Another BS agreement being celebrated from UC Riverdale as "deal" with literally no tangible commitment on anything.
Please stop celebrating so called "deals" achieved thru "peaceful negotiation" unless you see the actual text.
If PR precedes the actual details, agreement is likely to be BS. If "deals" are agreed through closed door negotiation — as opposed to publicly contested & voted, they are guaranteed to be dogshit.
The culture of so called "leadership" (self-appointed/imposed) exists to usurp/sell off agency of others. If one is not aware of tactics of ruling class, they will simply waste the leverage they have outside by falling for trickery & sign on something with closed door so called "leadership" negotiation i.e professional managerial class (PMC) trickery.
Text of the so called "concession" is below.
The substantive part is:
We will form some BS committee with no actual commitment.
This is the "deal" people are celebrating. Completely unserious stuff.
If you agree to simply accept whatever your opponent places on table, not what you want, you will always get a "deal" — however shit it is.
Full text of agreement:
The signatories agree to the following amended terms:
All currently public information on UC’s investments will be posted to the UCR campus website. It will continue to be updated as the UC releases more information. The goal is to get full disclosure of the list of companies in the portfolio and the size of the investments.
The UCR Administration agrees to form a task force that includes students appointed by ASUCR’s Diversity Council and faculty appointed by the Academic Senate to explore the removal of UCR’s endowment from the management of the UC Investments Office, and the investment of said endowment in a manner that will be financially and ethically sound for the university with consideration to the companies involved in arms manufacturing and delivery. The goal of this task force is to produce a report to present to the UCR Foundation Board of Trustees by the end of Winter Quarter 2025. The task force will be formed by the end of the Spring 2024 quarter.
Commitment to bimonthly meetings with the AVC of Auxiliary Services and an ongoing review of Sabra Hummus consistent with existing product review processes until we can find a resolution.
The School of Business has discontinued Global Programs in Oxford, USA, Cuba, Vietnam, Brazil, China, Egypt, Jordan, and Israel.
UCR will modify its approval process for all study abroad programs to ensure compliance with UC’s Anti-Discriminatory Policies.
