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 […]
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Views from the Chancellor’s
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 […]
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Hunger strike update
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 […]
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Hunger strike rally called for 3:30
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 […]
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UC explains intervention on hunger strike
George W. Breslauer, UC Berkeley’s Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, has released a letter to the campus explaining the university’s decision to send in police to end the student hunger strike early this morning. We publish it here: Dear Campus Community: This morning, for reasons of the health and safety of the hunger strikers, we felt […]
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Breaking: police moving UC protesters
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 […]
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Cal student hunger strike now in its third day
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 […]
