After the marches, what comes next? Some Berkeley activists are tied into national networks with plenty of ideas.
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East Bay out in force for D.C. women’s march
Many Berkeleyans flew to Washington to participate in Saturday’s women’s march in the capital, joined by Rep. Barbara Lee.
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‘Russian’ prankster organizes fake protest at UC Berkeley but hundreds march anyway
A man claiming to be a Russian national tricked people into attending a fake protest march at UC Berkeley. But the joke was on him.
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Photos: Berkeley turns out for Oakland women’s march
Thousands turned out to march through Oakland on Saturday in response to Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday.
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Protesters demonstrate in Berkeley, on campus on inauguration day
Several hundred demonstrators gathered Friday lunchtime on the UC Berkeley campus to protest the newly inaugurated President of the United States.
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Berkeley prepares to resist the Trump agenda, protest the inauguration
We provide a travel guide to the movement, from the banging of pots and the Ghostlight Project through an anti-inauguration Blue Ball and three Women’s Marches.
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Vote-by-mail election coming to downtown Berkeley
Ben Gould and Kate Harrison and duking it out to represent downtown residents on the Berkeley City Council. Photos: Courtesy of the candidate campaigns Despite the new calendar year, “Election 2016” is not quite over in Berkeley. Downtown residents will have another chance to cast a ballot, beginning Feb. 6, to choose the next City Council […]
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Thousands of women knit pink pussy hats to wear at Trump protest marches
Celia McCarthy and Pamela McKinstry, co-owners of Piedmont Yarn in Oakland, show off the pussy hats they made. Their store will host a knit-in and will serve as a drop-off place to deliver hats to marchers in Washington D.C as well as the Bay Area. Photo: Celia McCarthy Almost every day for the past few […]
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Ben Gould enters campaign for District 4 council seat
Ben Gould is the second candidate to enter the race for the District 4 City Council seat. Photo: Courtesy of Ben Gould Ben Gould is the second candidate to enter the race for the District 4 City Council seat. Photo: Courtesy of Ben Gould Former mayoral candidate Ben Gould announced today that he will run for the […]
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Op-ed: Post-election hate in Berkeley: 14 troubling stories, and 5 ways to respond
Poster at Mike’s Bikes in Berkeley. Photo: Anirvan Chatterjee Poster at Mike’s Bikes in Berkeley. Photo: Anirvan Chatterjee The election of Donald Trump precipitated a wave of xenophobia across the United States — and “liberal” Berkeley, California has not been immune. On Nov. 10 around 9 p.m., a Muslim woman wearing a hijab was verbally abused […]
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Berkeley’s new mayor, new council members are sworn in
Newly elected Berkeley Mayor Jesse Arreguín, center, shakes hands with City Manager Dee Williams-Ridley at a swearing-in ceremony at Old City Hall on Dec. 1, 2016. Image: still from Berkeleyside Facebook Live video A large and enthusiastic crowd gathered at Berkeley’s Old City Hall Thursday at 10 a.m. to watch Jesse Arreguín and three new […]
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Kate Harrison begins campaign for District 4 Council seat
Kate Harrison: running for City Council. Photo: Frances Dinkelspiel The race to replace City Councilman Jesse Arreguín formally began Wednesday when Kate Harrison held a press conference in front of old City Hall to announce her candidacy for the District 4 seat. She was surrounded by a group of officials and activists who had helped elect […]
