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LOS ANGELES - March 5, 2010 -- Nationwide student demonstrations took place yesterday. Here in Southern California reports are still coming in of actions on the campus of every public university and college in the region. There was also a large march and rally in downtown Los Angeles students, parents and teachers marched against privatization of the public schools at the K through 12 level.
UCLA students staged a 5 hour sit-in at the chancellor's office demanding to met with him. The only response from the office was from a vice chancellor who stated that there would be no statement or meeting. In addition to the sit-in there were a number of rallies, marches and teach-ins on the UCLA campus. UCSD, UC Riverside, UCSB, Cal State University Northridge and many others are also reporting sizable student actions throughout the day.
There reports of up to 6 arrests at CSUN and at least one arrest at the downtown LA march. There are also many disturbing reports of mass arrests and police violence at campuses in the bay area. See IndyBay for more on Northern California student actions. Latest from the newswire: Los Angeles Teacher Phyliss Williams Testimonial | | UCLA Students Sit-In at Murphy Hall -updated 2:21 | | March 4 Education March Downtown Los Angeles | | Los Angeles March 4th Day of Action Photos Set 1 0f 3 | | Video: UCLA Students Murphy Hall Sit-in
| | March 4th: Santa Barbara and UCSB stormed by large student-worker movement by UCSB Campus Left
Photos: Los Angeles March 4th Day of Action Photos Set 1 of 3 | Set 2 of 3 | Set 3 of 3 by Robert Stuart Lowden
LA Student Protest 1st set | 2nd set | 3rd set | | 4th set | | 5th set | | 6th set | | 7th set | | 8th set | | 9th set by SCHA-LA
March 4 in Riverside (photo set 1) | (photo set 2) by Rockero
Video: Video: UCLA Students Murphy Hall Sit-in
March 4 in Riverside (with embedded video) by Rockero
March 4 video, part 1 | part 2
CSUN Students Demand Fair Access To Higher Education: Reseda / Nordhoff March 4, 2010 by phoenix
Riverside March 4 No Cuts to Education Rally by briancomicsnumba1
AnakBayan San Diego | March 4 Education by anakbayanusa
Student Protest @ CSU Fullerton, March 4, 2010 by devcolbert
Save our Education Movement March 4 by sandrita0tita
March 4 Rally at Pershing Square by hbutcher28
March 4, 2010 CSUSB Protest for Education by Atomicwarrior76
March 4 Protest CSUSB
March 4 interviews by schock
STATEWIDE - March 3, 2010 - Campuses across California have exploded in protest, leading up to the large demonstrations planned on March 4th to demand the right to a public education - PRE, K-12, and COLLEGE.
For Breaking News, to see what's happening on March 4th, in real-time, see our March 4th Student Actions page.
The list of actions reported on the LA IMC newswire, below, is only a partial list of numerous large and small actions students have taken to protest the sustained attacks on public education. The protests have enlarged to include all levels of budget cuts aimed at social services.
Please click to contribute your links to the March 4th Updates page.
Most recent reports:
UCR March 4 banner drop by Invisible Committee-IE
Pomona College
Labor Intervention by pomonawfj
Students Support Worker Demands for Independent Unions and End to Abuses by Rockero
Apoyo
Estudiantil a Exigencias para Sindicatos Autónomos y Cese de Abusos
Laborales por Rockero
Karl Rove
Chased Out of UCSB 2/25/10 by TheMillerb88
Latest from
UCLA Sit-in/Occupation of Murphy by Occupy everything-UCLA
Cal Poly
students protest credit card fees by Rockero
UCI Muslims
join LGBT Protest by Yosef Aziz
Shut down LA
March 4th! Mtgs by LA M4- Strike
LA Students
& UTLA Teachers Speak Out On Privatization-No More Give Aways, Save
Our School by Labor Video Project
In response to the disastrous cuts to the LAUSD budget, community members have taken a number of actions in opposition and protest.
A roving campout of hunger-striking teachers, eager to add their life experience to their in-class pedagogy, along with their supporters, traveled from campus to campus. They eventually set up in front of the downtown district office, where they were visited by veteran activist Dolores Huerta.
High school students walked out of class and marched to neighboring schools and to the LAUSD office, where some engaged in direct action at a board meeting.
After nearly a month, the teachers moved their encampment to the front of Supertintendent Cortines' house, breaking their fast the next day. While the teachers have ended their strike, the dancers of Danza Cuauhtémoc have take it up, and are currently camped in front of the LAUSD office. The danzantes, who are present at almost every march, rally, and action that occurs in the Los Angeles area, normally give willingly of their feet, voices, and talent to provide their blessing. But this time, inspired by the teachers and impressed with the urgency of the situation, they have taken the extra step of sacrificing their own bodies as well.
Reports on the hunger strike: Los Angeles Teacher Hunger Strike Carries On. Days 14,16 and 17 Photos Part 1 and Part 2 | | Hunger Strikers Picket Cortinez Home Day 21 | | Los Angeles Hunger Striking Teachers Stop Action by Robert Stuart Lowden | | Judith de las danzas aztecas Cuauhtemoc se puso en huelga de hambre por Rodrigo Argueta
Teacher testimonies: MESA Program for Math and Science Kids To Close With Schwarzenegger's Budget Cuts and Los Angeles Teacher Marco Flores Outlines Hungry For Education's Continuing Campaign by Robert Stuart Lowden | | Mensaje de un huelguista a la comunidad por Martin
Student walkouts: Santee Students Walk Out and March in Support of Hunger Strikers Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 by Robert Stuart Lowden
UPDATE: Day 28 of LAUSD Protest:LAUSD Board Votes 5 to 2 for School Cuts Part 1 and Part 2
SACRAMENTO March 16, 2009 - Students and educators from public colleges all over the state converged on Sacramento on March 16th to demand that California fully fund higher education and not raise tuition. An estimated 6,000 students, teachers, administrators, and education workers converged on the State Capitol. They came to demand, "Keep the doors open," "No budget cuts," "Bail out colleges, not banks," "Fund education, not war," and "Money for schools, not prisons."
Students from Los Angeles Mission College boarded buses before 3 am to arrive in Sacramento in time to march from Raley Field to the steps of the Capitol. Fully Story: College Students March on State Capitol to Protest Budget Cuts by Sharat G. Lin
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