Historians Against the War
Report on HAW at the AHA(New York City, January 2-5, 2015) |
Statement by Historians Against the War
April 15, 2009
As historically minded activists, scholars, students, and teachers, we stand opposed to wars of aggression, military occupations of foreign lands, and imperial efforts by the United States and other powerful nations to dominate the internal life of other countries....
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Background: Historians Against the War (HAW) was formed at the January 2003 American Historical Association meeting in response to the Bush administration's threats against Iraq. Over 2200 historians signed a hastily circulated petition against the impending invasion. In September of that year, six months after the invasion, HAW decided to become an ongoing organization calling for an end to the occupation and a restoration of civil liberties in the U.S. itself. Since that time, HAW collected more than 2600 signatures on its revised statement; stimulated dozens of campus teach-ins; held two national conferences (2006 in Austin and 2008 in Atlanta); and gained passage by the American Historical Association of the first anti-war resolution in the AHA's history. In the spring of 2009, HAW voted to broaden the organization's self-definition by adopting a new mission statement.
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Howard Zinn
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- HAW at the AHA (New York City, January 2-5, 2015)
- The Myth of Israel's Insecurity, by Ira Chernus. A publication of the Palestine-Israel Working Group of Historians Against the War (December 2014).
- International Human Rights Law: Violations by Israel and the Problem of Enforcement, by Alice Lynd with the assistance of Staughton Lynd. A publication of the Palestine-Israel Working Group of Historians Against the War (August 2014)
- Please sign Historians' Letter to President Obama and Members of Congress (July 31, 2014)