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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · 21d

Thanks for your support Ben!

Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · Sep 2

Please join us for our Science Fair for Suspended Research on Sep 10 and Sep 11, sponsored by the UCLA Faculty Association, the UCLA Brain Research Institute, and UAW 4811!

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · Aug 19

Please circulate and sign the letter at tinyurl.com/jewsforuc

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This is an open letter originally produced by and for concerned members of the UCLA community, but which has been expanded to include members of the wider University of California community. To add y...

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · Aug 19

Pdf version of the LA Times article here drive.google.com/file/d/1mlu2...

miller_kaleem_20250819.pdf

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · Aug 19

Jewish faculty at UCLA organized an open letter www.latimes.com/california/s...

UCLA's Jewish community unites against Trump's $1-billion demand: 'misguided and punitive'

UCLA's Jewish faculty united around a letter conveying anger over a potential $1-billion settlement between the university and the Trump administration over alleged campus antisemitism.

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · Aug 6

Please share widely to friends and colleagues in all your networks! Thank you!

Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · Aug 6

Please sign our open letter demanding that the Univ of California reject the malicious attacks from the Trump admin tinyurl.com/ucstandup

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Please forward this letter widely at https://tinyurl.com/ucstandup

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · Jun 6

Follow us on instagram at www.instagram.com/chainofheart...

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · Jun 6

We had a Chain of Hearts craft event here at UCLA today and it was a lot of fun! Around 50 people showed up!

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · May 16

I remember that. So awful! Police have killed over 1000 people with tasers. eji.org/news/investi...

Investigation Finds Over 1000 People Died After Police Used Tasers

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The Nation Magazine @thenation.com · May 15

A police attack on a film screening is just one of the assaults on student freedoms that have turned UCLA into more of a fortress than a place of higher learning, write four UCLA faculty members.

UCLA Is Now Nearly Unrecognizable as a University

A police attack on a documentary film screening is just one of the assaults on student freedoms that have turned UCLA into more of a fortress than a place of higher learning.

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Veena Dubal @veenadubal.bsky.social · May 15

"Beyond the absurdity of sending a battalion of riot police to seize a screen consisting of a sheet & 2 poles, the constant & extreme police..presence on campus since last April has made [it] nearly unrecognizable as a university."
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

UCLA Is Now Nearly Unrecognizable as a University

A police attack on a documentary film screening is just one of the assaults on student freedoms that have turned UCLA into more of a fortress than a place of higher learning.

www.thenation.com

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Kate Burns @katerqburns.bsky.social · May 15

“A police attack on a documentary film screening is just one of the assaults on student freedoms that have turned UCLA into more of a fortress than a place of higher learning.” www.thenation.com/article/soci...

UCLA Is Now Nearly Unrecognizable as a University

A police attack on a documentary film screening is just one of the assaults on student freedoms that have turned UCLA into more of a fortress than a place of higher learning.

www.thenation.com

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · May 16

Our chronicle of the events (with photos and video) here: tinyurl.com/2025april30

Events on April 30, 2025

On Wednesday, April 30, 2025, an outdoor movie screening of the film “The Encampments” on the UCLA campus was violently suppressed by roughly thirty police officers carrying clubs and projectile weapo...

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · May 16

The next day, UCLA released a public statement which contains false, misleading, and unsubstantiated statements. My colleagues and I wrote a chronicle of what we saw first-hand and also wrote an article for The Nation. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

UCLA Is Now Nearly Unrecognizable as a University

A police attack on a documentary film screening is just one of the assaults on student freedoms that have turned UCLA into more of a fortress than a place of higher learning.

www.thenation.com

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · May 16

Astonishingly, police drove two motorcycles at night into a pedestrian plaza while students were fleeing. This was extremely unsafe as no one expected motor vehicles in this area and a student could have easily tripped and fallen in front of a motorcycle.

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · May 16

On Apr 30 an outdoor movie screening at UCLA was violently suppressed by roughly thirty police officers in riot gear with clubs and projectile weapons. Here a student picking up AV cables is grabbed and pushed by a police officer (video by Renee Tajima-Peña).

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · May 6

For my most recent book, I offered signed bookplates to readers who bought my book and then posted about it on social media. It's a fun way to connect with readers and much cheaper than sending out a signed book!

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · Mar 8

Around 500 people at Stand Up For Science rally in Los Angeles #standupforscience2025

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · Mar 2

Please consider signing our open letter to help protect higher education and our campus communities. Over 500 signatures so far! tinyurl.com/we-who-believe

We Who Believe

You can choose to sign this open letter either anonymously or publicly. Please forward widely to colleagues and friends at https://tinyurl.com/we-who-believe

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · Mar 2

Over 1000 people at the anti-Musk rally today in Hawthorne, near LAX (Los Angeles International Airport).

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · Mar 2

Thanks so much for sharing!

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · Feb 7

I was there! Shame on Children's Hospital LA for your cowardice! Restore fair access to health care for all children now!

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Michael Chwe @michaelchwe.bsky.social · Feb 7

Children's Hospital LA is restricting gender-affirming care for youth, in violation of state law. Tonight hundreds of us rallied outside the hospital to demand it restore gender-affirming care for youth. Everyone has the right to fair access to health care.
www.latimes.com/california/s...

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