[lbo-talk] Churchill, COINTELPRO, and the 2nd investigation

[Aaron Shuman]

Hi,
I'm surprised no one's mentioned the effect this could
have on Ward's work on COINTELPRO and imprisonment. 
I'd like to read more about the possible second
investigation (see brief mention below); the fact that
at least one accusation is centered around El Salvador
makes me wonder if it's targeting this side of Ward's
work now. Would be interested in more articles on
this, if people have seen them...

When I think of popular authors on COINTELPRO, the
first person I think of is Ward. Right now, as the
biggest domestic spying scandal in years is breaking,
with the ACLU turning up more files on environmental
and antiwar groups every month, it seems, a popular
"expert" on COINTELPRO gets taken down in a wrestling
match? Bad news.

This possible second investigation offers strong
support for Carrol's point about the illegitimacy of
"impartial" investigations launched for political
reasons: close one investigation; they'll open
another, and another, until the subject is pounded out
of his position. I can't think of any right-wing
academic whose work has been subjected to this kind of
factchecking and footnote-reading; on the other hand,
there's Ward, Mike Davis, Michael Bellesiles (sp?)... 

So to the people on this list who want to
micro-analyze WC's footnotes, is a solution to come up
with a Left list of bad right-wing professors (a la
David Horowitz's hit list) and go after their
footnotes? Or to reject politically-launched
investigations to begin with?

The lead article on Horowitz's frontpagemag.com
website this morning is "How Many Ward Churchills?" 
Links to a 50+ page report surveying many college
campuses; the first chapter is titled "Ward Churchill
Is Everywhere." Hope everyone here has their footnotes
tight. 

aaron

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