occupy cal

Justice for Occupy Cal Protesters! Public Tribunal: “Putting the UCB Administration and Privatization ON TRIAL” This Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2012 6:00pm in the Tan Oak Room (4th Floor, MLK Student Union) Video record of Tribunal: A year ago, students and community members made history as part of Occupy Cal, standing up for public education and [...]

BAMN Press Release 10/25/2012: BAMN responds to motions to dismiss lawsuit filed by Birgeneau and other administrators, UCB police, and Alameda County Sheriffs. BRIEF to maintain lawsuit against UC-Berkeley administrators        EXHIBITS (Full Compilation of UCB emails and documents obtained by Public Records Act request) - Click the green “Download” button on the right side of [...]

Op-Ed piece to the Daily Californian: The UC-Berkeley Police Review Board’s (PRB’s) final report about the police violence November 9, 2011 does only one thing definitively — it reveals that BAMN’s assessment of the PRB has been entirely correct. The PRB, as a body appointed by and answering to Chancellor Birgeneau and the police, is [...]

If you were denied admission to UC-Berkeley or UCLA, send in your appeal application before the deadline and contact BAMN — we will help you fight for your admission. Watch the KTVU Channel 2 story: BAMN Press Release 4/8/2012: Latina Berkeley High Senior Aillen Zazueta-Bella Fights for Her Right and Other Underrepresented Minority Students’ Right [...]

College students, high school students, and other members of BAMN and UC-Berkeley’s student-government slate, Defend Affirmative Action Party (DAAP) occupied the campus Registrar’s Office April 6 demanding that UCB (1) double underrepresented minority student enrollment and (2) drop the criminal charges against campus protesters. Occupiers met with campus administrators and presented thousands of petitions in [...]

Double Black, Latina/o, Native American, and Other Underrepresented Minority Enrollment at UC Berkeley NOW! Drop the Charges Against Occupy Cal Protesters! Rally and Sit-In at UC Berkeley Friday, April 6th, 12 NOON at Sproul Plaza Defend Dr. King’s Dream for America Real at UC Berkeley! Restore Affirmative Action and Overturn Prop 209! BUILD the New [...]

BAMN Press Release 4/2/2012: BAMN and UC-Berkeley student-government parties celebrate victory today against stay-away orders on Occupy Cal defendants They demand end to remainder of political witch-hunt: Drop the charges on the Berkeley 13 now! PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY MONDAY, APRIL 2, 3:15PM Press conference moved to UC-Berkeley’s Sproul Hall steps for defendants to celebrate victory [...]

Media Release 3/23/2012: BAMN files brief challenging U.C. stay-away orders against Occupy protesters, set hearing for April 3 Defendants demand end to political witchhunt Brief available at http://bit.ly/GLP8zt Attorneys with the Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, and Immigrant Rights and Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) filed a motion and supporting brief [...]

Thanks to Occupy Oakland Media for initially hosting this article. FREE SPEECH IS ON TRIAL at the home of the Free Speech Movement, the University of California at Berkeley. On November 9, 2011, the burgeoning Occupy movement spread to the university  campuses, when thousands of UC-Berkeley students rallied to fight fee hikes and the privatization [...]

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 [...]