Tag Archives: Ferguson
Grapevine on fire
Because the Internet
Technology, they say, is both a blessing and a curse. If you’ve kept up with my blog at all — which is indeed a loose tribute to Gambino — you know that I tend to advocate distancing oneself from the pomegranate seeds of technology.
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After grand jury decides to not indict Ferguson officer, protests erupt in Oakland
Following a grand jury’s decision to not indict police officer Darren Wilson, protests erupted throughout the nation, including one in downtown Oakland attended by at least 40 UC Berkeley students.
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Hundreds of protesters take to streets, march against tuition hikes
Hundreds of UC Berkeley students, faculty and community members marched through the city and campus Monday as part of a systemwide day of action, protesting the recent vote by the UC regents to pass a controversial tuition hike policy.
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Berkeley High School students protest police brutality
Berkeley High School students held a rally to protest police brutality Thursday in the school’s main courtyard.
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Defending against the police
CITY ISSUES: The dialogue surrounding the police use of tasers shows citizens are paying attention to their police, which is a positive step.
It has been little more than a month since outrage swept the nation in response to the killing of Michael Brown by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, sparking protests, solidarity marches, online campaigns and other actions of support.
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We stand with Ferguson
Michael Brown’s death is not an isolated incident of institutionalized racism run amok; it exists in a continuum of slavery, reconstruction, Jim Crow and the almost ageless stereotype of the violent black man. It exists in an ascendant culture of totalitarian police who were armed by an ever-growing military industrial complex by a country that strives to be always profiting at war. To the people of Ferguson, it exists in a timeline of tension wherein a mostly black town is occupied by an almost all-white police force. To the people of Berkeley, it exists as oppression that cannot be borne if any of us is to feel safe or free.
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Anti-police brutality protest in Berkeley declared unlawful; 2 arrested
Protesters marched from Oakland to Berkeley on Friday night, joining demonstrations across the country following last week’s fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown.
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