Ward Churchill petition

[Jim Devine <jdevine03@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear Colleagues:

Some of our colleagues about whom Horowitz lied in his book _The
Professors_ have drawn up a petition on the case of Ward Churchill, and
how the Administration at the University of Colorado has violated his
academic freedom by a politically-motivated attempt to get him fired.

The petition does _not_ endorse Churchill's stupid statement about the
"little Eichmanns" -- which he has withdrawn, and in any case which he
has the right to make without his job being threatened. Nor does it
endorse the works of Churchill's scholarship that have been questioned
in the UCO report. Rather, it opposes the politically-motivated nature
of the attack on him. It supports his academic freedom.

Please read it at

http://www.teachersfordemocracy.org/?q=node/19

A link to sign it is at the bottom of this page.

I've signed it. We had quite a bit of discussion about the wording, and
some wording endorsing some of Churchill's scholarship was taken out.

I urge you to sign it too.

In addition, please spread it further. Email it to colleagues on
professional, academic, and union mailing lists.

Sincerely,

Grover Furr
Montclair SU




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Jim Devine / "You need a busload of faith to get by." -- Lou Reed.