A Regents Coming Together Recap
Monday, October 13, 2025
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I desire to congratulate all the unions, workers, in addition to students pulling off a peachy protestation nether hard conditions. We had over 2,000 protesters at UCLA, in addition to at that topographic point were or thus peachy actions. Here are a few highlights:
Hundreds of people stopped traffic at ane of the principal intersections inwards L.A. in addition to and thus marched upwards through the campus.
Over a K people participated inwards a boisterous rally exterior the regents coming together (the rally got international coverage). Even though the law tasered in addition to hitting several students in addition to workers, nosotros kept coming dorsum for more.
A real surreal 2nd happened during earth comments period. After extending their bath intermission for an additional 30 minutes, the regents cutting off world comments, spell several people were however waiting to speak. This is after months of planning in addition to negotiating, in addition to several hours of waiting patiently. When our grouping at the coming together started to yell, "Let them Speak," non entirely did the regents declare their ain coming together an "unlawful assembly," merely they brought upwards law amongst guns into their ain coming together to arrest the people who wanted to speak.
Another surreal 2nd occurred before on when several of us had to head to the regents congratulate each other virtually how peachy they are in addition to what a peachy historic 24-hour interval this was because they were agreeing to fund a novel infirmary project. The self-praising lasted several minutes, merely when a woman rear of 2 students was afterward addressing the regents, non entirely were they non paying attending to her, merely they cutting her off, spell she was delivering a heartbreaking story.
After the vote on the fee increases, the students surrounded the edifice in addition to locked arms refusing to permit the regents acquire out the building. H5N1 tense standoff lasted for several hours, in addition to hundreds of students in addition to workers joined the human chain. On the other side of the building, people were sitting in addition to lying on the soil to foreclose anyone from driving out of the building. When they finally brought Yudof out, they had to purpose tasers inwards lodge to clear a way. What message does this send, when yous convey to purpose weapons on your ain students?
While most of the law did a proficient job, at that topographic point were a pair who acted badly, in addition to they should live investigated in addition to disciplined. We volition regard squall for for a formal investigation into the deport of the police. The principal employment is that or thus of them took a real hostile opinion past times sticking guns inwards students' in addition to workers' faces without whatsoever provocation. There are videos on the spider web showing how the law tasered in addition to musical rhythm out several students, in addition to this information volition non live ignored.
Another grouping of students occupied a edifice for a day, in addition to and thus left peacefully, in addition to hundreds of students participated inwards a flash mob past times pretending to perish exterior of the regents coming together (this consequence made for or thus powerful photos).
We also had an all nighttime army camp out in addition to trip the low-cal fantastic political party on Wed. night, which highlighted the edifice of a growing movement.
I did several radio in addition to boob tube interviews, in addition to the press were real surprised to acquire how the UC treats its workers. I intend this was a historic consequence for our coalition, merely this is non the end: it is entirely the beginning.
Here are or thus of the interviews:
Democracy Now!
CNN
Uprising
Hundreds of people stopped traffic at ane of the principal intersections inwards L.A. in addition to and thus marched upwards through the campus.
Over a K people participated inwards a boisterous rally exterior the regents coming together (the rally got international coverage). Even though the law tasered in addition to hitting several students in addition to workers, nosotros kept coming dorsum for more.
A real surreal 2nd happened during earth comments period. After extending their bath intermission for an additional 30 minutes, the regents cutting off world comments, spell several people were however waiting to speak. This is after months of planning in addition to negotiating, in addition to several hours of waiting patiently. When our grouping at the coming together started to yell, "Let them Speak," non entirely did the regents declare their ain coming together an "unlawful assembly," merely they brought upwards law amongst guns into their ain coming together to arrest the people who wanted to speak.
Another surreal 2nd occurred before on when several of us had to head to the regents congratulate each other virtually how peachy they are in addition to what a peachy historic 24-hour interval this was because they were agreeing to fund a novel infirmary project. The self-praising lasted several minutes, merely when a woman rear of 2 students was afterward addressing the regents, non entirely were they non paying attending to her, merely they cutting her off, spell she was delivering a heartbreaking story.
After the vote on the fee increases, the students surrounded the edifice in addition to locked arms refusing to permit the regents acquire out the building. H5N1 tense standoff lasted for several hours, in addition to hundreds of students in addition to workers joined the human chain. On the other side of the building, people were sitting in addition to lying on the soil to foreclose anyone from driving out of the building. When they finally brought Yudof out, they had to purpose tasers inwards lodge to clear a way. What message does this send, when yous convey to purpose weapons on your ain students?
While most of the law did a proficient job, at that topographic point were a pair who acted badly, in addition to they should live investigated in addition to disciplined. We volition regard squall for for a formal investigation into the deport of the police. The principal employment is that or thus of them took a real hostile opinion past times sticking guns inwards students' in addition to workers' faces without whatsoever provocation. There are videos on the spider web showing how the law tasered in addition to musical rhythm out several students, in addition to this information volition non live ignored.
Another grouping of students occupied a edifice for a day, in addition to and thus left peacefully, in addition to hundreds of students participated inwards a flash mob past times pretending to perish exterior of the regents coming together (this consequence made for or thus powerful photos).
We also had an all nighttime army camp out in addition to trip the low-cal fantastic political party on Wed. night, which highlighted the edifice of a growing movement.
I did several radio in addition to boob tube interviews, in addition to the press were real surprised to acquire how the UC treats its workers. I intend this was a historic consequence for our coalition, merely this is non the end: it is entirely the beginning.
Here are or thus of the interviews:
Democracy Now!
CNN
Uprising