flourish. In our own time, these qualify as radical
propositions."
The author is a retired US Army lieutenant colonel and a professor emeritus of history and international relations at Boston University.</i><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://progressive.org/latest/failed-policies-that-fueled-foreign-wars-cords-050423" target="_blank"><b>"Failed Policies That Fueled Foreign Wars"</b></a></div><div></div><div>By <b>Sarah Cords, </b><i>The Progressive, </i>posted April 8</div><div><i>An exposition of the just-published book </i>Fire and Rain: Nixon, Kissinger, and the Wars in Southeast Asia <i>(Oxford University Press).</i> <i>"She concludes the book Fire and Rain with an opinion about
Nixon-era policy makers that is still relevant to today’s leaders:
rarely did they acknowledge 'the ways in which the unrestrained use of
American firepower had multiplied enemies and discredited friends.'”
</i></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/fascisms-history-offers-lessons-about-todays-attacks-on-education" target="_blank"><b>"Fascism's History Offers Lessons About Today's Attacks on Education"</b></a></div><div></div><div>By <b>Eden McLean, </b><i>Scientific American, </i>posted April 7</div><div><i>"</i>
As a historian of fascism and Italian fascist education, I find the
moves to exert more power over education disturbingly familiar."
<i>The author teaches modern European history at Auburn University and is the author of </i>
Mussolini's Children: Race and Elementary Education in Fascist Italy<i> </i>
<i>(U. of Nebraska Press, 2020)</i>.
</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://covertactionmagazine.com/2023/04/05/a-look-back-at-the-american-experience-in-world-war-i-shows-the-danger-of-where-we-may-be-headed" target="_blank"><b>"A Look Back at the American Experience in World War I Shows the Dangers of Where We May Be Headed"</b></a></div><div></div><div>By <b>Jeremy Kuzmarov, </b><i>CovertAction Magazine, </i>posted April 5</div><div><i>A profusely illustrated survey of domestic repression during World War I, drawing from Adam Hochschild's book </i>
American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy’s Forgotten Crisis<i> (New York: Mariner Books, 2022).The author has taught history at several universities and is managing editor of </i>CovertAction Magazine.<br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/02/opinion/humanities-liberal-arts-policy-higher-education.html" target="_blank"><b>"Colleges Should Be More Than Just Vocational Schools"</b></a></div><div></div><div>By <b>Bret C. Devereaux,</b> <i>New York Times, </i>posted April 2</div><div><i>"We should not dismantle the educational assets that built America’s 20th-century success."
The author teaches ancient history at North Carolina State University.</i><br></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://archive.ph/z4C7x" target="_blank"><b>"The Things They Left Behind: How the U.S. Laid Waste to Southeast Asia"</b></a></div><div></div><div>By <b>Elizabeth D. Samet, </b><i>New York Times, </i>posted March 1</div><div><i>On the environmental damage caused by the Vietnam War, based on the new book by George Black, </i>The Long Reckoning: A Story of War, Peace, and Redemption in Vietnam <i>(Alfred A. Knopf).</i></div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://archive.ph/4MmHo" target="_blank"><b>"Florida's Past Paints Ron DeSantis's War on 'Wokeism' in a Dark Light"</b></a></div><div></div><div>By <b>Carol Anderson, </b><i>Washington Post, </i>posted March 30</div><div>
<i>"By denying the existence of systemic injustice,
DeSantis is placing himself in a long, sordid Florida history that has
targeted the civil rights of African Americans in the Sunshine State."
The author teaches African American studies at Emory University. Among her books is </i>One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy <i>(2018).</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><b><a href="https://portside.org/2023-03-30/staughton-lynd-perils-sainthood" target="_blank">"Staughton Lynd: The Perils of Sainthood"</a></b></div><div></div><div>By <b>Paul Buhle, </b><i>Portside, </i>posted March 30</div><div><i>A review essay, interlaced with personal memories, on the new book </i>My Country Is the World: Staughton Lynd's Writing Speeches and Statements Against the Vietnam War <i>(Haymarket Books, 2023). T</i><i>he author is a retired senior lecturer at Brown University and has written widely on the history of US radicalism.<br></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Thanks to Jeri Fogel, Marc Becker, and an anonymous reader for flagging articles included in the above list, and to Roger Peace for valuable consultation. Suggestions can be sent to <a href="mailto:jimobrien48@gmail.com">jimobrien48@gmail.com</a>.<br></i></div><div><br></div><br><div><br></div>
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