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 eyes and mouth, beaten and shoved by batons, dragged by the arms while handcuffed, and […]
Category: protest and collective action
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 […]
SDFA faculty come out in support of student protests
SDFA faculty members came out in support of student protests on campus from November 7-9, held on several campuses in response to proposed student tuition increases that would amount to 16% uptick over the next four years. The UCSD protests, organized by several students groups including the Public Education Coalition and the People’s Assembly at UCSD, drew […]