Over 100,000 civilians are thought to have died during the invasion and occupation. Dec 21, 2015 attend the opening of the exhibition bearing witness. Footage shows group calling former general and cia director a fascist, war criminal. The citizens arrest party is the foundational and educational site built on the second amendment to arrest the hurts while at the same time allow for the possibility that every person can live the american dream once again from cradle to grave. She spoke during her nearly 45minute stint thursday afternoon at the trial of excia officer jeffrey sterling in alexandria, virginia. General david petraeus, us army ret, commander of us central command 200810 and commander of the international stabilization force and us forces in afghanistan 201011 current events american history isbn. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus via redplebeiandeactivated20150604 karinakairos liked this. David petraeus and the plot to change the american way of war a pulitzer prize finalist and new york times bestseller, 1959, daydream believers, and the wizards of armageddon. A bunch of people posted on cuny s facebook, hopefully these idiots will get what they deserve. In september 20 petraeus was harassed by students at cuny while. Police charged protesters from the sidewalk onto the street so police could have the excuse to unlawfully arrest at least 6 protesters. Cuny students arrested while protesting petraeus face multiple charges including disorderly conduct kevin gosztola 20919 former cia director and exgeneral, david petraeus creative commons. Watch a cop punch a student at this weeks petraeus protest. On september 17, new york city police attacked students who were protesting the teaching appointment of david petraeus, former head of the cia and architect of.
American conservative, david petraeuss double standard, kelley vlahos, jan. Why you can not believe the 911 conspiracy theory debunkers. The majority were undergraduate students from city college, hunter college, queens college and other campuses of the cuny system. The liberal site firedoglake spoke to cuny hunter college adjunct professor of latin american history s. Protests charge petraeus war criminal workers world. Professor petraeus and his protestors general petraeus and his student protesters at the city university of new york, confront the vietnam syndrome. If these did not exist, every adult person in the country could have a million dollars to look after their housing, education, health and retirement needs. The trial of cia whistleblower jeffrey sterling is set to begin on monday, jan. David petraeus is harassed by angry mob of students on his way to teach his first class at city university of new york students accused the fourstar general of being a war criminal. Drive war criminal petraeus out of cuny with protest and exposure. Rather, thoreau appealed to consensual norms under different interpretations, somewhat more clearly conforming to habermas account. The peaceful use of nuclear explosives in cold war america 20.
Newspaper of cuny students from the internationalist. If anyone ever tries to tell you that most colleges havent been taken over by liberals, you can always remind them about this lovely display by students at cuny. I practice law criminal defense, civil liberties, and academic freedomstudent rights cases. General petraeus didnt deserve the war criminal heckling from. The corporate media consider petraeus to be a military genius, a warriorscholar. He is also the man who, in front of world media, including uk media, justified israels 2006 war criminal aggression on lebanon and its repeated war criminal onslaughts on gaza, including those of 20089, 2012 and 2014.
Global research centre for research on globalization. Good for gen r petraeus maintaining professionalism. On the other hand, would the feds allow this to happen if petraeus had not gone off the reservation. This is a change in personnel, but it is not a change in policy. David petraeus, for example, has been hounded by demonstrators since being hired by cuny earlier this year to teach an honors course. Youtube o ne wonders why david petraeus, former general and most recently director of the central intelligence agency, would choose to be associated. There are some people who can win any argument or debate, no matter whether they are right or wrong. Students accuse general petraeus of being a war criminal petraeus is teaching a class at cuny called, are we on the threshold of the revelations that he had an extramarital affair with his.
David petraeus as he makes his way to his first class. Cuny students arrested while protesting petraeus face. The students, firmly in the antiwar camp, sought to protest what they. The israeli government has made a point of aiding the wahhabi extremists by providing them medical care in the occupied golan heights. The students hounded the retired fourstar general for his role in the iraq war as well as the scandal in his personal life. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus youtube this makes my blood boil. They did not touch or threaten those officers, she said. Students, faculty protest presence of david petraeus at. Petraeus heckled by antiwar students in new york the. The epitome of a corporate general pretty boy david petraeus teds in his grave, david upon concluding general petraeus never had his back, colonel westhusing began seeing that his complaints falling on deaf ears only made him a growing problem amidst the businessasusual method of modern us imperialistic warfare.
