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SHUT IT DOWN FOR MIKE BROWN
GO HARDER FOR ERIC GARNER
This protest is in solidarity with the people of Ferguson, Staten Island NY, and all across the country demanding justice for Mike Brown and Eric Garner and an end to police violence.
The City of Alameda is an island city running parallel to Oakland. Alameda Police is widely known for racial profiling. The city is also notorious for housing discrimination and racial inequality in education.
Join us for a nonviolent action to declare Black Lives Matter. This peaceful, disruption at the annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will shut it down for Mike Brown and remember all the stolen lives lost to police terrorism.
Update, Dec. 7, 2:43 a.m. According to reports from the scene, many of the protesters have dispersed. Some have called for supporters to meet Sunday at 1 p.m. at Sproul Plaza on the UC Berkeley campus to continue their efforts. Stay tuned to #BerkeleyProtest for live updates.
Meeting tomorrow at 1 o clock on Sproul. #berkeleyprotest
— Sahil Chinoy (@sahilchinoy_dc) December 7, 2014
So far we’re hearing march is called for Sunday (technically today) 5pm at Bancroft And Telegraph in #Berkeley #EricGarner #Ferguson
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) December 7, 2014
I’ll be gearing up & attending protest Sunday 5pm @ Telegraph & Bancroft in #Berkeley. Please attend. See you there. Will be Live Tweeting.
— Domain Awareness (@domainawareness) December 7, 2014
Sunday 1pm 14th&Broadway, 5pm Bancroft &Telegraph. Bring milk as well and trade contacts for glasses if poss #FTP pic.twitter.com/DymVS0ZfUd
— LaCrise (@lacrise_ucd) December 7, 2014
#Berkeley — Call has gone out. Protest: Telegraph & Bancroft Sunday @ 5pm #EricGarner #ShutItDown #Ferguson #Oakland #PoliceState ALL OUT!!!
— Domain Awareness (@domainawareness) December 7, 2014
#Berkeley #Oakland This is definitely a gas mask night ahead of us. Show up prepared – bring water & snacks. Police are out for blood. #FTP
— Domain Awareness (@domainawareness) December 7, 2014
On Saturday evening over 500 UC-Berkeley students and community members marched to demand justice for Mike Brown and Eric Garner. Police from across the East Bay rioted against the peaceful crowd, with batons, tear gas, and rubber bullets. They broke one person’s leg, inflicted other injuries, and indiscriminately arrested members of the crowd.
But UC-Berkeley students and community members poured into the streets to protest this violent onslaught and STAYED STRONG FOR NINE HOURS. Inspired by the heroic example Ferguson, we showed that WE WON’T BACK DOWN!
Protesters voted to MARCH AGAIN for THESE DEMANDS:
* Jail Darren Wilson, Daniel Pantaleo, and All Killer Cops
* End the Racist Coverups by the District Attorneys and Grand Juries
* Down with the New Jim Crow! Down with the Police From Ferguson to Ayotzinapa to Staten Island: March Against State Repression
* Release the Berkeley protesters arrested and drop all charges.
*** BERKELEY ASKS OTHER CAMPUSES AND COMMUNITIES TO JOIN US IN SOLIDARITY ***
*** SHARE PHOTOS + VIDEO FROM THAT DAY TO GET OUT THE TRUTH ***
TO EVERYONE WHO WAS PROTESTING IN BERKELEY LAST NIGHT: if you or anyone know was injured or arrested by police, document any injuries and contact me (Ronald Cruz, BAMN attorney) at ronald.cruz@ueaa.net . Thank you.
FROM FERGUSON TO BERKELEY, WE WON’T BACK DOWN!
JUSTICE FOR MIKE BROWN AND ERIC GARNER!
A BADGE IS NOT A LICENSE TO KILL, AND NOT A LICENSE TO BEAT STUDENTS!
JAIL DARREN WILSON AND ALL KILLER COPS!
NO MORE RACIST COVER-UPS!
DOWN WITH THE NEW JIM CROW!
DOWN WITH THE POLICE STATE!
Please check the Facebook event page for updates.
THE POSTAL SERVICE HAS THE BERKELEY POST OFFICE “UNDER CONTRACT.” !!!!!!!!!!!
THE POSTAL SERVICE WANTS TO SELL THE POST OFFICE TO HUDSON-MCDONALD DEVELOPMENT GROUP.
THE CITY OF BERKELEY HAS SUED THE POST OFFICE TO STOP THE SALE. A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER IS IN PLACE UNTIL DECEMBER 17th.
A hearing will take place in Federal Court on December 11th.
Come learn about continuing developments and help us plan our next steps in opposition to this theft of our public commons.
Get an overview of the sale announcement here.
Here’s a good more general overview piece.
Davic Rovics gave a concert on the Post Office steps recently. Check out pictures and video of him playing.
