Birgeneau

Video: Public Tribunal on the Berkeley Administration’s Brutal Response to Students’ Fight to Defend Public Education [...]

On March 20, 2012 BAMN leader Yvette Felarca slammed the political witchhunt against her and other Occupy Cal protesters, after being arraigned and issued a stay-away order to be more than 100 yards away from UC-Berkeley campus and all UC property. (Video and transcript below.) YVETTE FELARCA: My name is Yvette Felarca, and I’m with [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Movement celebrates victory today: UC-Berkeley chancellor forced to resign Students also demand that Birgeneau withdraw the criminal charges filed against Nov. 9 protesters before he leaves PRESS CONFERENCE Tuesday, March 13th, 3:30pm MLK Student Union, outside Tully’s Cafe (Bancroft + Telegraph, Berkeley) BAMN and other movement activists will hold a press conference [...]

We Have Demands. We Intend to Win Them. This is our unfinished business with the UC regents: Thursday, January 19th at 8:00am at UC Riverside UC Riverside Highlander Union Building 900 University Avenue, Riverside, CA Remove Chancellor Birgeneau and Chancellor Katehi! FREE SPEECH for students: amnesty for protesters, charge the police who brutalized protesters Reverse the fee hikes, cuts, [...]

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 [...]

(CLICK TO READ THE LAWSUIT) Plaintiffs also demand the dropping of charges against protesters and Chancellor Birgeneau’s resignation Twenty-four students and community members filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court on Nov. 29, 2011 against the police brutality they suffered at the “Occupy Cal” protest at UC-Berkeley November 9, 2011. The plaintiffs are [...]

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Demand the Immediate Resignation of Chancellor Birgeneau Independent Student/Community Public Hearing: Police Brutality, Privatization, and the New Student & Civil Rights Movement Monday, November 21 at 7:00pm, Room 110 Wheeler Hall (UC Berkeley) Hear from students and protesters who will testify about their commitment to public education and their experiences being brutalized at the Nov. [...]

At the UC-Berkeley General Assembly meeting of 11/12/11, the following demands were voted on and passed as the demands of the University-wide strike that has been called for Tuesday, November 15, 2011: Local Demands Respect free speech, including the right to set up tents Immediate resignation of Robert J. Birgeneau, George Breslauer, Harry Le Grande, [...]