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As of 3 PM the picket at Bancroft and Telegraph was still going strong with about two hundred participants.
As of 3 PM the picket at Bancroft and Telegraph was still going strong with about two hundred participants.
The noon rally included around 1000 people on Sproul Plaza, and began at around noon. There were speeches and chants until 12:45 at which point a large contingent departed for California Hall, the chancellors office. After fifteen minuntes there the flying picket departed to look for the chancellor, and we marched to the Crossroads dining common on Channing. Crossroads stayed open today because the UC hired replacement workers.
The flying picket had easily over 300 people, and there was a lot of diversity: many students, many workers, many members of the community were present. I was also impressed that there large numbers of people of every race.
We marched through the streets, blocking all the lanes, and as one student remarked to me "there are lots of cops but there are so many protestors that the cops can't do shit about it."
The next stop was the Berkeley Art Museum, where the chancellor was giving his speech. The group almost managed to rush in through the entrance on Durant, but the police managed to get in between the protestors and the museum. The picket split into three groups and blocked all three enterances to the museum for about twenty minutes.
If you read this in the next half an hour, get to the International House on Bancroft and Piedmont. The chancellor is giving another speech there and we want to let him know that we're not happy about him crossing the picket line.
The noon rally included around 1000 people on Sproul Plaza, and began at around noon. There were speeches and chants until 12:45 at which point a large contingent departed for California Hall, the chancellors office. After fifteen minuntes there the flying picket departed to look for the chancellor, and we marched to the Crossroads dining common on Channing. Crossroads stayed open today because the UC hired replacement workers.
The flying picket had easily over 300 people, and there was a lot of diversity: many students, many workers, many members of the community were present. I was also impressed that there large numbers of people of every race.
We marched through the streets, blocking all the lanes, and as one student remarked to me "there are lots of cops but there are so many protestors that the cops can't do shit about it."
The next stop was the Berkeley Art Museum, where the chancellor was giving his speech. The group almost managed to rush in through the entrance on Durant, but the police managed to get in between the protestors and the museum. The picket split into three groups and blocked all three enterances to the museum for about twenty minutes.
If you read this in the next half an hour, get to the International House on Bancroft and Piedmont. The chancellor is giving another speech there and we want to let him know that we're not happy about him crossing the picket line.
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A Good Start
Sat, Apr 16, 2005 5:46AM
ja
Fri, Apr 15, 2005 11:17PM
serious scholars?
Fri, Apr 15, 2005 10:48PM
You weren't there
Fri, Apr 15, 2005 11:17AM
hmm,
Fri, Apr 15, 2005 11:10AM
I don't know
Fri, Apr 15, 2005 9:59AM
Here's why
Fri, Apr 15, 2005 8:23AM
Thanks for the pics CP
Thu, Apr 14, 2005 9:09PM
fotos
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fotos
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