Also CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE. and the Save the Berkeley Post Office website, and First they Came for the Homeless Facebook for updates.
BPOD is an offshoot of Strike Debt Bay Area, which itself is an offshoot of Occupy Oakland and a chapter of the national Strike Debt movement, which is an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street.
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GATHER TODAY (TUESDAY, DEC. 9) AT BANCROFT + TELEGRAPH AT 5:00PM. IF THERE’S STILL NO JUSTICE, THERE WILL BE NO PEACE!…
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Tuesday city council meeting must be shut down. City government needs to be brought to a halt. In response to the tear-gassing of Telegraph Ave and the People’s Park area, Mayor Bates must resign. Bates resignation must be requested during the city council meeting of Dec 9th. It needs to be made clear that Bates political career is over; he does not represent Berkeley.
Shut down Berkeley city government. The police are waging war on the populous.
If Bates won’t protect citizens from the police, then there needs to be mayor who will.
Furthermore, the police chief Michael Meehan must be terminated. The dissolution of trust has been too great.
The system is corrupt. Shut it down.
Converge at Berkeley City Hall tomorrow at 7pm and demand an end to police terrorism and repression. #Berkeley #BerkeleyProtests #Oakland
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) December 9, 2014
#Berkeley Any group converging 5pm Telegraph&Bancroft march/regroup @ MLK Jr. / Civic Center Park for 7pm convergence. 2options. #ShutItDown
— Domain Awareness (@domainawareness) December 9, 2014
Postal Police have raided/harassed the Occupation/Vigil at the Post Office opposing its sale and the privatization of the Postal Service for four mornings: Thursday, 12/4, Friday, Sunday and Monday.
They did not show up again Tuesday morning, fortunately. Let’s make sure they don’t again, or if they do, have a crowd waiting for them, as we did Monday morning and again on Tuesday.
Berkeley Post Office Defenders welcomes your support!
East Oakland rally and march. Justice for Mike Brown, Eric Garner and all victims of police brutality and murder. Bring the outrage to the scene of numerous police killings: Brownie Polk, Alan Blueford, Derrick Jones, Jose Buenrostro, Andrew Moppin… to name just a few Black, Brown and Native American young victims of the New Jim Crow.
Ferguson is Everywhere
Justice for Michael Brown and Eric Garner
Police Murder and Brutality Must Stop
Update: live-from- #Ferguson tribunal moved to 2537 Haste St. to accommodate larger crowd 4pm; then march from Telegraph and Bancroft 7pm
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) December 10, 2014
Tribunal 4PM @ Room 174 Barrows Hall, UCB (near Bancroft + Telegraph); afterward MARCH gathers @ Bancroft + Telegraph
#berkeleyprotests
— Occupy Oakland (@OccupyOakland) December 10, 2014
The night of December 6, over 500 UC-Berkeley students and community members marched to demand justice for Mike Brown and Eric Garner. Police from across the East Bay rioted against the peaceful crowd, with batons, tear gas, and rubber bullets. They broke one person’s leg, inflicted other injuries, and indiscriminately arrested members of the crowd.
But UC-Berkeley students and community members poured into the streets to protest this violent onslaught and STAYED STRONG FOR NINE HOURS. Inspired by the heroic example of Ferguson, we showed that WE WON’T BACK DOWN!
Protesters voted to MARCH AGAIN this MONDAY, DEC. 8 at 5:00pm at the intersection of Bancroft and Telegraph, for THESE DEMANDS:
* Jail Darren Wilson, Daniel Pantaleo, and All Killer Cops
* End the Racist Coverups by the District Attorneys and Grand Juries
* Down with the New Jim Crow! Down with the Police From Ferguson to Ayotzinapa to Staten Island: March Against State Repression
* Release the Berkeley protesters arrested and drop all charges.
*** BERKELEY ASKS OTHER CAMPUSES AND COMMUNITIES TO JOIN US IN SOLIDARITY ***
*** SHARE PHOTOS + VIDEO FROM THAT DAY TO GET OUT THE TRUTH ***
This will be the second session of a class on Prisons, Prison Abolition, and the new Jim Crow.
This second session of this class will address issues concerning how to approach the question and the practice of abolishing the prison system.
— what aspects of the prison system can be eliminated right now, in the interest of taking steps toward instituting justice in this country?
— what are the weak points in the structure of imprisonment and mass incarceration that we face, so that we can attack it there?
— should we look at the police today as an extension of the prison system, or the prison system as an extension of the police, or both, and what does it mean that this question makes sense in this country today?
— what relation does this police-prison nexus have toward the continual unfolding of structures of racialization today.
