This post was updated Aug. 25 at 7:40 p.m.
We write as members of the UCLA community to state our refusal to participate in the investigation being conducted by 21st Century Policing Solutions on the police response to demonstrations and protests occurring in solidarity with the struggle to end Israel’s ongoing genocidal attack on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

This post was updated July 14 at 5:52 p.m.
The only official statement issued by UCLA following another major episode of unrestrained police violence against students and faculty on our campus June 10 came not from the university’s academic leadership but from the new “associate vice chancellor for campus safety.”
This new appointee, Rick Braziel, has stepped into and now occupies a void left by the upper administration.

This post was updated June 30 at 9:10 p.m.
Editor’s Note: This submission is an edited version of a statement signed by over 100 UCLA faculty and staff who work in Dodd Hall.

Editor’s note: This is an open letter in response to a private invitation from Darnell Hunt, the executive vice chancellor and provost, to speak with faculty members over lunch regarding recent campus events.

This post was updated May 19 at 7:47 p.m.
Locking arms to create a human shield in the Palestine solidarity encampment with respected faculty, staff and students to protect peaceful college students from state-sanctioned violence enabled by UCLA was one of the most horrific events I’ve witnessed.

Within minutes of United Auto Workers Local 4811’s historic vote yesterday to authorize a strike against the University of California, the UC blasted out a threatening and misleading letter to all union members – teaching assistants, graduate student researchers, postdocs and academic researchers.

This week, the University of California’s 48,000 academic workers – including teaching assistants, tutors, postdoctoral scholars, academic researchers and more, all represented by United Auto Workers 4811 – are voting on whether or not to authorize the union’s executive board to call a strike if circumstances justify.