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| 751 | Anonymous | |
| 752 | Mike Brennan | In petition against the scourge of neo-liberalism that is currently through America's cultural and academic landscape, I urge the reinstatement of Ward Churchill to ensure that free speech and divergent viewpoints continue to be protected and adressed in North America. |
| 753 | Alfred de zayas | The University of Colorado has acted in a totalitarian manner, incompatible with principles of academic freedom and article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Professor Dr. Alfred de Zayas, Geneva
retired senir lawyer with the United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights |
| 754 | Native American Literature class, La Roche College | |
| 755 | Hank Williams | |
| 756 | Alexia Sullivan | Ward Churchill has done nothing wrong except to tell the truth. It's about time that Americans woke up and see the USFG for what it is. An institution entrenched in over 200 years worth of lies and the blood of my ancestors. The world needs more people like Ward Churchill...he IS THE TRUTH. |
| 757 | Anonymous | |
| 758 | Anonymous | |
| 759 | Brendan Walls | This witchhunt brings shame to the University and to your country. To think that many of my fellow Australians look to the U.S. as a model of democratic egalitarianism. The United States' benelovent mask has been slipping for decades now and this latest act of repression is straight out of Orwell. |
| 760 | Nancy Zupfer MSW | Be the one White institution in this country that treats a Native man fairly |
| 761 | thomas volscho | |
| 762 | Nina Boenish | |
| 763 | Donald Ense | The firing of Prof. Churchill's from the University of Arizona is an act of deception to silence of our critical opponents of colonialism and its ongoing effects on North American Indians. Prof. Churchill critical analysis of Native American issues cannot be supressed otherwise we run the risk of allowing the dominant society to continue to impose their view of history and cultural supremacy. |
| 764 | aleksei green | |
| 765 | Angela Russell | |
| 766 | Kenneth P. Swanson | Lyndon LaRouche has covered the bad effects of I.M.F. condinalities in his magazine and newspaper for the last 20 years or more. |
| 767 | Robert D Doublin | |
| 768 | Steven Jones | Ward Churchill speaks truthfully about issues we SHOULD all be aware of. I support him, his right to free speech, and his views. |
| 769 | Natalie Redcrow | |
| 770 | dexter stalworth | |
| 771 | Caleb T. Maupin | |
| 772 | Chip Smith | |
| 773 | Rocio De La Rosa | |
| 774 | tung-yi kho | |
| 775 | Clayton Duncan | Truth is a very powerful force that is going to change this world back to balance and I feel the people of ruin are scared to lose the land that never belonged to them in the first place,and i don't think God blessed the building of america,to much killing for greed and now the natives are expressing their veiws we're savages again,,thank you ,we will not stop,we belong here roots baby |
| 776 | Ravi Palat | |
| 777 | Paul Schultz | You are trying to bully an honest human being. May you fail in a public way disclosing your inner soul wounds. You have brought shame on a once respected university. History will record for all time your foolish actions against Ward Churchill |
| 778 | Michael Keenan | Werner Heisenberg’s “National Socialist student” and “Max Planck.”
This political conversation, which I found very topical for today given the treatment Ward has recieved, comes from Physics and Beyond, Encounters and Conversations by the famous German physicist Werner Heisenberg. In chapter 12 of Revolution and Student Life we come upon two revealing colloquies, one with a National Socialist student and one with the father of German science, Max Planck. In the subtext Heisenberg sees, like the great period of change after the middle ages, the results of great technical change and upheaval taking place that is leading some nations to war.
A National Socialist student finds Professor Heisenberg who graciously grants time for and takes questions from this student who soon “pours his heart out.” “Why are you so offish towards the movement?” This sets off a great extensive give and take on assessment of political objectives that ends with Heisenberg countering the students “New Germany” and “more foes, more hero’s” position with: “I am firmly convinced that we must never judge political movements by their aims. Now when it comes to means, you National Socialists are no different from the Communists; the leaders of both movements have clearly lost faith in the persuasive force of their own ideas. Hence both leave me quite unmoved except for the fact that I am sadly convinced that both will bring down misfortune on Germany.” During the weeks following this conversation university life only became more intolerable because of greater political interference by the Nazi authorities. Jewish faculty and colleagues were being dismissed so Heisenberg sought out an interview with Max Planck.
