Feature Archives

On March 8 2001, students and teachers from all around the Bay Area rallied at Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley and then marched through town to urge a reinstatement of affirmative action programs in the UC system. Apparently some looting occurred; the majority peacefully demonstrated. Some stores locked their doors. Watch a video of the rally, read the list of speakers and planned events.

4/1/01: Students will rally at the University of San Francisco at 2 p.m. on April 4 for the Student Labor Day of Action. This year the Day of Action's focus is living wages. Leila Salazar from Global Exchange will speak on globalization, and Art and Revolution will perform. Hundreds of USF students are expected to attend the demonstration along with others from UC Santa Clara. The demonstration is in support of fair working conditions for sweatshop workers all over the world. United Students Against Sweatshops members are seeking support for their appeal to USF food service contractors to rethink their reliance on prison labor.

April 2001:A series of hate letters, the murder of an unidentified black man and an unresponsive university administration have created an uproar at Penn State University. Read an account of what's happening.

Students rallied at the University of San Francisco on April 4 2001 for the Student Labor Day of Action. This year's Day of Action focused on living wages and fair working conditions for sweatshop workers around the world. United Students Against Sweatshops members are seeking support for their appeal to USF food service contractors Sodexho-Marriott to rethink their reliance on prison labor. Read about how students at American University dumped Sodexho. United Students Against Sweatshops members are seeking support for their appeal to USF food service contractors to rethink their reliance on prison labor.

18 people were arrested, cited and released, on 9/19 after the Daily Californian office was occupied for over 12 hours by up to 130 people demanding the newspaper issue an apology and meet six demands. Supporters - most of whom had occupied the Daily Cal office until a police dispersal order was given - cheered as the protesters were released one-by-one through the doors of Eshlemen Hall. Members of several student groups met with a representative of the Daily Cal editorial board and were refused their demands. Come out and support the continuous encampment in front of the Daily Californian office (in Lower Sproul Plaza) against racist scapegoating. Full Report

4/17: Scores of pro-Israel demonstrators took to Sproul Plaza on UC Berkeley's campus to commemorate the founding of the state of Israel, which came at the cost of the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians. Photos & details

9/25: Saying that the Ché Café link to the website of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) violated a law that bans "providing material support to support terrorists," administrators with the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) ordered its removal. UCSD officials claim that it 'could be interpreted as a violation of the [PATRIOT Act].' The lengths to which the Bush Administration will go to silence dissent and crack down on political radicals of all stripes remains to be seen. The fact that there is a crackdown, however, goes without question.

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