UCLA Protest 111809 (Part 1)

Students protest 32% tuition increase outside Covel Commons at UCLA. A UC education now costs over $10,000.

For more on these protests, see

Democracy Now: "As UC Regents Approve Major Tuition Hike Students,
Faculty Decry Erosion of Public Education in CA and Nationwide"
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/20/students

The New York Times: "Regents Raise College Tuition in California by 32
Percent" http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/us/21tuition.html?hpw

Communique from the UCLA Occupation
http://uclaresists.blogspot.com/2009/11/communique-from-ucla-occupation.html

LA Times: UCLA Protests Photos
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucla-protests19-pictures,0,1019118.ph...



Democracy Now: "Why Are We Destroying Public Education? University of
California Students and Staff Prepare for System-Wide Strike to
Protest Cuts"
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/11/17/why_are_we_destroying_public_education

Anti-Capital Projects: "The Neoliberalization of Public Education:
What's Race Got to Do with It?"
http://anticapitalprojects.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/the-neoliberalization-of-...

NY Times: "Students Protest Tuition Increases"
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/21/us/21tuition.html?hpw

NBC: "Why are You Protesting? Voice of a UCLA Student"
http://toodumbtolivearchive.blogspot.com/2009/11/why-are-you-protesting-ucla....

Youtube: "Skirmish between student protesters and police at UCLA"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AM9VCMlt5jc

The Guardian: Judith Butler's "Save California's Universities" article
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/sep/30/california-uni...

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News & Politics

Tags:

• Tuition Increase
• UCLA Protest Fee Hikes
• California Economic Crisis
• Education