Monday, May 12


Students condemn police sweep of Palestine solidarity encampment

This post was updated May 5 at 11:05 p.m. Students denounced UCLA’s decision to have police sweep the Palestine solidarity encampment early Thursday morning, saying the degree of force was excessive on what they saw as peaceful protest. Read more...

Photo: Police officers outside the back of Royce Hall are pictured wearing riot gear. Law enforcement cleared the Palestine solidarity encampment at UCLA in the early hours of Thursday morning after a dispersal order was issued. (Brandon Morquecho/Photo editor)


Chancellor Block claims unsafe university conditions led to encampment closure

This post was updated May 3 at 12:53 a.m. Chancellor Gene Block released a statement Thursday afternoon claiming that the Palestine solidarity encampment had been shut down because it led to unsafe university conditions and interfered with UCLA’s educational mission. Read more...

Photo: UCLA staff clears Dickson Plaza of debris following Thursday morning’s police sweep of the Palestine solidarity encampment. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)


Palestine solidarity encampment at UCLA braces for police sweep

This post was updated May 3 at 1:03 a.m. For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage of the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine encampment, see here. Read more...

Photo: Pro-Palestine protesters are pictured sitting around Janss Steps. As the Palestine solidarity encampment braced for a sweep of the area by police, thousands of protesters came to express support for the encampment. (Zimo Li/Daily Bruin)


Students express support for UCLA’s shift to remote classes after campus violence

This post was updated May 3 at 1:10 a.m. For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage of the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine encampment, see here. Read more...

Photo: Pictured is the encampment at UCLA as seen Wednesday afternoon. UCLA canceled classes on Wednesday and moved Thursday and Friday classes online following a violent attempt by counter-protesters to breach the encampment. (Megan Cai/Photo editor)


Local and state officials condemn late response from law enforcement at encampment

For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage of the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine encampment, see here. Local and state officials condemned UCLA and law enforcement agencies’ lack of a timely response to a counter-protester attack on the Palestine solidarity encampment Tuesday night. Read more...

Photo: Counter-protesters outside the pro-Palestine encampment in Dickson Plaza are sprayed with liquid. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)


Labor unions express support for Palestine solidarity encampment at UCLA

For the Daily Bruin’s full coverage of the UC Divest Coalition and Students for Justice in Palestine encampment, see here. Statewide labor unions expressed support of on-campus protesters’ pro-Palestine encampment Wednesday following an attack from counter-protesters late Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.  United Auto Workers Local 4811 – formerly known as the two unions UAW Local 2865 and UAW Local 5810 – which represents University of California academic student employees and graduate student, academic and postdoctoral researchers, announced in a press release Wednesday afternoon that it voted to hold a strike authorization vote as soon as next week. Read more...

Photo: The Palestine solidarity encampment is pictured in front of Royce Hall, surrounded by protesters. (Jeremy Chen/Photo editor)



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