The honorable life and untimely death of colonel ted. Dairy queen manager kicks cashstealing meanie out of store, redeems humanity. Henry david thoreaus refusal to pay taxes in opposition to the mexicanamerican war and to slavery were not similarly revolutionary. The exhibition runs from may 8, 2014september 12, 2014. As students rattle barricades, the schools board of trustees is maneuvering behind the scenes to quell the revolt. Back in 2005, we initiated the campaign which spiked the sinister homeland security program at bmcc. Petraeus punished the soldier who nearly took his life by helping him and giving him a ranger school slot. The internationalist clubs call on students, faculty, staff and campus workers to. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus video. Some of the links may not work when clicked, and some images may be missing. On september 17, six city university of new york cuny students were arrested in a demonstration against david petraeus, exgeneral and former director of the cia responsible for overseeing the occupations in iraq and afghanistan.
The music podcast from two best buds think millennial artist spotlight hosted by brandon. This was completely unprovoked, as demonstrators made clear that they were there to defend our university in a peaceful protest. A video posted on youtube titled cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus shows petraeus walking through a gauntlet of students who aggressively taunt him for close to 90 seconds. To those students who called him a scumbag and war criminal. Sep 30, 20 as students were chanting war criminal petraeus out of cuny now, i was shocked to see several police officers grab and brutalize one of the demonstrators, said city college student yexenia vanegas. W hen i was invited to give this speech, i was asked for a title. Monday with inyourface shouts of war criminal and scumbag and promises. Shavit, ari, white mans burden, haaretz, 3 april 2003. Aug 24, 2017 i was there for the conference and david kilcullen, a lieutenant colonel in the australian military reserve and former chief strategist in the office of counterintelligence in the u. Cuny students, in an unprovoked police attack against a peaceful protest by students and.
The only obstruction that happened was from the police. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus youtube. The students can be seen shouting at petraeus, stating he was a war criminal in a youtube video, titled cuny students confront war criminal petraeus, which has over 338,000 views as. Scores of academics at the city university of new york have signed a petition calling for charges against six students, arrested during a protest against david petraeus, to be dropped.
May 01, 2011 the city university of new york cuny is the thirdlargest public university system in the country, ranking behind only the university of california and the state university of new york, although its campuses all reside within a single city rather than an entire state. If you are a cuny student, a new york student, or just a regular person who despises the misery under which people all over the world are subjected to because of the action of imperialist war criminals like petraeus, we invite you all to join the liber8 cuny front this monday and speak out against the overall militarization of the university. And a general sense that they dont like him very much. Students, faculty protest presence of petraeus at cuny. Its been 60 years since a president removed the senior commander in a war zone. Revolutionary students arrested for denouncing a war criminal. November 1952 in cornwallon hudson, orange county, new york war vom sommer 2011 bis zum 9. What is your reaction to the viral video of david petraeus.
Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus this terrorist is the planner of the military war in syria. He is the author of several books, the most recent of which is project plowshare. Academics join cuny david petraeus protests as nypd. Academics join cuny david petraeus protests as nypd arrests six students. The majority were undergraduate students from city college, hunter college, queens college and other campuses of the cuny. As graduate students and educators of cuny, we express our outrage at the violent and unprovoked actions by the nypd against cuny students peacefully protesting the appointment of war criminal. Theres blood all over you, i can smell it, one student yells.
Six cuny student were arrested on tuesday while protesting outside macaulay. Petraeus was rewarded by obama, who made him commander of u. In the clip, a group of cuny students trails petraeus, hurling epithets at the former commander of americas wars in iraq and afghanistan. Cuny students harass david petraeus business insider. Public outcry at war criminal david petraeuss macaulay college teaching appointment, and the return of rotc across several cuny campuses, has produced a countermilitarization campaign. Unprovoked police attack on peaceful protest by cuny.
Lawyers, for example, make really nice livings convincing juries that the most obviously guilty criminals are innocent. The bloody civil war in syria has spawned a refugee crisis of dimensions unknown since world war ii. Cuny and its students did not and do not have a culture of privilege and. Apr 10, 2016 he is not only the ambassador of the worlds longest military occupation since world war ii. A daily summary of segments aired on the oreilly factor. Cuny students chase and harass david petraeus on his first. Cuny student groups, adjuncts, professors and outside supporters have formed the adhoc committee against the militarization of cuny, who call for war criminal petraeus, rotc, military. The family moved after the war, settling in cornwallonhudson, where david. Ad hoc committee against the militarization of cuny, moc. General david petraeus rocky first days as a lecturer at the city university of new york only got rockier this week.
