Yogita Goyal, Professor in UCLA’s Department of English and African American Studies, has positioned herself at the forefront of UCLA’s radical protest movement, repeatedly using her academic standing to endorse antisemitic activism, glorify violent encampments, and attack university leadership for enforcing campus safety. While presented as a champion of social justice, Goyal’s activism consistently aligns with extremist factions that normalize terrorism and undermine institutional integrity—all under the guise of “resistance.”
Rather than fostering inclusive, critical discourse, Goyal has become a prominent faculty voice legitimizing hate, shielding agitators, and recasting violence as virtue.
A Faculty Fixture at Extremist Mobilizations
Goyal’s involvement in UCLA’s 2024 protest wave was not symbolic—it was active, sustained, and dangerous. At a time when Jewish students were being physically blocked from university spaces and bombarded with antisemitic slogans, Goyal chose not to condemn the escalation—but to amplify it.
- On June 10, 2024, Goyal publicly denounced LAPD efforts to disperse an unlawful protest, dismissing serious safety concerns as administrative overreach- even as the crowd displayed slogans defending Hamas and demonizing Jewish identity.
- On June 3, 2024, she joined a faculty walkout aligned with the UAW strike, a movement that had merged with the encampments on campus. Goyal used the moment to attack UCLA leadership for restoring order and to lend academic validation to pro-Hamas rhetoric.
- On May 4, she joined a faculty protest at the Hammer Museum, holding a sign that read “Shame! Gene Block must go!”—blaming the Chancellor not for failing to act against hate, but for daring to dismantle a lawless encampment.
- On May 9, she was Spotted at a UCLA protest holding a sign that read: “UCLA Faculty for Free Palestine.” The demonstration occurred in the wake of encampments that had physically barred Jewish students from access to campus spaces and served as a platform for antisemitic chants.
Goyal’s pattern is clear: every step taken to uphold safety and order on campus has been met with her outrage—not at the agitators—but at the administration.
Signing Her Name to Extremism
Goyal’s signature appears on multiple open letters that justify violence, demonize Americas allies, and obscure the crimes of Hamas. Far from isolated political statements, these letters reflect a broader campaign to institutionalize antisemitic narratives within academia.
- In 2024, she co-signed a statement with over 1,200 radical academics in feminist, queer, and trans studies that accused Israel of genocide and colonialism, and defended “resistance” without a single mention of Hamas’s atrocities on October 7.
- In May 2021, Goyal endorsed Saree Makdisi’s letter attacking UCLA’s response to antisemitism. The letter accused the university of “anti-Palestinian racism” and implied that efforts to protect Jewish students were evidence of political bias—turning victimhood on its head.
These aren’t acts of advocacy. They are endorsements of a worldview that excuses terror, flattens nuance, and casts Jewish self-determination as a crime.
Indoctrination, Not Education
Within her academic work and public appearances, Goyal promotes a vision of campus life that leaves no room for balance, disagreement, or truth. She presents radical protest as moral obligation, while discrediting any authority that contradicts her narrative.
- She frames illegal encampments—where Hamas was praised and Jewish students harassed—as “peaceful resistance.”
- She vilifies law enforcement for protecting students, and attacks UCLA’s administration for attempting to restore safety after multiple physical altercations.
- She has called for full amnesty for students arrested during the encampment—students who defied lawful orders, disrupted campus operations, and helped turn UCLA into a symbol of academic disorder.
Goyal’s message to students is clear: if your cause is radical enough, the rules don’t apply.
Conclusion: An Advocate for Extremism
Yogita Goyal is not acting in the spirit of education. She is acting in the service of ideology—an ideology that refuses to condemn terror and extremism.
Her participation in radical protests, her rejection of university authority, and her unwavering defense of violent encampments make her a faculty member who is not standing for peace—but for provocation. At a time when American campuses are grappling with a rise in antisemitism, Goyal’s voice has been one of justification, not justice.
This is not free speech. This is academic radicalization.