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Political Activism, 1976-2012

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Identifier: M517.07.0004.0002

Abstract

Materials pertaining to Professor Gilbert's political activism, especially related to his participation in protests against war in Iraq, apartheid in South Africa, and other related matters. Includes: a "Denver Post" piece entitled "Protest provides echoes of Vietnam;" a message from a parent supporting Prof. Gilbert's activism; an article from "NewCenter" by Gilbert entitled "Condoleezza Rice and the President Have Lost Their Way;" a 2003 photograph of Gilbert speaking at a protest against the Iraq War; a flyer protesting President George Bush; the agenda for an academic session at DU entitled "the War in the Gulf;" an advertisement for an apartheid-era DU study abroad to South Africa; several pieces from Gilbert on racism in textbooks; a list of resolutions pertaining to South African and Namibia; a petition to remove William Coors from the DU Board of Trustees; a piece on racism in South Africa from "BusinessWeek;" a piece from the "Wall Street Journal" entitled "Southern Africa Holds Key to Minerals Vital to Industry and Technology in US;" a flyer for a protest against McGraw-Hill; a flyer entitled "Support South African Freedom Fighters, Rebels;" a flyer entitled "Stop D.U. Aid to Racist Apartheid;" a flyer entitled "DU must cease apartheid aid;" a flyer for an INCAR rally pertaining to El Salvador; a blog post from Democratic Individualism entitled "Video: debate with Daniel Goldhagen and Libya;" a script for a talk entitled "Differences with Goldhagen about genocide and how to fight it;" and a series of emails pertaining to the persecution of Palestinans in the West Bank.

Dates

  • 1976-2012

Creator

Extent

1 Files

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The papers of Professor Alan Gilbert including research materials, teaching materials, miscellaneous papers pertaining to talks and conferences, and correspondence. DU Special Collections and Archives does not anticipate receiving additional materials in this collection.

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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