Dr. Cornel West - "Connecting The Dots: Poverty, Racism, & Drones" in Syracuse, NY (2014-04-27)
Channel: WNY Peace Center
Date: 2014-05-29

Dr. Cornel West presents a lecture entitled"Connecting The Dots: Poverty, Drones & Racism," held at the Tucker Missionary Baptist Church on April 27, 2014.  The event was presented on behalf of The Syracuse Peace Council and The Upstate Coalition To Ground The Drones, who are working to fight the implementation of armed UAVs engaged in a global war on "terror," despite the fact that 98% of CIA drone strikes in Pakistan and Yemen kill civilians, not combatants.

Following the lecture, Dr. West joined many of the attendants in a protest march and rally held outside the Hancock Air Force Base in DeWitt, NY.  The theme was on the "Order Of Protection", a legal ruling normally reserved for victims of domestic violence and stalking, which is being unfairly used against anti-drone activists by the base commander, who was neither stalked nor antagonized during past protests (which have led to arrests and convictions).  Some of the past arrestees affected by the Order stayed behind (they were not allowed to even be in sight of the base), while others defied the ban, without arrest.

Cornel West websites:

Home Website:
http://www.cornelwest.com/

Facebook: 
https://www.facebook.com/drcornelwest/

Twitter: 
https://twitter.com/CornelWest/

Wikipedia:
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornel_West/

Union Theological Seminary Faculty Page: 
http://www.utsnyc.edu/faculty/faculty-directory/cornel-west/

Syracuse Peace Council websites:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Syracuse-Peace-Council/19823264540/
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/syracusepeacecouncil/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/SyracusePeaceCoucil/

The Upstate Coalition To Ground The Drones & End The Wars website: 
http://upstatedroneaction.org/

Tucker Missionary Baptist Church of Syracuse, NY:
http://tuckermbc.org/