David petraeus resigned as head of the cia in november, citing an extramarital affair. He said they protest because they believe petraeus is a war criminal. Attorney lamis deek said the group had been peaceful. Its hard to make out a lot of what theyre saying, but theres a lot of war criminal. War criminal petraeus, rotc, military contracts, and military recruiters. The bonanza boys, mary tyler moore, the fonz, all had national recognition beyond anything ever seen. New york police attack students protesting excia chief. However, risen published it three years later in his book state of war. Sep 19, 20 city university of new york cuny students and more than 20 professors and staff were joined by high school students and teachers. Thread info bookmark this thread trash this thread. About 100 people came to todays protest against the first class given by david death squad petraeus at the macaulay honors college of the city university of new york. Only the dictatorship of the working class communism can provide a lasting solution to the disaster that is todays world for billions of people. The students call petraeus a piece of shit, fascist, disgusting imperialist and war criminal. Mark danner humanism and terror what are you going to do.
Former cia director retired general david petraeus getty images for instance, check out this video posted to youtube monday of multiple city university of new york students hounding and heckling former cia director and retired gen. However, the most recent example was a september 17th protest of gen david petraeus, the schmoozing presidential wannabe, at cuny in new york city, the city that never thinks. Sep 22, 20 protestors, reportedly including cuny students, have harassed new macaulay honors college visiting professor and former cia head and general david petraeus on his way to class, using epithets, shouting you will leave cuny, and chanting every class david, expressing an intent to continue their verbal attacks. Above is a video of outraged students confronting him about his bloodstained record. Among the hecklers shouting, petraeus was called war criminal. Petraeus, who many consider a war criminal, supervised a regime of torture in iraq while head of the occupying american army.
He then stole 8 books of top secret military intel and gave it to the writer for her sex magic. Mcchrystal will be replaced by another war criminal, david petraeus, who was already head of central command, mcchrystals boss. Passport society for historians of american foreign relations. Academics join opposition to petraeus professorship. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus. General david petraeus didnt have the best start to the school year. Media helped holder burnish his image, with next months. Fred kaplan is the nationalsecurity columnist for slate and the author of five previous books, dark territory. Petraeus heckled by antiwar students in new york the times of. Most of our students at cuny are from the working class and from. Watch cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus humble soul on dailymotion. They also chant every class, david, and petraeus out of cuny. David petraeus received a less than warm welcome when he arrived for his first day of teaching at the city university of new york. Protests against general david petraeus monday by cuny students were organized by an ad hoc committee that includes several communist groups.
Us students call petraeus war criminal when he wanted to. Then television arrived, causing a cultural unification of the american people. In septembers primary election, chapter vice president yetta kurland mounted a. Progressive labor party plp fights to destroy capitalism and the dictatorship of the capitalist class. September 9, demanding ouster of war criminal petraeus. Most of our students at cuny are from the working class and from oppressed communities, specifically from families whose roots are in. Ever since the general showed up at the city university of new york cuny, battles have been raging in hot and cold flashes. David petraeus to join cuny as visiting professor the. Cuny students confront war criminal david petraeus original post jesus malverde. As america emerged victorious after world war ii, an era of unity swept the country. Members of the revolutionary student coordinating committee rscc, the six arrestees were involved in organizing multiple actions targeting petraeus presence. The following is based on the commencement address given to the graduating students of the department of english of the university of california at berkeley in the hearst greek theatre, may 15, 2005.
I wonder if they know the story about him getting shot accidentally as a battalion commander by one of his troops at a rifle range. Paolo cremidis thats embarrassing, and i question whether or not all the young people depicted in that video are in fact cun. War criminal david petraeus, former commander of occupying forces in iraq and afghanistan and recently retired cia director, has been hired to teach at the city university of new york. Dick cavett on fame, george harrison and the worst interview he ever did duration. Passport april 20 page 5 scott kaufman is professor of history at francis marion university. But it went to another level on tuesday as students followed him down. On the other hand, in the book fiasco, the washington post reporter tom. Protesters hound david petraeus before lecture at cuny. Retired army general david petraeus met by protests and.
A leaflet for the protests, which refers to petraeus. Broadwells intimidating emails to kelley included information about petraeuss movements jill kelleys amazing power over men how petraeus and broadwell carried on their correspondence the neocons were as sure of obamas defeat as they are that muslims want liberal democracy and that all nonwestern immigrants will assimilate. Controversy still continues as exgeneral david petraeus. We organize workers, soldiers and youth into a revolutionary movement for communism. Cuny protestors harass lecturer david petraeus because of. David howell petraeus ao, msc is a retired united states army general and public official. More than 200 students and community supporters attended a bay area teachin on palestine, u.