Category Archives: protest and collective action

The March 5th Rally at Sacramento

The week of protest and action will be hit a peak this Monday, March 5th, at a rally in Sacramento.  Organized by Occupy Education California, a schedule of events is provided on their website. Among the protestors will be students … Continue reading

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Student Demands Have a March 8 Deadline

At the culmination of the March 1st rally and protest, the UCSD Public Education Coalition “initiated a civil, peaceful, and indefinite Reclamation of the UC San Diego Chancellor’s Complex”.  They have cited six UCSD Institutional Demands and are demanding a … Continue reading

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March 1st Walkout and Day of Action!

In solidarity with the international day of action for education happening worldwide, the Public Education Coalition of UCSD has called for a walkout and day of action for students and faculty. Student organizers are encouraging faculty to talk about the … Continue reading

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Open Letter to the UC Regents: Police Violence at UC Riverside – With response from President Yudof

Dr. Charles Thorpe, Associate Professer of Sociology at UCSD, posted the following open letter to the UC Regents at change.org to condemn police aggression at last week’s protests at UC Riverside (captured in the youtube video by a UCSD student … Continue reading

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UCSD at UCR: Protesting the January 19th UC Regents Meeting

Bright and early on the morning of January 19th, a contingent of 40 student and faculty representatives from UCSD boarded a bus provided by the SDFA and headed out to join the protest against the UC Regents meeting at UC … Continue reading

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Get on the Bus! Speak out at the Regents meeting this week at UC Riverside

The UC Board of Regents is holding its quarterly meeting this week at UC Riverside at the Highlander Union Building. SDFA is encouraging members of the UCSD community (faculty, students, staff and alumni) to speak out at the Regents meeting about tuition … Continue reading

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UCR Chancellor White Withdraws Protest Guidelines

In response to overwhelming protest (including an open letter from the SDFA), UC Riverside Chancellor Timothy White withdrew the Protest Guidelines posted earlier this month on the UCR Dean of Students page, which he characterized as a “draft” document. However, this … Continue reading

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CUCFA Letter of Protest to UCR’s “Protest Guidelines”

On December 10th, the Council of UC Faculty Associations formally endorsed a petition demanding the withdrawal of the “Protest Guidelines”  issued recently by the UCR Dean of Students. CUCFA believes that these Guidelines are a blatant attempt to abridge students’ right to free speech and dissent … Continue reading

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Letter to UC Riverside Chancellor White Condemning UCR’s “Protest Guidelines”

One month ahead of the Regents Meeting that will take place at UC Riverside on 17-19 January, the UCR administration has just adopted a series of anti-protest measures under the guise of promoting “safe protests”. The Board of the SDFA … Continue reading

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Students Reclaim CLICS Library

Monday morning of Finals Week, UCSD students reclaimed a long-revered study space – the Center for Library & Instructional Computing Services (CLICS) Library.  Closed in June 2011 thanks to $3M budget cut to the libraries, CLICS has stood empty for … Continue reading

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