The following piece by Amber Eastman Black appeared in the Northampton Media as a follow-up to the censored Ray Luc Levasseur talk last Thursday: Levasseur Forum Inspires Police ProtestParticipants and audience members at a Thursday night forum held at the Isenberg School of Management at UMass entitled “The Great Western …
The day started out with good news: a combination of comrades and liberal supporters of academic freedom and freedom of speech had stood up to the right-wing campaign against Ray Luc Levasseur. These folks had taken a stand in the small university town of Amherst, Mass., organizing an event where …
From friends involved in organizing to bring Ray Luc Levasseur to Amherst, Mass.: November 10, 2009 For Immediate Release A talk and forum on “The Great Western Massachusetts Sedition Trial: Twenty Years Later” will be held on Thursday November 12 at 7:15 p.m. at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in …
Bowing to pressure from the New Jersey Fraternal Order of Police, the Boston Police Patrolmen’s Union, and assorted right-wing gutter journalists, and the Governor of Massachusetts, the University of Massachusetts has caved, pulling the plug on a talk by Ray Luc Levasseur that was to take place next week.Ray Luc …
Ward Churchill has won a symbolic victory. From the New York Times: Jury Says Professor Was Wrongly Fired By KIRK JOHNSON and KATHARINE Q. SEELYEPublished: April 2, 2009 DENVER — A jury ruled Thursday that Ward L. Churchill, a former University of Colorado professor who drew national attention for an …
Just to let you all know, Ward Churchill’s lawsuit against Colorado University goes to trial in a few weeks. As the Ward Churchill Solidarity Network tells us: A little over a year ago, Ward Churchill was fired from his position as a professor at the University of Colorado on trumped …