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'''Nicholas De Genova''' was a professor of Anthropology and Latino Studies from 2000-2009.
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During a [[2003]] teach-in to protest the Iraq War, he called for the defeat of the US invasion, sparking a nationwide controversy and a campaign by Republican politicians to have him fired.  CU President Lee Bollinger announced that De Genova had "crossed the line."  A few years after the scandal, De Genova was denied promotion to Associate Professor and terminated.
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'''Nicholas de Genova''' is a controversial anthropology prof who wished "[[A Million Mogadishus|a million Mogadishus]]" upon U.S. troops during a [[2003]] teach-in to protest the Iraq War.
 
  
While an undergraduate at the [[University of Chicago]], he apparently was a "orthodox Marxist", frequently wore a "pea-green trench coat", badgered students he didn't agree with, and prided himself on attending Communist Party meetings on Chicago's south side.<ref>http://www.ashbrook.org/publicat/oped/moore/03/chicago.html</ref> Which goes to show you that not all ISO people become failures in life; some become academics.
 
  
 
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Latest revision as of 11:22, 21 October 2020

See also Wikipedia's article about "Nicholas de Genova".
See also Nicholas de Genova's entry in Columbia's directory.

Nicholas De Genova was a professor of Anthropology and Latino Studies from 2000-2009.

During a 2003 teach-in to protest the Iraq War, he called for the defeat of the US invasion, sparking a nationwide controversy and a campaign by Republican politicians to have him fired. CU President Lee Bollinger announced that De Genova had "crossed the line." A few years after the scandal, De Genova was denied promotion to Associate Professor and terminated.



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