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DESCRIPTION:The Battle for Berkeley:\nWhy it’s Right, and Righteous to 
 Drive\nFascists Off Campus,\nOut of Berkeley... and Out of Power!\nA Talk 
 and a Challenge to Debate by Sunsara Taylor\n\nThursday, May 4, 6pm\nHearst 
 Field Annex Building D\nRoom D37\nUC Berkeley\n\nFascists are targeting 
 Berkeley! A series of “intellectual” hitmen for the Trump/Pence 
 regime—Ann Coulter, Milo Yiannopoulos, David Horowitz—have zeroed in on 
 UC Berkeley. Twice in April, hundreds of ready-to-brawl “alt right” 
 white supremacists, neo-Nazis, bikers and militia descended on downtown 
 Berkeley.\n\nThis is not about “free speech.” Far from being persecuted 
 or suppressed by the state for their ideas, the ideas of these fascists are 
 being imposed on the world by the most powerful state in the history of 
 humanity. Every day, the fascist Trump/Pence Regime is slamming ahead to 
 implement precisely the kind of genocidal racism, woman-hating cruelty, 
 war-mongering ambitions, planet-destroying lies, and anti-immigrant 
 ethnic-cleansing these “intellectual” hitmen promote. Free speech? 
 Trump is threatening to gut the separation of powers, repeatedly attacked 
 the press for challenging his regime's “alternative facts” and 
 threatened to strip the citizenship of those who burn the flag. Every day, 
 the Trump/Pence Regime is working feverishly to consolidate a fascist 
 America.\n\nAt what point will you say: “NO, this must 
 stop!”?\n\nBerkeley is being targeted precisely because of its radical 
 history. If the fascists can make Berkeley bow down, it will strengthen 
 their ability to make the whole country to accept new norms and bend to 
 their will. Ignoring them won't make them go away. Standing aside or 
 keeping your head in your books is unacceptable. That's what the “Good 
 Germans” did during Hitler's rise to power.\n\nCome hear Sunsara Taylor 
 break down why it is not only right, but righteous, to drive fascists off 
 campus, out of Berkeley... and most of all, out of power! Why Berkeley must 
 really become Berkeley again. And, why, in this “Battle for Berkeley,” 
 the right side must win!\n\nFinally, a challenge:\nTo Robert Reich, 
 Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders – or anyone else who wants to join them 
 in defending the “right” of these fascists to spew their bile and fight 
 for their genocidal program – Sunsara Taylor challenges you to debate 
 this. The stakes for humanity are no less than the lives and future of 
 billions.\n*** \n\nSunsara Taylor is a revolutionary communist and follower 
 of Bob Avakian. Avakian, a veteran of the Free Speech Movement, is the 
 architect of the New Communism and is leading a movement for an actual 
 revolution and for a radically new society on the road to real 
 emancipation. Taylor sits on the Advisory Board of RefuseFascism.org and 
 has led thousands in the streets to go up against this fascist regime, 
 aiming to drive it from power.\n\n##\n\nContact: \n510.253.5551* 
 norcal@refusefascism.org * 
 @refusefascism\nRefuseFascism.org\n\n#FascistFreeBerkeley\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/05/03/18799123.php
SUMMARY:The Battle for Berkeley
LOCATION:UC Berkeley, Hearst Field Annex, Room D37 off of Bancroft Ave, Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/05/03/18799123.php
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