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...
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May 6, 8:41 pm
Op-ed: We deserve clarity on Gene Block’s failure to maintain a safe campus environment
We are writing as UCLA community members to express our disappointment in Chancellor Gene Block’s leadership of our campus during the recent violence. On Thursday, Block’s campuswide email demonstrated that he has learned the wrong lessons about how these protests have been managed. Read more...
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May 6, 2:12 pm
Op-ed: Peace cannot be achieved by disregarding dual narrative of pro-Palestine movement
In response to the shocking and terrifying violence of counter-protesters Tuesday night, some close friends, classmates and I joined hundreds of other students outside of the Palestine solidarity encampment Wednesday night. Read more...
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May 6, 1:26 pm
Op-ed: As an alumnus, I demand that UCLA admin hold Zionist mob accountable for attacks
On April 28, a racist, Zionist mob verbally and physically assaulted students who were calling for UCLA to divest from companies that profit from Israel’s genocide in Gaza that has killed over 34,000 Palestinians. Read more...
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May 5, 6:59 pm
Op-ed: UC-AFT educators stand in solidarity with all students despite beliefs, identities
A message to our students: We write today with hearts full of sadness and outrage. Your university administration has failed you. It has failed to protect you and support you, and in doing so, it has made clear where its priorities lie: in silencing protests and maintaining the status quo at the cost of your rights of free speech and assembly. Read more...