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UMass Protests Andy Card and War

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Uploaded by on May 26, 2007

On May 25, 2007 Andrew Card faced hundreds of boos and catcalls as he was given an honorary degree during the graduate school commencement at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Before the commencement, about 200 protesters staged a rally and press conference outside the Mullins Center on the UMass campus. Hundreds more students and faculty who opposed the honorary degree would later protest inside the hall.

Card, former Bush Administration Chief of Staff and chief salesman for the invasion of Iraq as head of the White House Iraq Group, faced signs calling him a war criminal. People are now calling on UMass to rescind the honorary degree.

The protests followed weeks of growing opposition. 400 protested on May 15 (see the rally and march on YouTube at TraprockPeaceTV) and on May 22 protesters marched from the campus to the Amherst common.

After the commencement, activists gathered at the Jones Library for a celebration and speakout. Video of both the pre-commencement rally and post-commencement speakout are coming to TraprockPeaceTV.

Video recorded and edited by Charles Jenks; © 2007 Traprock Peace Center. Websites may embed the video for non-profit use, with attribution. Please let us know if you use the video; email charles@traprockpeace.org

The protest was organized by a large coalition of campus and community organizations, too numerous to list. Traprock was one of many community groups that supported the tremendous efforts by the UMass community of students, faculty and staff, and UMass organizations.

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  • Beautiful!!!! The students at UMASS totally won that one.

    Imagine Ben Stein at Uvm.... same shit (hopefully) would have gone down!!

  • Well done UMASS, the Pixies would have been proud...love mike reis

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  • FUCK UMASS

    

  • what does "ok now the same for OBOZO" mean?

  • ok now the same for OBOZO

  • This truly is one of the most beautiful things I have ever seen! Massachusetts should be proud! 

  • This is why Umass is so important. Andrew Card is a war criminal and to recognize this in May 2007 and memorialize it is perfect. Thanks for posting it.

  • "You are graduating from one of the great American universities"

    "NOT ANYMORE"

    GOLD!

  • man i wish i could have been there!!!! Well done!!!

  • @igrlivingston1

    If religion is the cause of war, then explain why chimps have wars with neighboring clans. Chimps dont have religion, never has been any documentation of them making idols and or praying, even though chimps can make tools, learn sign, and live in structured families.

    btw, you need some music in your homepage, can take from mine.

  • zero mention of this on Andy Card's Wikipedia page

  • @fengineer08 Care to elaborate? I think that they showed there that they are not kids, they are young adults.

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