2014 Worst Boss of the Year: Hs. Lordships, Don’t Steal Our Healthcare!
Workers at H’s Lordships restaurant have been bargaining a contract for four years. These longtime workers are asking for a fair contract, however management continues to propose drastic takeaways. Workers have offered to give up sick days and vacation time and participate in a new plan with a high deductible and reduced benefits. But the restaurant is proposing to increase healthcare eligibility so that as many workers would lose their health insurance all together. For those who still qualify, they are also proposing shifting another $290 per month of the cost of family medical from the Employer to the worker.
To make matters worse, they are now threatening to unilaterally implement these takeaways effective January 1. UNITE HERE Local 2850 is declaring H’s Lordships the “Worst Boss of the Year.”
Join us for Christmas carols and cookies at our holiday action, where we will ask for worker justice this holiday season. Let’s tell management to stop being a Grinch!
Questions or need a ride? Contact Nicole Zapata at nzapata@unitehere.org or 925-639-7588.
Join black students from Cal at a rally THIS SATURDAY at noon at Telegraph & Bancroft #ferguson2cal #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/lZaPNgWatK
— CalProgressives (@CalProgressives) December 11, 2014
In solidarity with Ferguson and NYC, we will be hosting a #BlackLivesMatter rally and march starting 12:00 PM on Bancroft and Telegraph. Following our action we plan to travel together to the Millions March in Oakland at Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th & Broadway.
Millions March Oakland: https://www.facebook.com/events/858052834217501/
Ferguson National Demands
De-Militarization of National Law Enforcement
Comprehensively review systemic abuses by police
Repurpose military funds to support restorative justice
Investigate Criminalization of communities of color
Support passage of End Racial Profiling Act
Obama administration enact national plan for racial justice
#Ferguson2Cal
http://fergusonaction.com/demands/
NJUSTICE ANYWHERE IS INJUSTICE EVERYWHERE. WE MUST DEMAND JUSTICE FOR MIKE BROWN! JUSTICE FOR ERIC GARNER! JUSTICE FOR ALL THOSE WE HAVE LOST AT THE HANDS OF THE RACIST KILLER COPS!
WE MUST COME TOGETHER IN UNITY AND SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE BRUTALITY AND MURDER OF BLACK AND BROWN BODIES! THERE IS POWER IN NUMBERS. SO WE ARE GOING TO GO ALL OUT ON SATURDAY DECEMBER 13th @ 2pm. MEET AT OSCAR GRANT PLAZA.
#BLACKLIVESMATTER.
WE MUST NOT ONLY SHOW OUR POWER, BUT SHOW THAT THERE IS STILL HOPE FOR HUMANITY, WE MUST SHOW THE WORLD THESE DEATHS ARE NOT IN VAIN.
THIS MUST HAPPEN IN EVERY MAJOR CITY, SO SPREAD THE WORD. FROM EAST TO WEST. INVITE AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.
THIS IS NOT TOO AMBITIOUS. THIS IS POSSIBLE.
WE MARCH.
TOGETHER.
AS ONE.
BECAUSE #WECANTBREATHE
OUR CALL TO ACTION: DEMAND THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE PURSUE FEDERAL CHARGES AGAINST ALL KILLER COPS.
OAKLAND IS FERGUSON. FERGUSON IS OAKLAND.
EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO VIOLENT UNDERCOVER COPS!!
On Wednesday night, in the middle of a protest in Oakland, an undercover cop pulled out a gun and pointed it indiscriminately at protestors in the crowd. OPD was later quick to absolve themselves of blame and assert the aggressor was a CHP cop. ACAB.
Come express your rage at the racist police state in all its acronyms – rally, speakout, and march against CHP and all pigs.
THE POSTAL SERVICE HAD THE BERKELEY POST OFFICE “UNDER CONTRACT.” !!!!!!!!!!!
THE POSTAL SERVICE WANTED TO SELL THE POST OFFICE TO HUDSON-MCDONALD DEVELOPMENT GROUP. HUDSON-MCDONALD BACKED OUT OF THE DEAL LAST WEEK.
THE CITY OF BERKELEY SUED THE POST OFFICE TO STOP THE SALE. A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER WAS IN PLACE UNTIL DECEMBER 17th, BUT WAS LIFTED BY THE JUDGE WHEN HUDSON WITHDREW.
There was a hearing in Federal Court on December 11th.
Come learn about continuing developments and help us plan our next steps in opposition to this theft of our public commons.
Get an overview of the sale announcement here.
Here’s a good more general overview piece.
Davic Rovics gave a concert on the Post Office steps recently. Check out pictures and video of him playing.
Also CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE. and the Save the Berkeley Post Office website, and First they Came for the Homeless Facebook for updates.
BPOD is an offshoot of Strike Debt Bay Area, which itself is an offshoot of Occupy Oakland and a chapter of the national Strike Debt movement, which is an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street.
This week we’re peeling back the mysteries of how banks work – or don’t – in the real world.
Chapter 3 of Tom Sgouros’ Checking the Banks.