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DESCRIPTION:On August 14, the University of California, Berkeley issued an interim 
 campus policy, “Major Events Hosted by Non-Departmental Users,” which 
 will become permanent campus policy at the start of the new year. This is a 
 policy of police censorship, curtailing free speech at the birthplace of 
 the Free Speech Movement.\n\nThe policy requires student organizations to 
 submit any meeting or protest on the Berkeley campus to an eight-week 
 police review process. Any event which the police deem “major,” 
 including for unspecified security concerns, will be required to pay for 
 the police presence that UCPD mandates. Student groups will have no right 
 to appeal police decisions or review the reasoning behind them. Under the 
 terms of this policy, free speech will be for those the police deem safe, 
 or those wealthy enough to afford it.\n\nThe International Youth and 
 Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) is mounting a campaign against this de 
 facto police censorship. The “Major Events” policy is antithetical to 
 healthy academic life on campus, which requires the freest possible 
 exchange of ideas and open political inquiry.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/11/28/18804964.php
SUMMARY:New "Major Events" Policy: Police Censorship at UC Berkeley
LOCATION:Room 102, Moffitt Library, UC Berkeley
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2017/11/28/18804964.php
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