The Board of Regents of the University of Colorado in Boulder voted 8 to 1 Tuesday, July 24th to fire tenured professor of Ethnic Studies Ward Churchill on charges of research misconduct. Churchill maintains that the allegations were a pretext to remove him for his controversial political views.

Churchill has written a number of books on genocide against Native Americans and the US government's COINTELPRO program.

The controversy that led to the Regents vote dates back to early 2005 when a college newspaper reprinted Churchill's three-year old essay on the attacks on the World Trade Center. He described the attacks as a response to a long history of US abuses and called those who were killed on 9-11 "little Eichmanns" who formed a “technocratic corps at the very heart of America’s global financial empire." Colorado Governor Bill Owens wrote a letter to the university calling for Churchill’s resignation. A special panel at the university immediately conducted an investigation into Churchill’s comments. They concluded that he could not be fired for his statements, which were protected by the First Amendment. However, another panel later determined that Churchill plagiarized and fabricated material in his scholarship and recommended his dismissal.

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Previous Coverage Of Ward Churchill:

2007: Why They Want to Fire Ward Churchill | Support Ward Churchill. Support Academic Freedom. | Ward At Anarchist Book-Fair

2006: Ward Churchill Defends His Academic Record

2005: Ward Churchill's 9/11 opinions Draw Emotional Crowd | Ward At 2005 Anarchist Book-Fair: ( Photos | Audio ) | Churchill Speaks At UCB | Churchill speaks in San Francisco | DN: The Justice of Roosting Chickens: Ward Churchill Speaks | Radical Professor Speaks to Thousands of Cheering Supporters | The new McCarthyism: the witch-hunting of Ward Churchill | Ward Churchill tests positive for Indigenous genetic markers | Ward Churchill responds to attacks... | AIM statement against Ward Churchill | Churchill Comes Under Fire as He Prepares to Speak at College in New York | Ward Churchill's statement regarding Roosting Chickens | Panel Including Ward Churchill Canceled in New York | Ward Churchill resigns as head of department at U.Colorado | Colorado Regents put Ward Churchill on trial

2002: Churchill on COINTELPRO

2001: Churchill on Thanksgiving: A Day to Give Thanks?