DEFEND STUDENT ACTIVISM

In solidarity with the students facing sanctions for recent political activities at UC Berkeley in defense of public education in California

We call for the UC Berkeley administration to drop all charges and disciplinary actions against the students involved in the Architects and Engineering building sit-in on November 18, 2009, the November 20, 2009 Wheeler protest, those arrested in Wheeler Hall on the morning of December 11, 2009, and the students facing sanctions for flyering on campus.

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Featured Resources

Jailed UCD Protestors in Legal Limbo

checkingeducation.com - Student-produced digital media about the crisis

protestucregents.com - UCLA's Call To Action and Schedule of Actions

Open Letter to students from Bob Meister, President, Council of UC Faculty Associations (also Part II and Part III)

New Office of the President Website!

Initial Statement of Sept. 24th Walkout

Fact Sheet for Students

Understanding the Crisis

Saving the University of California

Accountability and Executive Compensation

Letter to Students from TDPS Prof. Catherine Cole

George Lakoff on Privatization and the UC Budget Crisis

Analysis by Jeffrey Bergamini

Analysis by UC-AFT Pres. Bob Samuels

UC Budget Blog by Physics Professor Emeritus Charlie Schwartz (also see his article series, “Financing The University”)

UC Budget Crisis Teach-in at UC Berkeley 9/14

AFSCME’s Alternative UC Budget Plan

AFSCME Budget Transparency Lawsuit

UC Student Association Resolution in Support of the September 24 Walkout

The California Master Plan in Overview

More Comprehensive List Of Links


News and Views Aggregators on the UC budget crisis:

UC Solidarity

http://utotherescue.blogspot.com/

http://berkeleycuts.org/

http://toodumbtolivearchive.blogspot.com/

http://www.k-grayengineeringeducation.com/budget/?page_id=51

http://sites.google.com/site/ucbudgetcrisis


Two Articles by Marc Bousquet:

The Waste Product of Graduate Education: Toward a Dictatorship of the Flexible

The Rhetoric of “Job Market” and the Reality of the Academic Labor System


SAVE (Save The University)–Faculty Group:

Mission Statement


Democratize the UC Regents

Berkeley ASUC Resolution on UC Democracy

State Assembly Legislation on UC accountability

Phoenix Project for UC Democracy

Who Are the Regents? (from Cal Disorientation)

How UC Regents Are Selected

History of Efforts to Democratize the Regents (from Cal Disorientation)

Greenlining Institute’s Higher Ed Program


Reform California State Budgeting/Finances

California Majority Rule Budget Initiative

California Tax Reform Association

Defend-UCI Blog
Saving UCLA
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