This post was updated June 30 at 9:10 p.m. Editor’s Note: This submission is an edited version of a statement signed by over 100 UCLA faculty and staff who work in Dodd Hall. Read more...
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May 31, 5:26 pm
Op-ed: Negotiate with students, workers first – faculty decline private invite from Hunt
Editor’s note: This is an open letter in response to a private invitation from Darnell Hunt, the executive vice chancellor and provost, to speak with faculty members over lunch regarding recent campus events. Read more...
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May 18, 8:51 pm
Op-ed: After witnessing horror on protest frontlines, I demand Chancellor Block to resign
This post was updated May 19 at 7:47 p.m. Locking arms to create a human shield in the Palestine solidarity encampment with respected faculty, staff and students to protect peaceful college students from state-sanctioned violence enabled by UCLA was one of the most horrific events I’ve witnessed. Read more...
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May 16, 4:26 pm
Op-ed: UC offers deceptive claims about illegality of strike in letter to union members
Within minutes of United Auto Workers Local 4811’s historic vote yesterday to authorize a strike against the University of California, the UC blasted out a threatening and misleading letter to all union members – teaching assistants, graduate student researchers, postdocs and academic researchers. Read more...
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May 15, 2:41 pm
Op-ed: UCLA administration’s failures warrant union strike authorization
This week, the University of California’s 48,000 academic workers – including teaching assistants, tutors, postdoctoral scholars, academic researchers and more, all represented by United Auto Workers 4811 – are voting on whether or not to authorize the union’s executive board to call a strike if circumstances justify. Read more...
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May 9, 11:32 pm
Op-ed: Attacks on the Palestine solidarity encampment draw parallels to genocide in Gaza
This post was updated May 21 at 8:40 p.m. For the past six months, Palestinians have faced a brutal ongoing genocide in Gaza. From the latest United Nations reports, over 34,000 Palestinians have been killed, including over 14,500 children. Read more...
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May 8, 1:14 pm
Op-ed: From a researcher of violence, we must reject all forms of extremism to progress
This post was updated May 12 at 8:48 p.m. In my classes on the sociology of violence, I often tell my students to ask themselves: Who wins? Read more...