May Day rally draws support for worker and immigrant rights
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About 150 workers and students gathered on Sproul Plaza Wednesday afternoon to rally in support of workers’ and immigrants’ rights.
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4 more Occupy Cal protesters have charges dropped
Criminal charges against four protesters who participated in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal demonstration were dismissed during a hearing on Thursday, just a day after four other protesters also had their charges dropped. BAMN organizer Yvette Felarca and UC Berkeley graduate student Amanda Armstrong were present at the hearing at Read More…
Stay-away order lifted for another Occupy Cal protester
Yet another stay-away order — one of 12 issued against protesters in connection with the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protests — was lifted Wednesday. UC Berkeley graduate student Amanda Armstrong had her stay-away order lifted after Armstrong’s attorney Jeff Wozniak met with the judge and a deputy district attorney in chambers Wednesday Read More…
An additional four Nov. 9 protesters face charges, documents show
Recently obtained court documents show that four additional demonstrators face misdemeanor charges for their involvement in the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protest, bringing the total number of Nov. 9 protesters known to be facing charges to eight. UC Berkeley students Jasper Bernes, Shane Boyle and Amanda Armstrong, and BAMN organizer Read More…
Demonstrators call for charges against Nov. 9 protesters to be dropped
About 50 people gathered outside of California Hall at noon Monday to protest criminal charges filed by the district attorney’s office against protesters active in the Nov. 9 protests. Protesters marched in a circle holding banners and chanting in unison, calling for the dissolution of the charges and hoping for Read More…
Police Review Board holds final meeting to hear Nov. 9 testimony
The UC Berkeley Police Review Board held its final meeting to hear video and verbal testimony about the use of police force at the Nov. 9 protests from advocates for police and protesters Tuesday night. At the public meeting — which was a continuation of testimony that began Monday evening Read More…
Protesters will begin march from UC Berkeley to Sacramento this week
Beginning March 1, protesters in support of Occupy Education California plan to embark on a “99 Mile March for Education and Social Justice” to the capitol building in Sacramento, after holding rallies at UC Berkeley. About 25 people — many of them students — met at an office on Allston Read More…
Students, faculty share testimonies at Police Review Board forum
Students, faculty and other community members shared testimony regarding the events of the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protest at a forum held by the UC Berkeley Police Review Board Monday night. The forum is part of an attempt by the board to further its investigation of the Nov. 9 events Read More…
Students among those arrested at Oakland demonstration
Several UC Berkeley students were among the estimated more than 400 individuals arrested at the tumultuous Occupy Oakland “Move-in Day” protest on Saturday. The protest — originally planned as a march to turn a vacant building into a new social and political meeting center for the Occupy Oakland movement — Read More…
Police Review Board meeting will not discuss Occupy Cal
Despite the controversy surrounding the use of police force at the Nov. 9 Occupy Cal protest, the chair of the Police Review Board said not to expect any discussion of the demonstration during the board’s public meeting Thursday. The aim of the annual meeting — set to take place in Read More…