BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:www.indybay.org PRODID:-//indybay/ical// v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:Indybay-61443 SEQUENCE:61443 CREATED:20050327T180800Z DESCRIPTION:That's right, you heard it here first: Ward > Churchill will come to the University of California, > Berkeley on Monday, March 28. > > By way of Prof. Carlos Munoz of the Ethnic Studies > Department: > Department of Ethnic Studies Presents > "Academic Freedom in Peril: Prof. Ward Churchill and His Right of Free Speech" A Forum on Academic Freedom in Troubled Times Speakers: Prof. Ward Churchill, Native American & Ethnic Studies University of Colorado, Boulder Prof. Ralph Hexter, Dean of Arts & Humanities University of California, Berkeley Prof. Natsu Saito, School of Law Georgia State University Prof. Carlos Munoz, Jr., Chicano & Ethnic Studies University of California, Berkeley Prof. L. Ling-chi Wang, Asian American & Ethnic Studies University of California, Berkeley http://www.indybay.org/calendar/event_display_detail.php?event_id=5886 Advance tickets are available at "http://www.akpress.org" or by calling 510.208.1700 > Over the past month, author, activist and professor > Ward Churchill has found himself at the center of a > media firestorm. The controversy is based on an > essay Churchill wrote soon after 9-11, which he > later expanded into an AK Press book, On the Justice > of Roosting Chickens: Reflections on the > Consequences of U.S. Imperial Arrogance and > Criminality. Using inflammatory and distorted > political attacks conservative protestors used the > essay to force Hamilton College in New York to > cancel a speaking engagement Ward had scheduled > there. Since then Mr. Churchill has stepped down as > Chair of the Ethnic Studies Department at the > University of Colorado. Not satisfied with this, > Colorado Governor Bill Owens is demanding that Ward > resign his position as a tenured professor as well. > The mainstream media (including Bill O'Reily and Fox > News) has picked up the story, distorting and > misrepresenting the facts, as usual. > > Ward is appearing at select events to speak on the > book that caused the media firestorm and the > controversy surrounding it. Friday, March 25th at > the Women’s Building in San Francisco, hear it > straight from him, as Ward Churchill sets the record > straight. > > -------- > About the book: On the Justice of Roosting Chickens: > Reflections on the Consequences of U.S. Imperial > Arrogance and Criminality (AK Press ): the book that > caused a media firestorm. An expanded and > meticulously annotated version of Churchill's essay > "Some People Push Back: On the Justice of Roosting > Chickens," which had the honor of being attacked by > both Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh. > > As far as Ward Churchill is concerned, the record > speaks for itself. The "Most Peace-Loving of > Nations" has been engaged in brutal military > campaigns in every corner of the globe, unceasingly, > since its inception. In attempting to forever alter > Americans false self-concept, Ward Churchill > contextualizes US aggression and the most effective > response to it yet--the attacks of Sept. 11th——in a > readable format. Churchill has meticulously > chronicled both U.S. military campaigns——domestic > and foreign——from 1776 to the present and U.S. > attempts to violate, obstruct and/or subvert > International Law from from1945 to the present. > Drawing from US military and interventionist > history, lessons from Nuremberg and the UN's own > voting records, the two Chronologies, exhaustively > researched and annotated, illustrate a > heart-wrenching history of senseless butchery and > democracy deterred. In this context, the only > fitting question for a nation still reeling from the > wake-up call of Sept. 11th is "How can they not hate > us?" In his newest offering, Churchill demands that > the American public shake off its collective > unconscious and take responsibility for the > criminality carried out in its name. > > Ward Churchill (Keetoowah Cherokee) is professor of > American Indian Studies at the University of > Colorado/Boulder. A member of the leadership council > of Colorado AIM (American Indian Movement), he is a > past national spokesperson for the Leonard Peltier > Defense Committee. A prolific writer and lecturer, > he has authored, co-authored or edited more than 20 > books and 4 AK Press Audio CD’s. — The u.s. is not a great nation, but is now merely > an outlaw nation, a rogue nation. If the u.s. > behaves itself, stops breaking international law, > and does not attack any more small defenseless > countries, it may be allowed to rejoin the community > of civilized nations at some future point. > > — The great mass of people will more easily fall > victim to a big lie than a small one. > - Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, 1925 (today, the big > lies are 9-11, "international terrorism," and all of > bush's utterances) > > — I am often asked if I still think we should invade > their countries, kill their leaders, and convert > them to Christianity. The answer is: Now more than > ever. > - Ann Coulter, book "How to Talk to a Liberal (If > You Must)," p. 21 > [Who would Christ bomb?] [ Out-of-control hate > speech. How many people will die because of this > poison? And yet there is no call to censor her, but > only to censor, fire, blacklist, dis-bar, and jail > those with unpopular political opinions critical of > the government. Bush and neo-con hate speech causes > many to die and countries to be dismantled, but no > one calls for their removal.] > > — From 1945 to the end of the century, the United > States attempted to overthrow more than 40 foreign > governments, and to crush more than 30 > populist-nationalist movements struggling against > intolerable regimes. In the process, the US caused > the end of life for several million people, and > condemned many millions more to a life of agony and > despair. > - William Blum, Rogue State: A Guide to the World's > Only Superpower (Common Courage Press, 2000; ISBN > 1-56751-194-5) > — The greatest crime since World War II has been > U.S. foreign policy. > - Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General > > Daniel Stone > justice_freedom@earthlink.net \n https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/03/27/61443.php SUMMARY:Ward Churchill at Pauley Ballroom 12 to 2pm LOCATION:Pauley Ballroom in the Student Union Building 2nd Floor URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2005/03/27/61443.php DTSTART:20050328T200000Z DTEND:20050328T220000Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR