'Denied': UC fails to get a court order to stop academic workers' strike; union hails decision latimes.com/california/sto…

At Cal State LA, pro-Palestinian protests are ardent but smaller and quieter than the rancor at UCLA USC and other campuses. Melissa Gomez explores why. bit.ly/3UUS98B

Chancellor Gene Block heads to DC to face questioning from Congress about antisemitism at UCLA. Block says he's personally experienced antisemitism but that Islamophobia, anti-Arab hate & all bigotry are also unacceptable. Jaweed Kaleem Andrea Castillo bit.ly/3KdXhiW

JUST IN: UCLA Police Chief John Thomas has been removed from his post and reassigned pending investigations into security lapses that failed to stem violent attacks on a pro-Palestinian encampment. w/ Jaweed Kaleem bit.ly/3QUV6EO

BREAKING: ⁦UCLA⁩ Academic Senate rejects censure and ‘no confidence’ vote on Chancellor Gene Block for handling of pro-Palestinian protests. w/⁦Jaweed Kaleem⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

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Here is the first report of the UCLA Task Force on Anti-Palestinian, Anti-Muslim, and Anti-Arab Racism co-chaired by Profs Gaye Theresa Johnson & Sherene Razack. Task force members include Profs Robin DG Kelley, Saree Makdisi & Shannon Speed. jadaliyya.com/Details/45989

The Sonoma State president supported Israel academic boycott, divestment.

Then he was put on leave for 'insubordination' by The CSU Chancellor Mildred Garcia for failing to get 'appropriate approvals' for his statement. via Jaweed Kaleem bit.ly/4aqo2LU

THIS PHOTO by Robert Gauthier Los Angeles Times capturing police moving in on pro-Palestinian protesters at UC Irvine.

Police arrest 50 protesters on charges of 'failure to disperse after a direct police order' and a few for trespassing. bit.ly/4amGh4P

Academic workers across University of California authorize strike, alleging rights violated during protests.

Their aim: 'maximize chaos.' Less than half vote (19,780 of 48k represented by UAW 4811) but 79% of them authorized strike. via Jaweed Kaleem suhauna hussain bit.ly/3V3t6RO

BREAKING: UC Berkeley reaches agreement with pro-Palestinian protesters. Encampment taken down. UCB won't divest from Israel (@uofcalifornia position) but will assess investments in weapons, mass incarceration, surveillance industries.

Details here: documentcloud.org/documents/2466…

More on new agreement between UC Berkeley & pro-Palestinian protesters:

Chancellor Carol Christ says she backs a ceasefire in Gaza and that support for the plight of Palestinians, including protests, 'should not be conflated with hatred or antisemitism.'
'I, too, am concerned

NEW: Pro-Palestinian protesters at UC Berkeley remove most tents in encampment - without police or arrests amid campus talks.
'Protests don't end with police action. They end with negotiations,' says Chancellor Carol Christ. Jaweed Kaleem Hannah Wiley
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NEW: University of California investments in entities with ties to weapons makers, Israel, Blackrock, Blackstone and 24 other companies targeted by divestment proponents amount to about $32 billion of UC's $175 billion. Per Chief Investment Officer Jagdeep Singh Bachher.

Weapons: $3.3