Black Student Union Rally
On Wednesday March 20, the Black Student Union held a rally on Sproul Plaza to protest police brutality.
Quiz: How much school spirit do you have for the Big Game?
In honor of the much-anticipated football face-off between UC Berkeley and Stanford, we’ve crafted a quiz to guess how much school spirit you have. So, do you bleed blue and gold, or are you a bit of a tree-hugger?
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US Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Barbara Lee encourage voting at Berkeley rally
With about 2,500 people present, Lee — who is running for re-election against Laura Wells — and Sanders both addressed their political platforms, urging the community to vote in the upcoming midterm election Nov. 6.
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Arrest of David Cole demonstrates violent relationship of labor contract with UC
That’s the nature of unions and contracts. Union contracts arose to suppress volatile labor with legal promises that aimed at making capitalism comfortable enough to keep the production line moving.
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UC student leaders disappointed by Janet Napolitano’s lukewarm response to rally arrest
University of California President Janet Napolitano said UCPD’s tackling and arrest of a UC Berkeley employee during a UC workers’ union rally Feb. 1 was “unfortunate,” leaving some UC student board members disappointed during a Tuesday afternoon meeting with the UC Student Association.
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Berkeley’s MLK Civic Center Park, site of many controversial rallies, to close for renovations
Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park in Downtown Berkeley will close for renovations Oct. 16 with a planned finish date of Dec. 31.
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UC Berkeley chancellor and Berkeley mayor should stop obstructing anti-racist speech
On Aug. 27, about 7,000 people came out in Berkeley at several rallies and marches to oppose white supremacy and the far right’s latest attempt to use Berkeley as a staging ground for their campaigns of hate. This is a sea change. While 1,500 protested against Milo Yiannopoulos at UC
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Progressives cannot prevail by tolerating Antifa’s violence
“The political theater of Berkeley is playing on the larger stage of America, where Antifa’s militant posturing and self-indulgent violence does grave damage.”
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UC President Janet Napolitano discusses free speech, DACA
Napolitano reaffirmed her commitment to free speech while criticizing white supremacy and immigration restrictions in a keynote speech Thursday.
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Berkeley police chat Sunday ‘alt-right’ rally, local crime over coffee
The weekend’s “alt-right” rally and several counterprotests dominated conversations between Berkeley residents and police officers at Tuesday’s “Coffee With a Cop” event in Downtown Berkeley.
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