Rafael Jaime is a graduate student worker in the English department at UCLA and is also the president of UAW 2865, the union representing 36,000 teaching assistants, graduate student researchers, tutors and readers in the University of California system.
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The University of California Is Escalating Its Crackdown on Dissent
Three academic workers at the University of California, San Diego, were arrested on felony charges of vandalism and conspiracy to commit a crime. They were using washable markers and chalk.
Rafael Jaime
We need to be united in the fight against fascism and repression.
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