UCLA faculty walk in support of pro-Palestinian demonstrations

Dozens of UCLA faculty members walked out of class and marched to the “Palestine Solidarity Encampment” on Monday, April 29, to rally with student protesters who have occupied Royce Quad for the last five days.

The protesting teachers declared themselves part of the Faculty for Justice in Palestine Network, which seeks to support students’ right to peacefully protest and amplify their demands.

“We are out here to support students who are asking for UCLA’s disclosure of investments supporting the war in Gaza and divestment of UCLA commitments’ to the war in Gaza,” said Graeme Blair, assistant professor of political science at UCLA. “I think our role is to protect their rights to express that and share with the administration that we believe they should be allowed to be out here making these demands.”

In addition to the calls for disclosure and divestment, the student protesters are also asking the university to sever ties with Israeli universities and call for an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war. Similar demands are being made by student protesters at universities across Southern California and the nation.

After protests smoldered at UCLA and USC over the weekend, campus demonstrations grew in scope around Southern California on Monday.

Student encampments were established Monday at Eagle Rock’s Occidental College, as well as UC Irvine and UC Riverside, and a protest took place at Cal Poly Pomona.

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