On the 49th anniversary of the largest protest marches Berkeley has likely ever seen, Tom Dalzell recalls a day when Berkeley demonstrated “moral outrage” in abundance.
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In Berkeley: The People’s Park (1968) before People’s Park (1969)
Everybody knows about the People’s Park created in 1969, when thousands of students, activists, and neighbors worked to establish the place. Few know about an earlier park.
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4 sue UC Berkeley, others, for lack of police response during Milo event
Those suing say that police hid inside the MLK Student Union instead of protecting people from the violence perpetrated by black-clad demonstrators.
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Young protesters voice support for DACA at BAMN rally on Cal campus
Students from a charter high school in San Jose traveled to Cal Monday to attend a small rally for immigrant rights organized by BAMN.
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Repercussions still being felt at UC Berkeley over ‘Free Speech Week’
The student news organization, Berkeley Patriot, has filed a second complaint with the Dept. of Justice alleging its First Amendment rights were violated.
Posted inOpinion
Opinion: Supply and demand at a UC Berkeley protest
Outraged that UC allows the far-right to harass their student populations under the childish ruse of “free speech,” the author and his friend go to a rally to protest. Sort of.
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Free speech lawsuit against UC Berkeley dismissed, but plaintiffs get another chance
The Berkeley College Republicans have a month to file a new complaint demonstrating that Cal suppressed conservative speech.
Posted inCity
News analysis: Berkeley’s ‘Free Speech Week’ goes out with a whimper
The last rally for “Free Speech Week,” was uneventful. The 11 rallies in Berkeley since February, however, have catapulted some protesters to national prominence.
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Berkeley teacher Yvette Felarca arrested at Patriot Prayer march
A right-wing rally and march and counterprotest at UC Berkeley on Tuesday afternoon ended with three arrests.
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Coalition holds march and brief UC Berkeley sit-in to protest white supremacy
The two-hour rally, march and sit-in was put on by a diverse coalition of 30 groups. A security detail blocked right-wing news operations from entering the rally area.
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Photo gallery: Yiannopoulos visit to Berkeley sparks protest
Berkeleyside contributing photographers documented the response to Milo Yiannopoulos’s visit to Berkeley on Sunday.
Posted inCrime & Safety
14 arrests Sunday tied to Milo event
Authorities in Berkeley made at least 14 arrests Sunday in connection with an appearance at Cal by Milo Yiannopoulos.
