AZ SB 1070

According to Hungry for Justice, the UC Berkeley hunger strike protesting Arizona’s immigration law will be suspended. Activists involved in the strike are meeting with Chancellor Robert Birgeneau in California Hall now. The meeting was scheduled for 4 p.m., but the students didn’t actually enter until 4:15. Here’s the statement from Hungry for Justice: After […]

ReclaimUC took some excellent photos at yesterday evening’s protest in front of Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s official residence. As the ReclaimUC blog notes, every East Bay police organization seems to have been mobilized: Berkeley PD, UCPD, Oakland PD and the Alameda County Sheriffs. No resolution has been reached in the stand-off between the protesters and the […]

As anyone who lives near the Cal campus can testify, the helicopters have been hovering overhead for most of today. We reported first thing this morning on the police dispersing the students who were on a hunger strike, protesting Arizona’s immigration law. Following that, other protesters blockaded California Hall. By 5 p.m., all the doors […]

Following the UC Police Department action this morning to disperse hunger strikers in front of California Hall, organizers have called for a rally at 3:30 this afternoon. This morning a small number of protesters joined together to block entrance to the building (see video above). One of the points of contention between the protesters and […]

Police have moved in to end the hunger strike at the University of California Berkeley. The hunger strikers are protesting Arizona’s recently passed immigration law. We’ll get more details as they emerge. Update 7:07 a.m. The police are ordering the strikers to disperse. The strikers are being told that they will be arrested if they […]

Berkeley students continued their third day of a hunger strike to protest the recent passage of Arizona’s controversial immigration law. The 19 fasting students sitting outside California Hall were joined by dozens of supporters in the hopes of making their voices heard by the university administration. They have set up awnings and blankets and are […]