Reports from around California (and the world) - The UC Walkout

UC Wide
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/24/california-university-berkeley-budget-protest
http://www.sacbee.com/108/story/2204365.html
http://studentactivism.net/2009/09/24/reports-from-the-uc-walkout/
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/25/MNVU19SBEV.DTL
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/20/18622513.php
http://socialistworker.org/2009/09/25/thousands-join-uc-walkout
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/video?id=7030684
http://extras.mercurynews.com/slideshows/news/2009/09/0925walkout/
http://news.google.com/news/search?aq=0z&pz=1&cf=all&ned=us&hl=en&q=uc+walkout&oq=uc
background info: http://labornotes.org/node/2459

UC BERKELEY
* Huge rally. Police estimate 5,000. March through streets of Berkeley, sit-down civil disobedience in front of campus, shutting down three main streets.
* All day picketing
* Over a half-dozen teach-ins (see titles: http://www.saveuc.org/teachout-sched.pdf)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/24/MN2Q19S3FS.DTL
http://www.dailycal.org/article/106776/walkouts_vary_across_uc_campuses
http://www.insidebayarea.com/twitter/ci_13411072
http://www.berkeleydailyplanet.com/issue/2009-09-24/article/33824
http://twitpic.com/iyy8d
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APuKukByoQA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pERb1G0-UA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_w0CToZjCc

UC DAVIS
* All day picketing
* Teamsters electricians and others honored the strike and went home
* Rally/March with estimates from several hundred to over a thousand + bikes w/ sound systems
* Brief occupation of admin building
http://twitpic.com/iz6i9
http://www.news10.net/video/default.aspx?aid=82555
http://www.fox40.com/news/headlines/ktxl-news-ucbudget0924,0,6713606.story

UC IRVINE
* Faculty-Student Improv Show
* Rally (w/ estimates between 500 and 1000) outside admin building
http://www.upte.org/photogallery/index.html#original/05
http://twitpic.com/iz10h

UC LOS ANGELES
* Noon Rally (LA Times estimate 700 people)
* March to Chancellor's office
* Occupation of Chancellor's office results in forcing Chancellor to set a meeting.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-ucprotests25-2009sep25,0,3895472.story
http://media.dailybruin.com/dailybruin/img/2009/sep/24/walkoutcrowd_-_derek_liu.jpg
http://media.sacbee.com/smedia/2009/09/24/14/CaliforniaUniversity5.standalone.prod_affiliate.4.jpg

UC SANTA CRUZ
* City buses (UTU), UPS (Teamsters) and construction crews refused to cross picket lines.
* All Day Picketing
* Noon Rally with 300+ people
* 3:30pm second rally and march
* Ongoing occupation of building in the center of campus, with rally outside http://occupyCA.wordpress.com and http://wewanteverything.wordpress.com/
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/09/24/18623088.php
http://www.flickr.com/photos/melissarachelblack/sets/72157622449721648/
http://www.mercurynews.com/centralcoast/ci_13412921?nclick_check=1

UC SAN DIEGO
* All day picketing, joined by UNITE-HERE Local 30 members who've been boycotting the Manchester Grand Hyatt over similar issues.
* Rally w/ about 350 attendees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjPJO2zwmkM

UC SAN FRANCISCO
* All day picketing
* Rally w/ about ~75 people

UC SANTA BARBARA
Rally with ~400 people
http://www.independent.com/news/2009/sep/24/protesters-target-uc-regents/
http://twitpic.com/iyz2p

UC RIVERSIDE
Rally (w/ widely ranging estimates – from 150 to 500 to 1000) followed by a teach-in.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2009/09/25/qt/walkouts_across_u_of_california
http://www.sbsun.com/news/ci_13414178

UC MERCED
A small rally, but notable since Merced is the newest and smallest UC!
http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/61292127.html

LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LAB (UC-managed)
UPTE Strike/Picketing/Protest
http://cbs5.com/local/UC.walkout.strike.2.1206109.html

TAIWAN
UC Education abroad students assembled and took a group picture.
http://tinyurl.com/yecgbxa
“The words we are holding up say, "Protect the UC, prevent fee increases" in traditional Chinese characters. We took the picture at the front gate of National Taiwan University, where we are all studying and have students from all the UC campuses except for San Francisco and Merced (we even have a student from CSU East Bay and a student from SF State).”

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SOLIDARITY:

UNIV. of ARIZONA:
Rally w/ ~100 people against cuts and costs in the UA system, staged on 9/24 in solidarity w/ UC.
http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=11195684

SF STATE:
~75 students held a rally against cuts, costs, and the elimination of hundreds of classes in the Cal State system, and in solidarity w/ UC.

SF City College:
Rally against budget cuts and in solidarity with other educational institutions.

UNIV. of MICHIGAN:
Members of Michigan GEO, AFT Local #3550 took a group picture, with signs in solidarity.
http://tinyurl.com/y8ho329

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QUOTES OF THE DAY:

“Walkout, Rally Hailed as Rebirth of UC Activism” (as if it ever died – Front Page story from the Berkeley Daily Planet)

“I’ve been here since 1972, and I’ve never seen anything like it.” - George Lakoff

“For most of UC, today was THE FIRST DAY OF CLASSES, so there was essentially no time to organize. That makes #UCwalkout even more amazing.” - @studentactivism

“Faculty, students and unions from the University of California's 10 campuses including its two most prestigious, UCLA and Berkeley, joined forces in what was the biggest student protest for more than a generation... The scale of the protests has come as a shock to state authorities.” - The Guardian (UK)

“being president of the University of California is like being manager of a cemetery” - UC President Mark Yudof. (The whole interview is shockingly appalling.) See: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/magazine/27fob-q4-t.html?_r=1