Petraeus

Playbook For RCMP’s Wet’suwet’en Raids Provided By Former CIA Director

August 20, 2023 Sidney Coles, Ricochet. Educate! African People's Socialist Party, CIA, Indigenous Rights, Land Rights, Petraeus, Wet’suwet’en

The RCMP’s Community-Industry Response Group (C-IRG), a special unit that polices Indigenous resistance against resource extraction in British Columbia, has adopted the playbook from former CIA director David Petraeus, according to a presentation at a summit held on Wet’suwet’en territory this week. Kai Nagata, communications director at Dogwood BC, spoke at the third annual Peace and Unity Summit for Wet’suwet’en and Gitxsan hereditary chiefs, elders and allies from human rights organizations from around the world. Looking around the room, those in attendance sat in shock at what they were hearing and seeing.

Anti-War Activist Proudly Pleads Guilty To ‘Disturbing’ US War Criminal General Petraeus

April 17, 2014 Tom Burke, www.fightbacknews.org Resist! Petraeus, War Criminal, Wars and Militarism

Judge Kim Schaefer asked the defendant if she had created a disturbance that day. Van Poolen proudly said, “Yes, I stood up and spoke in front of several hundred people, and I said, ‘General David Petraeus you are a war criminal responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent men, women and children. I am a graduate of Calvin College and a follower of Jesus Christ and I am here to speak out.’” Judge Schaefer interrupted and asked what the effect was. Van Poolen responded, “Petraeus stopped speaking and then two men brought me outside.” Next Van Poolen’s lawyer David LeGrande spoke in her defense, saying, “It was an intentional act of civil disobedience. The tradition sees it as appropriate to break laws and deal with the consequences…to right injustice.” . . . Van Poolen responded, “I was practicing free speech in a non-violent way. I did so with the sincere belief that, to call attention to the outrageous and immoral acts of U.S. leaders, civil disobedience is required. I hope my actions followed in the footsteps of other great and inspiring leaders.”

CUNY Wars: Petraeus, ROTC, Student Center Closing & Police Conflict

December 18, 2013 Peter Rugh, www.alternet.org Resist! CUNY, Petraeus, Student Activism, Youth

The trouble started this semester when the school enlisted Petraeus, the disgraced ex-commander of U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan and former CIA chief, to teach a class, “The Coming North American Decades,” at its Macaulay Honors College. Course materials included literature espousing the virtues of hydraulic fracturing, aka fracking, but no mention of the general's ties to Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts, a private equity firm with millions invested in the controversial oil and gas extraction method. Yet demonstrations against Petraeus's presence mainly focused on his role as an architect of U.S. wars abroad—part of an ongoing challenge to what critics describe as the increasing militarization of the university. The protests quickly turned violent, with police beating students in the streets this September.

Petraeus Scared: Veterans Drive The General Out Of LA

September 27, 2013 Mike Prysner, www.answercoalition.org Resist! Petraeus, War Criminal, Wars and Militarism

Petraeus was recently hired by the City University of New York as a lecturer, and by USC as a veterans’ advisor. Petraeus is a war criminal according to international law—from ordering and facilitating illegal torture, to intentionally creating civil war in Afghan villages, to covering up the murder of Iraqis by U.S. defense contractors, to utilizing the “double-tap” method where drones conduct second strikes on rescue workers and victims’ funerals. Petraeus’s “leadership” (i.e., trying to advance his own career off the backs of enlisted personnel) also yielded the highest casualty rates for U.S. troops under his command in both Iraq and Afghansitan while he lived a rock star lifestyle. Despite his known war crimes, Petraeus is raking in the cash from his post-retirement jobs.

VIDEO: Acronym TV Weekly Resistance Report 008

September 21, 2013 Denis Trainor, Jr, and AcronymTV, www.popularresistance.org Resistance Report Fukushima, Occupy, Petraeus

Stories covered in this episode of the Resistance Report: 1) NYPD Sucker Punches Protester Calling For CUNY To Drop Gen. David Petraeus, 2) Occupy Wall Street Celebrates 2nd Birthday, 3) Fukushima, two Months To Save the World, 4) Can We End The U.S. Empire?, 5) The Class War Escalates - The Resistance Report is a trusted and growing outlet for movement building news, analysis, interviews and editorial commentary. Creator and host Dennis Trainor, Jr was active in the Occupy movement and helped plan the Occupation of Washington, DC at Freedom Plaza.

David Petraeus’ Uncomfortable First Day At School

September 13, 2013 Brian Jones, www.businessinsider.com Resist! Petraeus, Video, Wars and Militarism

David Petraeus may be regretting taking a teaching position at the City University of New York system. A video recently posted to YouTube shows the former director of the CIA and retired Army general being followed down the street on his way to his first class by a small, but passionate group of students. It's hard to make out a lot of what they're saying, but there's a lot of "war criminal!" And a general sense that they don't like him very much. This comes after Petraeus' salary was lowered from a controversial $200,000 to just one dollar to teach a course at the honors college this fall titled “Are We on the Threshold of the North American Decade?” The whole experience must be a major culture shock for a retired four-star general. Generals enjoy a tremendous amount of special treatment, including personal chefs and valets, and are revered in the military community. Now, he's being chased down the street and screamed at by a group of young students.

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