Statement of Members of the Department of History in Response to Clearing the Encampment, 2 May 2024 – UCLA History Department

Members of the Department of History at UCLA are horrified that the university administration has continued to disregard our students’ safety and their right to express their views. The university went from permitting a violent mob to attack our students (on 4/30 to 5/1) to authorizing law enforcement to brutalize the same students (on 5/2).

Our colleagues observed that the LAPD advanced on the student encampment, pushing and herding them, using the tactic of kettling. Forced closely together, the students made easy targets for police who shot them with stun grenades, chemical agents, and rubber bullets. Police beat them with batons and shot them with rubber bullets, striking one student in the face with a rubber bullet. At least twenty-five students had to be hospitalized. They then arrested approximately 200 students, staff, faculty, dragging visibly injured students away. This wanton use of potentially lethal force culminated in the complete destruction of the encampment.

As our colleague Michael Meranze asserted, “No clearer message can be sent to those who disapprove of both dissent and American colleges and universities that their aggression will get them what they want.” Upon the night of the assault by a violent mob, law enforcement failed to protect the students. In contrast, in the early morning hours of 2 May, law enforcement assaulted and terrorized students participating in a peaceful protest. Unfortunately, the Chancellor’s message sent out in the aftermath of the expulsion seriously misrepresented these matters.

Given this abdication of the university’s commitment to protect our students and defend their rights, we join together to ask for the following:

  1. A commitment on the part of the university to refrain from taking any disciplinary actions against peaceful protesters (such as suspensions and expulsions, retribution against employees);
  2. An independent investigation into the actions of the university administration from the encampment’s founding until its destruction (including the complicity in the violent attack on the encampment, the Chancellor’s actions that overstepped his authority, and other problematic aspects of the handling of these issues);
  3. Advocacy on the part of the university in support of the students within the legal system (including legal representation, requests for leniency);
  4. University assistance to injured students through payment of medical bills;
  5. A serious engagement on the part of the university with the demands of protesters on the matter of disclosure and broad divestment from military weapons production companies and systems (beginning with a committee made up of students, faculty, and staff, as several other universities, such as Rutgers, Northwestern, Brown, and Evergreen State College, have agreed to form);
  6. A promise that the search process to hire a new Chancellor will directly address the issues raised by these incidents (to determine a candidate’s commitment to free expression, to the protection of our students, and to the values of the university community).

Source: Statement of Members of the Department of History in Response to Clearing the Encampment, 2 May 2024 – UCLA History Department

One Line Is All I GOT – Belladonna’s Flashlight

When you find out who you are, no one can make you believe that you are who they say you are.

Below are the words that I live by, and with these words, I have found the joy that’s been waiting for me.

I don’t chase I attract

What belongs to me will simply find me

I am fully in control of may reality

I speak my dreams into existence

I find myself n a state of perpetual happiness

The universe works for me and with me

You could have chosen any blog to read, but you chose mine, and I’m honored!

Source: One Line Is All I GOT – Belladonna’s Flashlight

PER FAVORE, ASCOLTA IL MESSAGGIO DELLO SCIAMANO YANOMAMI – L’APPELLO DELLA FORESTA PLUVIALE! E scopri come possiamo aiutare i popoli Indigeni! | Barbara Crane Navarro

foto: Renato Soares

« Ehi, guardaci!

Ti vediamo

Cerchiamo di mostrartelo

Non ti sei mai preso la briga di imparare la nostra lingua

Guardavi sempre in basso

Ti avvertiamo dall’inizio

La terra è viva

Questa terra non può essere posseduta

Questa terra siamo noi

Tutti noi

Volevi le pietre

Oro

Le tue cose splendenti

Titoli – Bandiere – Profitti

L’hai chiamato progresso

Cerchiamo di insegnarti

Ma sei sempre stato così avido

Troppo primitivo – troppo selvaggio

capire

Adesso porti ancora maledizioni sugli Yanomami

Malattie

E di nuovo moriremo

E tutte le terre native si trasformano in

cenere e fango

Cinque secoli

Non hai mai alzato gli occhi per scoprirlo

quello che teniamo al suo posto

Il paradiso stesso

Le tue città possono vederlo

Le tue culture possono vederlo

I tuoi figli possono vederlo

Possiamo vederlo nei tuoi polmoni

Fai un respiro profondo

Apri gli occhi e guarda

Riesci finalmente a vedere?

Aiuta gli Yanomami a sostenere il cielo »

“Yanomami osservando un sito minerario d’oro nel loro territorio” – Foto degli Yanomami, Alto Orinoco, Amazonas, Venezuela e fotomontaggio: Barbara Crane Navarro

(Questo video contiene immagini stroboscopiche – si consiglia la sorveglianza del visualizzatore)

Guarda (versione inglese):

https://bit.ly/ShamanMessage

versión portuguesa:

https://bit.ly/MensagemdoXama

Per favore ascolta il messaggio dello sciamano e boicotta tutti i prodotti della deforestazione; oro, olio di palma, legni esotici, soia, carne, pietre preziose!

E, per favore, acquistare prodotti che non distruggano la natura e le vite degli indigeni!

 

Ecco informazioni su Apib in inglese, portoghese e spagnolo:

https://apiboficial.org/apib/?lang=en

e qui:

https://apiboficial.org/sobre/?lang=en

i prega di donare qui se si desidera:

https://apiboficial.org/apoie/?lang=en

 

Source: PER FAVORE, ASCOLTA IL MESSAGGIO DELLO SCIAMANO YANOMAMI – L’APPELLO DELLA FORESTA PLUVIALE! E scopri come possiamo aiutare i popoli Indigeni! | Barbara Crane Navarro

Here are 13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami People! — Palm Oil Detectives | Barbara Crane Navarro

Hunger for Gold in the Global North is fueling a living hell in the Global South. Here are 20 reasons why you should #BoycottGold4Yanomami

13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami People — Palm Oil Detectives

Source: Here are 13 Reasons Why You Should Boycott Gold For The Yanomami People! — Palm Oil Detectives | Barbara Crane Navarro