Calling the Milo Yiannopoulos show “Free Speech Week” is language appropriation. Repeating that lie works against us.
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Expert’s advice: Don’t engage with the alt-right on Berkeley campus
The alt-right is laying a trap for students during next week’s planned “Free Speech Week,” a writer with the Southern Poverty Law Center told students and administrators Tuesday.
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Opinion: Rejecting violent political tactics is a moral choice
The case against violent tactics is not simply one of political strategy. It’s a moral choice. The end does not justify the means.
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Steve Bannon, Ann Coulter may come to UC Berkeley next week after all
The firebrands are on the list of potential “Free Speech Week” speakers, though they and many others are still unconfirmed.
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1 charged after Ben Shapiro protest
One person has been charged with a misdemeanor in connection with a demonstration in Berkeley on Thursday outside a Ben Shapiro talk at Cal.
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Berkeley police are investigating report of assault during Shapiro protests
Police are looking into what caused the injuries of a woman who fell to the ground during a protest in Berkeley on Thursday.
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Once inconsequential, the Berkeley College Republicans now command national attention
The student group was behind a number of controversial events at UC Berkeley this year. What influence does it have on campus and beyond?
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Zellerbach isn’t available for Milo Yiannopoulos’s ‘Free Speech Week’
The Berkeley Patriot missed the deadline to secure Zellerbach for speeches by Milo Yiannopoulos, Steve Bannon and Ann Coulter. So they may have to talk outside.
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‘Relief and satisfaction’ after Ben Shapiro talk at Cal goes smoothly
Amid a massive police presence and tight security, conservative commentator Ben Shapiro spoke to an enthusiastic audience while protesters rallied off campus.
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‘We don’t know who’s coming’ — UC Berkeley secures campus ahead of Shapiro talk
Cal and its police force are taking extraordinary measures in anticipation of possibly violent protests tonight, as they outlined in a press briefing Thursday.
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Robbery, assault reported at April 15 rally: Police ask for help
Berkeley police are asking the public for help to find a man they said robbed and assaulted another person, who was streaming video live, during a protest in Berkeley in April.
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Watch: UC Berkeley press conference on Ben Shapiro talk
See what university officials said at noon about Thursday’s Ben Shapiro talk on campus.