[haw-info] HAW Notes

[Jim O'Brien]

Here are some notes of possible interest to members and friends of
Historians Against the War:


1.  A number of well-known antiwar activists have signed onto a statement
being circulated by the Campaign for Peace and Democracy, calling for an end
to US military intervention in Afghanistan and Pakistan.  The statement and
a partial list of signers are at http://www.cpdweb.org/stmts/1014/stmt.shtml
.



2.  "John Marciano, a retired historian now living in Santa Monica (and a
longtime HAW member), is interested in helping to start an informal
discussion group in the Los Angeles area.  He can be reached at
johnmarciano at mac.com."



3.  Middle East historian Irene Gendzier, who has been a featured speaker at
several HAW events, wrote to ask us to pass along a link to the web site
www.israeli-occupation.org, which she finds valuable.



4.  The following is a legislative update from Carolyn (Rusti) Eisenberg of
the HAW Steering Committee:



Congress has nearly completed its work on the 2010 Defense budget with a
total of approximately $636 billion in expenditures. *This includes $128.2
billion for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.* Despite numerous statements
from members of Congress, expressing concern about US policy in Afghanistan,
only one Senator (Russ Feingold) and a handful of representative in the
House have voted against the money. This is a clear and troubling sign of
how reluctant antiwar Democrats have become now that President Obama is in
the White House.



At present the clearest expressions of Congressional dissent is a new bill
HR 3966, introduced by Barbara Lee which would prohibit the use of funds to
increase the number of American soldiers in Afghanistan. It presently has a
list of 22 co-sponsors: To see the list:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-3699



It would be very helpful if historians called the Washington offices of your
member of Congress expressing support for HR 3699. If that member has not
agreed to be a co-sponsor, it would also be useful to ask why they have not
done so. Any interesting results please forward to hiscze at aol.com
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