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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
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
Posted in 2011 UC Protests, privatization, protest and collective action, student tuition, UC Regents
Tagged police aggression, student support, UC Regents Meeting, UC Riverside
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UC Berkeley Academic Senate Votes to “Condemn” Chancellor Robert Birgeneau
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 … Continue reading
CUCFA Cites Conflicts of Interest, Concerns over Hiring of Kroll Security Group and William Bratton to Investigate UC Police Violence
On November 27th, The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) sent the following letter to President Yudof in response to his decision to hire the Kroll Security Group, and its Chairman William Bratton, to conduct an investigation of police violence … Continue reading
UC Davis Physicists Speak Out For Students, Against Chancellor Katehi
As further evidence that the deteriorating conditions at UC campuses affect all members of the faculty, the UC Davis Department of Physics released a statement on November 22nd, issuing an apology to students on behalf of the faculty, and calling … Continue reading
CUCFA Petition in Response to Police Action
The Progressive Change Campaign Committee has circulated a petition based on the recent Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) statement over recent police actions on campus. If you’d like to add your name to this petition, please go to this page. This … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 UC Protests, CUCFA, petitions, protest and collective action
Tagged online petition, police aggression, police brutality, progressive change campaign committee
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Letter to the Chair of the UCSD Academic Senate: UC Protests and Police Aggression
The following letter was sent by SDFA Chair Ivan Evans to the Chair of the UCSD Academic Senate, Prof. Joel Sobel, on Saturday, November 19th. Prof. Dear Professor Sobel: As you are no doubt aware, police aggression in response to student … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 UC Protests, Academic Senate, letter to administration, protest and collective action
Tagged Joel Sobel, police aggression, police brutality, UC Berkeley, UC Davis
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AAUP Statement in Support of Free Expression in the University of California
On Sunday, November 20th, the national Council of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) passed the following resolution in response to police actions at UC Berkeley and Davis. On November 9, police officers dispatched by the administration of the … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 UC Protests, AAUP, letter to administration, petitions, protest and collective action
Tagged free speech, police aggression, police brutality, UC Berkeley, UC Davis
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CUCFA Condemns Police Violence
From the Council of UC Faculty Association website: This week, we have seen excessive force used against non-violent protesters at UC Berkeley, UCLA, CSU Long Beach, and UC Davis. Student, faculty and staff protesters have been pepper-sprayed directly in the … Continue reading