{"id":12554,"date":"2021-10-28T12:27:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T11:27:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/?p=12554"},"modified":"2021-10-28T12:27:22","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T11:27:22","slug":"anger-at-hillary-clintons-appointment-at-queens-university-in-belfast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/2021\/10\/28\/anger-at-hillary-clintons-appointment-at-queens-university-in-belfast\/","title":{"rendered":"Anger at Hillary Clinton’s Appointment at Queen’s University in Belfast"},"content":{"rendered":"

A protest organised by Lasair Dhearg<\/a><\/span>, and involving representatives from People Before Profit and Academics Against Apartheid<\/a><\/span>, gathered on University Road in Belfast on the morning of September 24th<\/sup>, 2021 as Hillary Rodham Clinton<\/a><\/span> posed for journalists and television crews covering her inauguration as the first female Chancellor of Queen\u2019s University Belfast.<\/span><\/p>\n

Chants of \u2018shame on Queen\u2019s\u2019, and \u2018Hillary you should be at the Hague\u2019, rang through the air as Clinton walked the short distance from the campus entrance to nearby Whitla Hall for the inauguration.<\/p>\n

Several speakers addressed the assembled protestors calling into question her record as U.S. Secretary of State under President Barack Obama, including support for intervention in Libya<\/a><\/span> that has brought anarchic conditions<\/a><\/span>, illegal drone strikes<\/a><\/span> over western Asia and Africa, and unequivocal support for Israel<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The promotion of Clinton to a seat of learning must surely be, at the very least, controversial. In a televised interview Clinton once joked about the brutal murder of Colonel Muammar Gadaffi, the leader of Libya, saying, \u201cWe came, we saw, he died,\u201d before laughing<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Considering her apparent heartless disregard for human life, why would Queen\u2019s University offer Clinton such a prestigious post as Chancellor?<\/p>\n

In October, 2018, the University invited Mark Regev, the Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom to speak, which drew a protest of hundreds of students<\/span><\/a>. This was followed by a visit from Hilary Clinton, coinciding with the establishment of the Hillary Rodham Clinton Award in Peace and Reconciliation<\/a><\/span> studies bursary at Queen’s. She also received an honorary doctorate for her \u2018exceptional public service in the US and globally, and for her contribution to peace and reconciliation in Northern Ireland<\/span>.<\/a>\u2019 This appears to have been a precursor to her instalment as Chancellor.<\/p>\n

Modern universities are no longer only seats of learning, but are businesses run for profit, with huge salaries for those running the organisations, and significant grants available, especially from technology and pharmaceutical companies.<\/p>\n

In order to benefit from research and development grants and encourage greater ties between American corporations and the University, Queen\u2019s seem to be whitewashing Clinton’s record.<\/p>\n

Hillary Clinton has history in Ireland. Her husband, former President Bill Clinton, visited Belfast and is seen as a central figure in the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement of 1998.<\/p>\n

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