Students call for resignation of top UC Berkeley officials

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UC Berkeley Vice Chancellor Harry Le Grande speaks to the protesters on Sproul Plaza.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Why I Got Arrested with Occupy Cal--and How

By Celeste Langan



I participated in the Occupy Cal rally on Sproul Plaza on November 9 (my sign, "We're Afraid for Virginia Woolf," made it to the Daily Cal’s top 10) and stayed for the general assembly. The organizers of Occupy Cal asked those who were willing to stay and link arms to protect those who were attempting to set up the encampment; I chose to do so. I knew, both before and after the police…

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More police brutality from the Occupy Cal protest at UC-Berkeley November 9, 2011. UC police yank women by their hair so they can destroy the encampment tents. Later, a woman is pinned to a bush and being batoned, and a man trying to rescue her gets…

Free Speech Movement veterans, historians respond to the Occupy Cal events



By Daily Cal Staff | Staff

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Sunday, November 13, 2011 at 6:30 pm

An appeal to the UC administration to restore Berkeley’s free speech tradition



We the undersigned Free Speech Movement (FSM) veterans and historians remind the UC administration that the university’s emergence as a center of free political expression on campus began in 1964 when the…

UC Berkeley instructors condemn police violence

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A protester is brought to the ground by police in front of Sproul Hall.

Occupy For UC Berkeley graduate student Alex Barnard, the most disempowering moment of Wednesday night was not when he was repeatedly hit with a police baton, cracking one of his ribs. Instead, the most disturbing moment of his experience came afterward, when he says an officer told him he had “no rights.” .

Police use of force draws fierce condemnation…

Occupy Portland: Police move in on Portland park, some protesters remain

Occupy Portland demonstrators have remained in defiance of an eviction order. In other cities, officials also are closing…

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I have a confession to make. At first, I misunderstood Occupy Wall Street.

The first few times I went down to Zuccotti Park, I came away with mixed feelings. I loved the energy and was amazed by the obvious organic appeal of the movement, the way it was growing on its own. But my initial impression was that it would not be taken very seriously by the Citibanks and Goldman…

Occupy N.S. protesters arrested during eviction

Protesters ordered out of Halifax park Friday under camping ban

Police have arrested several people at the Occupy Nova Scotia site in Halifax as they enforce an eviction order and dismantle tents.

Police teams descended on Victoria Park on Friday afternoon, a couple of hours after demonstrators were told to leave the city park because they were camping illegally.

Fourteen people were…

WHEN INDEPENDENT RESEARCHERS FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE-WHO BENEFITS-MONEY TRAIL...AND COME TO THE SAME CONCLUSIONS...IT IS SIMPLE...BUT, OF COURSE, THERE ARE THOSE THAT WILL TRY TO COVER UP ANYTHING FOR A BUCK!

LETS START WITH ROTS FEDERAL RESERVE CORPORATION CONNECTION....…

When one is called to defend one's home and family, it is not really courage that is required, it is a sense of duty. If my home is under attack, if my family is in danger, it is proper and fitting that I defend them and not expect someone else to put their life at risk for my home and family.

When one is called to defend one's nation, the same sense of duty is conjured. Unfortunately, the calls to defend this nation have been issued on false information in EVERY WAR THE US…

The first thing the encampment published:

Someday it would be nice not to have to get news about America from Great Britain, but for now (and, Thanks for Standing, Canada)....

"A second Iraq war veteran has suffered serious injuries after clashes between police and Occupy movement protesters in Oakland.

Kayvan Sabehgi, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is in intensive care with a lacerated…

"November 2, 2011 – 11:30 pm Pacific

Two #occupiers were hit by a car tonight in downtown Oakland – one was dragged 30 feet and sustained an “obviously” broken leg, photos of the other victim are below.... Every single person at the scene was stunned that the driver could get away without being arrested." 

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