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Join the UC-Berkeley Library Occupation!

UC Berkeley anthropology library occupation

NO CUTS TO THE UCB ANTHROPOLOGY LIBRARY OR ANY CAMPUS SERVICES! Our movement is fighting to win. We voted on demands and we intend to win them. Join the occupation of UC-Berkeley’s Anthropology Library! It’s in Rm. 230 of Kroeber Hall, at the intersection of Bancroft + College. The occupation of the Anthropology Library to…

Detroit Library Defense Campaign Builds Momentum

Lets do this without writing

WE ARE WINNING!! BAMN members and community activists continue the fight to stop the closure of Detroit branch libraries. This is a fight to defend our neighborhoods and our dignity and stop the decimation of our city by building our power through mass organizing to increase our numbers and by carrying out the following tactic:…

Detroit Library Occupied to Prevent Closing

Picture of Detroit library protest

Eleven BAMN activists were arrested yesterday for occupying the Lincoln Branch Library on the Northeast side of Detroit to prevent it from being permanently closed, while dozens of supporters rallied outside the library. Pickets of Lincoln will continue from December 27 to December 30 to prevent equipment and books from being removed, while the fight…

Watch BAMN’s press conference to drop the charges against Occupy Cal

Photo of press conference

As the Occupy movement shut down the Port of Oakland December 12 in conjunction with other port shutdowns across the West Coast, BAMN Attorney Monica Smith and Occupy Cal protesters spoke out at the Oakland courthouse demanding that UC-Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau and Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley not file criminal charges against the…

UC Berkeley Day of Action Against Tuition/Fee Hikes

9.22.11 UCB Protest against fee hikes

Video interview with BAMN Organizer Liana Mulholland on the 9.22.2011 Day of Action against tuition/fee hikes at the University of California, Berkeley

The Real Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King

Ignore All the Bad Advice: Let Dr. Martin Luther King Be Your Mentor, Embrace Open Conflict and Social Upheaval, and Always Speak To and For the Oppressed No American political leader in the twentieth century faced more opposition to his fight for equality and justice than Dr. Martin Luther King. Repeatedly urged by his family,…