After several weeks of farming on campus-owned property in Albany, the Occupy the Farm movement decided not to plant crops the past weekend. The activists will now allocate more of their time for other agricultural communities they feel are in need of their support, with the intention of educating the Read More…
Whole Foods has canceled its plans to build a new location on the Gill Tract in Albany, representatives announced Friday. Read More…
For a university that has protesting in its DNA, tensions understandably flared over rising tuition costs, affirmative action and the Occupy Movement, as well as police presence on campus following a large protest in November 2011. While it’s impossible to predict the future, we can look back at events that Read More…
ALBANY, Calif. — Although several UC Berkeley faculty members have expressed support for the encampment on UC-owned land in Albany, researchers who use the land said they are not able to start work due to the occupation. In an open letter to the Albany community, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Read More…
The greatest accomplishments often flourish from the smallest, most radical beginnings. A continued protest on University of California research land in Albany presents an opportune moment for productive change in the local community. Occupy demonstrators set up an encampment Sunday on a UC Berkeley-administered research plot in Albany known as Read More…
ALBANY, Calif. — Since protesters first took over UC-owned land in Albany Sunday afternoon, they have made the space their own, setting up a composting toilet, a kitchen that serves food donated by local community members, chickens in portable coops and a beehive. While campus administration has expressed concern about Read More…
ALBANY, Calif. — Though UCPD had not yet interfered with the encampment on UC-owned farmland in Albany as of Tuesday evening, the protesters may be forced away from their occupation by dwindling resources. While some of the occupiers — who broke into the property, farmed it and established a camp Read More…
Demonstrators from various Occupy groups have gone to Albany UC-owned lands and have set up camp to farm the land. As a response, the UC has shut off the water, making it impossible for demonstrators to plant. Lesley Haddock, a UC Berkeley sophomore, shares her experiences so far in the Read More…
Members of Occupy Cal, along with other Occupy protesters from the Bay Area, marched from Berkeley to a UC Berkeley-owned farm in Albany on Sunday afternoon with plans to set up an Earth Day encampment. After listening to speakers from various Occupy movements including Occupy San Francisco, Occupy Cal and Read More…
