Michael Chwe
@michaelchwe.bsky.social
Author of _Rational Ritual_ and _Jane Austen, Game Theorist_, teaches at UCLA, game theorist
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!
September 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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!
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.
www.latimes.com
August 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Jewish faculty at UCLA organized an open letter www.latimes.com/california/s...
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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August 6, 2025 at 3:36 AM
Please sign our open letter demanding that the Univ of California reject the malicious attacks from the Trump admin tinyurl.com/ucstandup
We had a Chain of Hearts craft event here at UCLA today and it was a lot of fun! Around 50 people showed up!
June 6, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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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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.
www.thenation.com
May 15, 2025 at 2:55 PM
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.
Reposted by Michael Chwe
"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...
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
May 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"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...
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Reposted by Michael Chwe
“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
May 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
“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...
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).
May 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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).
Around 500 people at Stand Up For Science rally in Los Angeles #standupforscience2025
March 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Around 500 people at Stand Up For Science rally in Los Angeles #standupforscience2025
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
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March 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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
Over 1000 people at the anti-Musk rally today in Hawthorne, near LAX (Los Angeles International Airport).
March 2, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Over 1000 people at the anti-Musk rally today in Hawthorne, near LAX (Los Angeles International Airport).
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...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
February 7, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Popular or not Dems cannot bend on the need for trans people to be treated with basic humanity and respect. If we give up that because the right made trans people unpopular, we give up everything. They’ll dice us group by group like a salami. We die on this hill or we die alone in a ditch
February 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Popular or not Dems cannot bend on the need for trans people to be treated with basic humanity and respect. If we give up that because the right made trans people unpopular, we give up everything. They’ll dice us group by group like a salami. We die on this hill or we die alone in a ditch
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Whatever happens in big politics, LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff are among the most vulnerable people on campus and need our support and protection more than ever.
February 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Whatever happens in big politics, LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff are among the most vulnerable people on campus and need our support and protection more than ever.
My spouse Namhee Lee is being interviewed live at 9am (in ten minutes) by Larry Mantle on KPCC Laist 89.3 on the martial law declaration in South Korea. You can also listen here. laist.com/listen
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December 3, 2024 at 4:53 PM
My spouse Namhee Lee is being interviewed live at 9am (in ten minutes) by Larry Mantle on KPCC Laist 89.3 on the martial law declaration in South Korea. You can also listen here. laist.com/listen
Martial law was declared a moment ago in South Korea, a throwback to the 1970s, which shows that some people will stop at nothing to amass power and avoid accountability. Fascism is on the march for real. www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/a...
South Korea president declares emergency martial law | CNN
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law in an unannounced late-night TV address Tuesday, accusing the country’s main opposition party of sympathizing with North Korea and of anti-sta...
www.cnn.com
December 3, 2024 at 3:25 PM
Martial law was declared a moment ago in South Korea, a throwback to the 1970s, which shows that some people will stop at nothing to amass power and avoid accountability. Fascism is on the march for real. www.cnn.com/2024/12/03/a...
In an academic career, you begin with faith in the senior decisionmakers (who let you into grad programs, refereed your papers, gave you a promotion) but you soon realize no one "above" you is in charge and that the only quality control is you and the other randos still hanging around.
November 28, 2024 at 9:19 PM
In an academic career, you begin with faith in the senior decisionmakers (who let you into grad programs, refereed your papers, gave you a promotion) but you soon realize no one "above" you is in charge and that the only quality control is you and the other randos still hanging around.
We must protect our populations that are under attack. Protect trans kids (and all trans folks everywhere)!
November 27, 2024 at 8:05 PM
We must protect our populations that are under attack. Protect trans kids (and all trans folks everywhere)!
My friend David Palumbo-Liu posted this. I don't have a personal connection to the organizers, but it is a marvelous idea so please join if you are interested!
forms.gle/jHuzs975ab7m...
forms.gle/jHuzs975ab7m...
November 26, 2024 at 6:31 AM
My friend David Palumbo-Liu posted this. I don't have a personal connection to the organizers, but it is a marvelous idea so please join if you are interested!
forms.gle/jHuzs975ab7m...
forms.gle/jHuzs975ab7m...
California statewide teach-in to support undocumented youth on Friday, Nov 22 at 1pm pacific. On zoom and in person at UCLA. Please register at bit.ly/O4A-CA24
November 18, 2024 at 6:01 PM
California statewide teach-in to support undocumented youth on Friday, Nov 22 at 1pm pacific. On zoom and in person at UCLA. Please register at bit.ly/O4A-CA24
Hi all! I am posting for the first time, I suppose. Hope to keep in touch!
November 13, 2024 at 7:05 AM
Hi all! I am posting for the first time, I suppose. Hope to keep in touch!