online petition, fwiw
There's a petition, started by members of my union but open to all, calling for Birgenau and other top corporate cronies to resign, following the culmination of their collusion to destroy the foundations of public education in which they authorized cops to beat students and faculty peacefully demonstrating on Sproul plaza last week.
As I wrote: Authorizing the violent beating and arrest of peaceful protestors (including its own students and faculty) is a betrayal of everything the University of California stands for, it betrays the purpose for which the UC was created in the first place, and betrays the best traditions of Berkeley and the UC. It is deeply incompetent and destructive and those responsible should resign immediately.
Please sign it! and forward widely.
you can do so here: http://www.change.org/petitions/dr-birgeneau-dr-breslauer-mr-legrande-mr-celaya-resign-effective-immediately
As I wrote: Authorizing the violent beating and arrest of peaceful protestors (including its own students and faculty) is a betrayal of everything the University of California stands for, it betrays the purpose for which the UC was created in the first place, and betrays the best traditions of Berkeley and the UC. It is deeply incompetent and destructive and those responsible should resign immediately.
Please sign it! and forward widely.
you can do so here: http://www.change.org/petitions/dr-birgeneau-dr-breslauer-mr-legrande-mr-celaya-resign-effective-immediately