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 […]
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 […]
Letter to Chancellor Fox on police agression at UCSD protests
The following letter was sent to Chancellor Fox and UCSD Chief of Police Orville King on November 16th, 2011. Dear Chancellor Fox: On behalf of the SDFA (San Diego Faculty Association), I write to express concern in relation to the events that took place on the UCSD campus during protests in defense of public education […]
UC Board of Regents reschedules postponed meeting to November 28th
The UC Board of Regents, which canceled its meeting last week over fears for public safety, has rescheduled its meeting for Monday, November 28th. The meeting will be held by teleconference at the UC San Francisco, Los Angeles, Davis and Merced campuses. A 90-minute session has been allocated for public comment, but there is no information […]
UC Berkeley Faculty Petition
UC Berkeley faculty have sent an open letter of petition to Chancellor Birgenau in response to violence in the previous week’s protest. The petition, linked here and reproduced below, has been signed by over 60 members of the UC Berkeley faculty.