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Today in Labor History May 15, 1969: Police fought students in the Battle for People's Park at the University of California Berkeley, California. The battle was over a small strip of land that the students had claimed as community commons. Governor Ronald Reagan sent in National Guards to reclaim the Park. Police gunfire killed a bystander, James Rector, and wounded 60 others, including Alan Blanchard, who was blinded for life. Street fighting continued for 17 days. Another 150 demonstrators would be shot and wounded. The battle for the park has continued ever since, with the university continuing to claim ownership and threatening to turn the park into everything from units of student housing to a parking lot. The defenders of the park have done numerous direct actions over the past 50 years to defend the park, provide mutual aid, provide free food and clothes to unhoused folks, and offer community classes. As recently as 2024, the cops have attacked, beaten, and/or arrested park defenders.

The regime launched an investigation into the University of California, Berkeley, on Friday
centered on foreign funding,
making it the latest university to be targeted by the federal government.

The investigation revives criticism from several years ago about the university’s partnership with China’s Tsinghua University.

It comes after Donald Trump earlier this week signed a series of executive orders focused on universities that he views as liberal adversaries to his political agenda.

One order called for harder enforcement of Section 117,
a federal law requiring colleges to disclose foreign gifts and contracts valued at $250,000 or more.

The Department of Education’s office of general counsel will investigate “UC Berkeley’s apparent failure to fully and accurately disclose significant funding received from foreign sources,” education secretary Linda McMahon said in a statement.

UC Berkeley denied the government’s claims, saying that for the last two years,
“UC Berkeley has been cooperating with federal inquiries regarding 117 reporting issues, and will continue to do so
#UCBerkeley
theguardian.com/us-news/2025/a

The Guardian · Trump administration investigating California university over foreign giftsBy Guardian staff reporter

"Roger Studley, founder and community manager of #Berkeley #Moshav, said the idea has been in development for more than a decade. He was first introduced to the concept of #cohousing while in graduate school at #UCBerkeley, around the same time he was reconnecting with his #Jewish roots after years of distance from #Judaism.

As Studley deepened his involvement in Jewish life, he began to imagine a blending of these two ideas. The result was the formation of #BerkeleyMoshav — a community where Jewish life will be one aspect of daily living, but where people of all backgrounds are welcome, he said."

dailycal.org/news/city/housing

www.dailycal.orgBerkeley Moshav to become first urban Jewish cohousing communityThe first urban Jewish cohousing community, Berkeley Moshav, is expected to welcome residents by early 2027 in Southwest Berkeley.

#US / Israeli Postdoc sues UC Berkeley Student Union, Alleging anti-Semitic discrimination

Karin Yaniv, an Israeli postdoctoral researcher at UC Berkeley, has filed a federal lawsuit against her graduate student union, alleging that the union has created a hostile work environment for Israeli Jews.

Yaniv claims the union's actions, which she characterizes as anti-Semitic, violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the California state law. The complaint details numerous instances of alleged discrimination, including the union making anti-Israel statements, supporting anti-Israel protests and the #BDS movement, and marginalizing Jewish union members. Yaniv seeks a court order to stop the alleged discrimination, require anti-discrimination training, and award damages. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

Yaniv is represented by the Fairness Center. #Ynet published this story today with a typical hyperbolic "culture of anti-Semitism" in the headline, forgetting to explain to their readers that the so-called "Fairness Center" is a right-wing litigation center that primarily pursues anti-union litigation. It offers free legal aid to those allegedly harmed by public employee union officials. Nothing to do with anti-Semitism, it seems, rather union-busting.

fairnesscenter.org/cases/yaniv

PDF fairnesscenter.org/wp-content/

Hebrew ynet.co.il/judaism/article/hk6

@academicchatter
@israel
@palestine
#IsraelOccupation
#IsraelWarCrimes
#UCBerkeley
#Antisemitism
#academicchatter

The Fairness CenterYaniv v. UAW 4811 News ReleaseIsraeli postdoc at UC Berkeley files civil rights lawsuit against anti-Semitic union. Learn more about the allegations and the fight for accountability.
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The sound of buzzing #surveillance #drones over #Gaza played from a loudspeaker on the steps of #UCBerkeley’s Sproul Hall, on the very spot where Mario Salvo rallied for free speech in the 1960s. A #student #encampment of about 40 tents at the campus on Tuesday, up from 12 the night before, spanned the landing and sprawled onto the grass.
kron4.com/news/bay-area/uc-ber

KRON4 · UC Berkeley protest against war in Gaza peaceful and growingBy Bay City News

Berkeley students set up tents on Sproul Plaza demanding divestment from companies that “arm and sustain the genocide in Gaza.”

This is how we got UC to divest from South African apartheid when I was there in the 80s -- this strategy has worked before!

#Palestine #BDS #FreePalestine #California #Protests #UniversityOfCalifornia #Solidarity #Berkeley #UCBerkeley

berkeleyside.org/2024/04/22/uc

Berkeleyside · UC Berkeley students begin Sproul Plaza sit-in to protest Gaza war, Cal’s investmentsBy Ximena Natera