Don't Let the Neocons Erase History

Hey folks, if you live in one of the states mentioned below, please do as the lady says. One of the earliest things that a fascist reigime does is it attempts to rewrite/erase history, which is happening in our own counrtry by way of massive funding cuts for NARA, the National Archives & Records Administration and the NHPRC (National Historical Publications and Records Commission).

(The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) is the outreach arm of the National Archives and makes plans for and studies issues related to the preservation, use and publication of historical documents. The Commission also makes grants to non-Federal archives and other organizations to promote the preservation use of America's documentary heritage.)

Don't let this happen. Get on the phone today. (Also, if you know people in the mentioned states, please send this message on to them.)



Thanks.



"Dear Fellow Archivists:

If you are living or working in Alabama, Arizona, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, or Virginia, please help the effort to restore funding to the NHPRC by making one telephone call.

In my capacity as a member of the Joint (COSHRC, NAGARA, SAA) Task Force on Advocacy, I am leading an effort to get members of the House Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, and HUD, the Judiciary, District of Columbia and Independent Agencies (known as the T-THUD Subcommittee) to the hearing on NARA scheduled for 3 p.m. April 26th. Allen Weinstein will testify, but the hearing will not include any other live testimony. We need to encourage subcommittee members to attend this meeting and voice support for the NHPRC (restore its funding at $8 million for grants and $2 million for staff support). For this to have any impact, we need to generate a minimum of 10-15 calls to each representative's office on Monday, April 25th. To make things easy, I have listed of the names and telephone numbers of the representatives below. (Actually, Kentucky and Michigan have two representatives on the subcommittee, so I would ask individuals from those states to make two phone calls.)

Thanks.

Joan D. Krizack

University Archivist and Head, Special Collections Department
92 Snell Library
Northeastern University
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115-5000

Alabama         Robert Aderholt              202-225-4876 
Arizona         Ed Pastor                    202-225-4065 
Kansas          Todd Tiahrt                  202-225-6216 
Kentucky        Anne Northup                 202-225-5401 
Kentucky        Harold Rogers                202-225-4601 
Maryland        Steny H. Hoyer               202-225-4131 
Massachusetts   John W. Olver                202-225-5335 
Michigan        Joe Knollenberg              202-225-5802 (chair) 
Michigan        Carolyn C. Kilpatrick        202-225-2261 
New Jersey      Steven R. Rothman            202-225-5061 
New York        John Sweeney                 202-225-5614 (vice chair) 
Ohio            Ralph Regula                 202-225-3876 
South Carolina  James E. Clyburn             202-225-3315 
Texas           John Abney Culberson         202-225-2571 
Virginia        Frank R. Wolf                202-225-5136

("Fascism creates confusion through "facts". It relies on junk science, revisionism, the elimination of cultural records/treasures and obfuscations to create its case and gain acceptance. Fascism can also combine Marxist critiques of capitalism or faith based critics of the same to re-define middle class perceptions of democracy and to force its issues, confuse logic and create majority consensus between targeted groups. This is also referred to as creating a state of Cognitive Dissonance, the mental state most human beings are easily manipulated within.")