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Censored: Native Delegations at Bolivia Climate Conference
Brenda Norrell: "The bottom of line of real climate change is that it is being censored and distorted in the news. I've been busy trying to give away articles on the Native American delegations to the Bolivia Climate Conference. As far as I can tell, none of the newspapers in and around Indian country have published the articles.
Jun 10, 2010, 11:30am

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Burma: The Voice They Cannot Silence
Andrew Buncombe: "For more than 20 years, the plight of Burma's political prisoners has shocked the world. Now, their struggle for freedom has been documented in a brave new project - Even Though I'm Free I am Not"...James Mackay is photographing and documenting the political prisoners after release and each person has a current prisoners name written on the right hand which is held up - a gesture known in Buddhism to symbolise fearlessness
Apr 24, 2010, 10:49am

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Ward Churchill and Death of Academic Freedom (Part 2)
"The reality is that Naves, undoubtedly because of his contempt for Churchill's viewpoints, ignored the law...jurors have belatedly discovered they were simply part of a show trial in a kangaroo court, and that their verdict, to paraphrase Shakespeare, "signified nothing."
Jul 11, 2009, 2:49pm

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Ward Churchill and Death of Academic Freedom (Part 1)
David R. Hoffman: There is a popular adage that states: "Only two things are certain—death and taxes." Now there is a third: "It is certain that the constitutional rights of the individual will always be sacrificed to appease a governmental and/or economically powerful entity."
Jul 11, 2009, 2:30pm

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Juror Bethany Newill talks about the Ward Churchill trial
Michael Roberts: "Bethany Newill was one of six jurors who determined the verdict in Ward Churchill's wrongful-termination lawsuit...she shared her views and observations...made particular note of differences between what witnesses said prior to the trial and their remarks on the witness stand - such as former Governor Bill Owens
Apr 8, 2009, 2:25pm

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Ward Churchill Redux
Stanley Fish: Why "did Ward Churchill lose his job (he may now regain it) when all he was accused of was playing fast and loose with the facts, fudging his sources and going from A to D in his arguments without bothering to stop at B and C? In short, standard stuff... "Politics"
Apr 6, 2009, 9:53am

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Churchill Wins His Case, Awarded $1 in Damages
The University of Colorado unlawfully fired Ward Churchill for expressing his political beliefs, a jury decided this afternoon. The jury of four women and two men awarded the former ethnic studies professor $1 in damages. Reinstatement at CU to be decided at future hearing
Apr 2, 2009, 4:38pm

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CHURCHILL TRIAL BLOG: Terrorist attacks on U.S. 'perfectly predictable'
"Asked him about the 9/11 essay he wrote that caused a national uproar in January 2005 - Churchill said he wrote the piece during the afternoon and evening of Sept. 11, 2001 to make the point that Americans shouldn't be surprised that people who have long felt oppressed by U.S. foreign policy would choose to strike back.
Mar 23, 2009, 5:28pm

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Churchill Trial Update: Right Wing/Conservative Assault
John Aguilar: DENVER - Right-wing media and conservative politicians launched an "all-out assault" on the University of Colorado in the weeks following the discovery of a controversial essay by ethnic studies professor Ward Churchill, said former CU President Betsy Hoffman in a videotaped deposition shown to a jury Friday
Mar 14, 2009, 12:18pm

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Churchill's Case Should Convict CU
Mike Littwin: "Whatever you hear, the Ward Churchill story is not about what the revisionists tell you it's about - that Churchill was deservedly fired for plagiarism and other acts of academic fraud...But however guilty Churchill may or may not have been, he was never as guilty as the University of Colorado.
Mar 11, 2009, 3:29pm

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Who Knows Why Ward Churchill Was Fired?
Ira Chernus: "Churchill and his lawyer say it had nothing to do with his research and everything to do with his infamous words "little Eichmanns," describing the victims of the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. The nation's headline-writers agree.
Jul 26, 2007, 1:52pm

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University of Colorado Set To Fire Ward Churchill
Ira Chernus: On Tuesday, July 24, the University of Colorado Board of Regents will decide whether to accept the recommendation of CU President (and former Republican senator) Hank Brown, and fire CU Professor Ward Churchill.
Jul 21, 2007, 8:43am

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Support Ward Churchill
In the next few weeks, the Board of Regents of the University of Colorado (CU) will vote on the dismissal of Professor Ward Churchill. This is the final opportunity for public input in this process. (This is a Free Speech Issue!)
Jun 21, 2007, 4:34pm

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Opposition Mounts as University of Colorado President Calls for Ward Churchill to be Dismissed
A growing number of scholars see CU's investigation of Churchill's scholarship as completely illegitimate and a dangerous precedent threatening dissent and critical thinking in the universities.
Jun 14, 2007, 10:25am

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Faculty Calls for Retraction Regarding Prof. Ward Churchill Report
The Report (compiled to justify firing Ward Churchill) turns what is a debate about controversial issues of identity and genocide in Indian studies into an indictment of one position in that debate...restricts interpretations to their literal language ... and clearly runs counter to the accepted procedures of scholarly and critical interpretation
Apr 24, 2007, 3:41pm

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