SJP at UCLA is mobilizing to demand UC-wide divestment and express solidarity with AFSCME 3299’s upcoming strike, in addition to its campaign for divestment from Blackstone. Student protesters are calling on UCLA to disclose its assets, divest from firms tied to Israel’s war in Gaza, abolish campus policing, and engage in academic boycott of Israel.
Organizers from Graduate Students for Justice in Palestine (Graduate SJP), joined by Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), set up a Gaza Solidarity Sukkah at Dickson Court North on the morning of October 21, 2024. Sukkahs are temporary booths constructed for the seven-day celebration of Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Booths, a Jewish tradition…
The UCLA Radio News Department’s real-time coverage of the events summarized in this article can be found on X (formerly Twitter). Around 150 pro-Palestinian student protesters marched across UCLA’s North Campus on Monday, October 7 to remember those who have been killed by Israel’s war in Gaza. The crowd steadily grew after gathering in Dickson…
This article is published on behalf of UCLA Radio’s News Department. Any perspectives shared below do not reflect the views of ASUCLA Student Media. On Thursday 19 September 2024, the UC Board of Regents held their second day of meetings at the Luskin Conference Center. While multiple items were discussed in their agenda, including salary…
Images provided by interviewees with permission for use by UCLA Radio. From Amsterdam to Tokyo to our home in Los Angeles, a global movement this Spring saw students occupy university grounds to express their solidarity with the people of Palestine. In the U.S., this movement followed in the footsteps of Columbia University, but encampments and…
UCLA’s Administration has put forth every effort to divide and suppress the voices of its students and workers. In order to rebuild our community, we must ground ourselves in the tens of thousands of martyrs of Palestine, and recenter the liberation movement around honoring their memories. This is how we can reclaim our campus and continue the fight for a free Palestine in our lifetimes.
By Natalie Chen On May 10, 2024, Billie Jean King addressed the graduating class of The Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California. On this day, valedictorian Asna Tabassum would have delivered a speech to her peers at the commencement ceremony which would have occurred, if not for the cited…
As Chancellor Block sat before Congress for a hearing on UCLA’s handling of antisemitism on campus, he continued to indulge false narratives about the Palestine Solidarity Encampment, while police repression on campus that same morning exposed the full extent of his hypocrisy.
While Chancellor Block has persisted at claiming that he prioritized ensuring community members’ safety and right to free expression throughout his handling of the Palestine Solidarity Encampment, in-depth analysis of his encampment-related email announcements reveal strategic attempts to mislead and deceive the UCLA community, and most alarmingly, a calculated exploitation of Islamophobia and xenophobia for…
Written and Photographed by Palmer Dean It was clear after the counter-protest of April 30th that UCLA’s student protestors would have to prepare for another attack. Their camp, a self-sufficient place created spontaneously, needed to reorganize. So while they kept teaching history lessons, holding religious ceremonies, and playing music, they also refilled their supplies—clothes, blankets,…