Despite having final exams the next day, Jessica Ho and Heulwen Leung still took to the streets of Los Angeles on June 9 to call for the preservation of democracy in their home city of Hong Kong. This would be the first of many protests that Ho, a rising fourth-year sociology student, and Leung, a […]
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Protesters gather in LA in response to recent acts committed by Sudanese government
More than 100 people gathered in Sawtelle and Century City on Thursday to protest the military government of Sudan for violently repressing Sudan’s civilian revolution. Members of the Los Angeles Sudanese community held a demonstration in front of the consulates general of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to denounce their involvement in the […]
Union members protest after researcher’s postdoctoral appointment ends
About 40 union members marched through campus Thursday to protest the university’s actions regarding a postdoctoral appointment. United Auto-Workers Local 5810, a union which represents academic and postdoctoral researchers, protested alleged retaliation against one of its members by the university. Sandra Koch, a postdoctoral researcher, was told her appointment would end June 30, which protestors […]
Second Take: Boycotting is film industry’s right move to protest Georgia’s ‘heartbeat’ bill
Georgia has housed many of film and television’s iconic on-screen battles. It’s where the Avengers fought Thanos, Rick Grimes faced off against the walking dead and Eleven and friends defeated the Demogorgon. But in the upcoming months, Georgia will become the battleground for a very different fight. Numerous states have ramped up their attack on […]
AFSCME announces May 16 strike in protest of labor outsourcing
University of California service workers will hold a systemwide strike May 16 in response to the University’s alleged illegal outsourcing of labor. The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, the UC’s largest employee union, announced Monday it will strike May 16 at the UC’s 10 campuses and five medical centers. The […]
Activists march through Westwood and UCLA to protest animal experimentation
Animal rights activists protested a proposed state bill and UCLA’s use of animals in medical experiments Friday. About 40 people walked from Westwood to UCLA, before heading to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, to protest animal experimentation as well as Assembly Bill 700. The bill, which is still in the Assembly Appropriations Committee, would further prevent the […]
Op-ed: AFSCME to go on strike to protest alleged worker intimidation, free speech issues
Over the last year, University of California workers have gone on strike three different times. These disruptions have been precipitated in part by the University’s failure to negotiate fair contracts with the workers who make our state’s third-largest employer run every day. But rather than addressing the eroding economic opportunities at the University, it has […]