Right off Max says, “You have come to get my political advice on a political questions but I am afraid I can no longer advise you. I see no hope of stopping the catastrophe that is about to engulf all out universities, indeed our whole country…..I would like to appraise you of my conversation with Hitler a few days ago. I had hoped to convince him that he was doing enormous damage to the German university, and particularly to physical research, by expelling our Jewish colleagues; to show him how senseless and utterly immoral it was to victimize men who have always thought of themselves a Germans, and who offered up their lives for Germany like everyone else. But I failed to make myself understood-or, worse, there is simply no language in which one can talk to such men. He has lost all contact with reality. What others say to him is at best an annoying interruption, which he immediately drowns by incessant repetitions of the some old phrases about the decay of healthy intellectual life during the past fourteen years, about the need to stop the rot even at this late hour, and so on. All the time, one has the fatal impression that he believes all the nonsense that he pours forth, and he indulges his own delusions by ignoring all outside influences. He is so possessed by his so-called ideas that he is no longer open to argument. A man like that can only lead Germany into disaster.”
To stay or flee prewar Germany is considered along with the different outcomes and then the fellow professor bids his leave. Heisenberg on the way home decides to stay in Germany for the sake of German science and “think of the time after the catastrophe,” the only advice that Max Planck could offer him. Two years later the first shot would open World War II. I cannot help but see a reflection of where we are today in this political conversation and how the philosophy of neither Jefferson nor Dr. King, as we shall see, would have never been welcome in Nazi Germany as Professor Heisenberg eventually found out. Indeed, we find two chapters later in Behavior in the Face of Political Disaster the courageous German scientist uttering, “We shall simply have to wait. Until such time as we can do anything at all. Meanwhile we must try to keep order in the small corners to which our own lives are confined.” After all who would listen?
Reinstating Ward is a victory for academic freedom. I hope you are listening? |
| 779 | Jason Brown | |
| 780 | Billy Patterson | |
| 781 | santo dipietro | |
| 782 | Garson Hunter Ph.D. | Shame |
| 783 | Rylan Kozak | BRING BACK FREE-THINKING TO AMERICAN SCHOOLS. KEEP POLITICS SEPARATE FROM EDUCATION |
| 784 | Wendy Russell | |
| 785 | Peter Ehrhorn | Ward just pointed out the truth. Our government even acknowledges it by calling such responses blow back. It is a shame people can't take the truth. |
| 786 | Anonymous | Yeah, that Ward; He's my man. |
| 787 | Adolph Hitler | You morons act like you are defending Ward Cleaver, not a wannabe Native American with a distorted and hate filled view of America. Freedom of speech? Hah! I used my freedom of speech fo con a whole nation into believing my drivel. Churchill is doing the same thing. You people are marching in lockstep with him.
Shame on you. Think for yourselves. He is NOT the poster boy for academic persecution as you try to make him out to be. He is a lying, pompous psuedo-intellectual with no grasp of reality. |
| 788 | Frits F Terpstra | It is common knowledge that great changes are often preceded by little indications whose significance is not recognized at the time.
(Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi) |
| 789 | Eric J. Troje | Ward was one of the first "messengers" to dig a little deeper than just accepting 911 as a result of "evil doers hating our freedom". Thanks to him, great internet presentations like "loose change" and "zeitgeist" the movie not to mention farenheit 911 found more accepting audiences than if no one challenged the original right wing synopsis of the situation that has since been proven unacceptable, unlikely, and whitewashed (zelikov's account). It's unbelievable that we let Gingrich determine what ultimately gets taught by college professors. He, Newt, clearly was acting nationalistically and everything as a result of his meddling should be reversed a.s.a.p. if not sooner. God bless Ward Churchill. I think our country would be in even deeper dog stuff (if that's possible) without him and his insight, courage, and professionalism. Thankyou, Eric J. Troje |
| 790 | Napoleon Bonaparte | Vive la France! |
| 791 | Iosef Stalin | A worthy cause that deserves the support of the greatest friend of all scholars and all indigenous peoples in the cosmos. Me.
Stalin
PS - that fat revisionist bastard Mao also agrees |
| 792 | Charis Elliott | |
| 793 | Eric Mallory | |
| 794 | Dr Rawiri Taonui | Dr Rawiri Taonui
Head of School
Aotahi: School of Maori and Indigenous Studies
University of Canterbury
New Zealand |
| 795 | Courtney Kellogg | |
| 796 | David G. Moore "Wambdi" | In the bible it states, "We don't fight against flesh and blood, but principalities, powers,rulers of darkness, spiritual wickednesses in the heavenly places. It states that perfect love cast out all fear, and it also states love over come evil. But, I see that as a insitution full of Christians that go to church ones a week the meanings of the gospel are less important then your confortable life styles now days, then stand with those sent by the Lord Jesus to minister His Truth in a age of America where Truth and Justice in Christ Jesus is a threat to the University of Colorado and its followers of this fallen Empire, whos god is the god of lies, distruction, thief and deceit.
It seems to me if American and the American people and their children are going to survive the Judgement of God that is happening right now, because of poor choices, then their faith in what they assumed about this nation called America for the last 300 years, that was founded on Biblical principles, then you as a University have the responsiblity to make sure that Gods love, through his Son Jesus is in need for your so-called scholars to start to be a guiding light for His Truth, Justice, Peace and Freedom in this corrupt society that is lacking any moral and ethical direction of accademic crediblity in regards to education of our youth, or our history.
Ward Churchhill is a man of honor among the First Nations People of Turtle Island and also among those who fought and die for all Americans to have the freedom to speak, what he beliefs is to be the Truth.
Ward is a very respected Relative of the Sioux Nation. Ward Churchhills, pursuit of liberation and real freedom in a democratic society is the Patrick Henny's and Ab Lincolns of your cultures is the real purest of the American Revolution, against the fear those that would like to enslave, American education in a consiousness of tyranny and death.
So, I'm asking you to have the same spine of your founding fathers that stood against the evil of their time, the Empire- and reinstate Ward Churchill. ASAP! So that we can show the world and the Bush Administration that we will not live in their fears and lies any longer but we will trust God and his Son to judge the intent of our hearts, instead of sinnful man. Ward is a brother to democracy and a friend of God and the poor and oppress of the world.
Everything his stated is the Truth and its the Truth that sets men and nations, free! |
| 797 | Devaki Constantine | |
| 798 | BARRY DAMIAN | DO NOT REINSTATE THAT SICK AMERICAN HATER WARD CHURCHILL!! |
| 799 | Carol Hermanson, MS, PhD | Our country is founded on free speech. The young, especially, need to hear minority viewpoints and be acquainted with someone who is not afraid to tell the truth. Our culture, sadly, allows us to be in denial as world citizens and out of touch with the earth. I appreciate someone who has the courage to speak up with clarity, so we can bring about positive changes, to base our society on integrity, morality and justice for all, with every human being equal. |
| 800 | Jason Hardink | Professor Churchill's writings are of vital importance to this country and its supposed claims to espousal of democracy, free speech, and equal rights. Having read much of Churchill's work, I find the charges brought against him outrageous. A writer with controversial views, Mr. Churchill has taken great pains, through both voluminous citations as well as compelling and transparent arguments, to avoid the possibility of charges relating to academic wrongdoing. The political nature of his firing is not masked these petty charges of plagiarism, etc. |