Wall Street protests come to Berkeley
By Judith Scherr A movement to fight corporate power that began with Occupy Wall Street reached Berkeley Saturday with some 200 people converging around noon outside the downtown Bank of America to...
View ArticleBerkeley artist captures mood of Wall Street protestors
The artist Eric Drooker, a New York native and Berkeley resident, has been following the Occupy Wall Street protests closely, posting numerous updates on his Facebook page and even designing posters...
View ArticleBerkeley joins 900 cities to condemn corporate greed
By Judith Scherr Update, 10.16.11: A video of the October 15th Occupy march in Berkeley has been added at the foot of this story. It was created by Digital Asphalt/East Bay Media Center/Paul Kealoha...
View ArticleProtesters vote to set up Occupy Cal camp at UC Berkeley
Update, 7:52pm: Video footage of police beating protesters at today’s Occupy Cal demonstrations has emerged. The following video was uploaded to YouTube by Miles Mathews [Hat-tip: Bruce Love]: Update,...
View ArticleAfter protests and arrests, calm returns to Cal campus
The UC Berkeley campus was calm this morning after a night of protests and altercations with police that resulted in 39 arrests, including one faculty member, and several injuries, although as yet...
View ArticlePolice use of force at Occupy Cal gets national attention
The Colbert Report Get More: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive The manner in which the police handled Occupy Cal protesters on Wednesday night has come under...
View ArticleAfter Oakland eviction, Occupy focus shifts to UC Berkeley
With the dismantling by police of the Occupy Oakland camp early this morning, the Occupy focus has shifted to UC Berkeley where students are preparing to hold a general strike on Tuesday. Reports...
View ArticleRally begins after teach-ins at Occupy Cal Day of Action
The Occupy Cal Day of Action is under way on the UC Berkeley campus with a noon rally in progress at the time of writing, and news helicopters aloft to cover the action. According to the BPD, an...
View ArticleCal students vote to set up Occupy camp on campus
At the Occupy Cal general assembly held Tuesday night on the UC Berkeley campus, protesters voted to set up an encampment in the style of the Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Oakland tent-cities both of...
View ArticleAfter night of camping, weary Cal protesters settle in
A few dozen bleary eyed protestors who spent Tuesday night camped on the steps of Sproul Hall vowed Wednesday morning to stay in UC Berkeley’s main square as long as possible, even though UC Berkeley...
View ArticleUC police dismantle tent city on steps of Sproul Hall
UP Police dressed in riot gear dismantled the small tent encampment on the steps of Sproul Hall around 3:30 am Thursday.
View ArticleOccupy Berkeley remains, experiment is proving fragile
By Judith Scherr While Occupy encampments across the nation are being forcibly disbanded, be it in Oakland, Manhattan or right here on the Cal campus, the tent-city in Berkeley’s Civic Center Park,...
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