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Rally to Deter Delahunty @ UST Downtown MPLS

08/24/2009 09:00

Opponents of torture will rally at the University of St. Thomas School of Law, 1000 LaSalle Ave (LaSalle and 10th St.), Minneapolis, on Monday, August 24, 9 – 11 AM to bring letters and voices of discontent to Dean Thomas Mengler regarding Professor Robert Delahunty.  Prior to his current stint as professor of constitutional law for St.Thomas University, Delahunty, along with John Yoo, authored an infamous memo (1/9/02) for the U.S.

St. Thomas' Touted "Israel-Palestine" Forum Had No Palestinian Voice

TCIMC received this letter to St. Thomas University President Dennis Dease. Dease caused an international uproar earlier this year when he disinvited Desmond Tutu from a speaking engagement on campus, on the basis of his alleged anti-Israel statements. Earlier this month, St. Thomas hosted a forum on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a make-up gesture for cancelling Tutu's appearance. But consciously or not, the event caved in to the same pro-Israel pressure as before.

Here is the letter:

Dear President Father Dennis Dease:

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