http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buovLQ9qyWQ&feature=share On November 28th, the UC Berkeley Academic Senate, meeting after a string of clashes between nonviolent protestors and campus police, adopted a resolution to condemn UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau for his handling of the situation, and called for a more coherent and humane policy for dealing with nonviolent student protest.
Category: strikes
Occupy UC Davis Calls for a General UC Strike Nov. 28th
Occupy UC Davis General Assembly on Nov 21st, with an estimated 5000 participants, has called for a UC-wide “general strike” on Monday, November 28th, to coincide with the multi-campus UC Regents meeting. While the strike action has been officially ratified by student or staff unions at the various campuses, several groups are planning walk-outs, teach-ins […]
Response to Police Agression at UC Davis Shows the Power of Non-violent, Collective Action
By now, many of you have seen the shocking videos taken on November 18th, as UC Davis police officers pepper-sprayed students at an Occupy protest. The most widely viewed video (linked below) shows officers spraying about 20 students directly in the face – not once but twice – in front of a horrified crowd. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjnR7xET7Uo […]
SDFA Supports UC Berkeley Nov. 15th Strike
The SDFA Board of directors is supporting the strikes called on Nov. 15th on the UC Berkeley campus by the UCB Faculty Association, but is not calling for a strike at UC San Diego. The endorsements for the strike can be found here.
SDFA Supports the CSU Dominguez Hills and CSU Easy Bay Strikes
Statement in Support of striking colleagues at CSU Dominguez Hills and East Bay The California Faculty Association, which represents over 20,000 tenure-track and contingent faculty at 23 California State University campuses, will stage one-day strikes at CSU East Bay and CSU Dominguez Hills on November 17. The San Diego Faculty Association, a chapter of the […]