Demonstrators at the University of California Berkeley were assaulted
by police on Wednesday night for failing to leave a peaceful encampment
they attempted to establish in solidarity with the nationwide Occupy
Wall Street movement.
In conjunction with the Occupy protests, demonstrators in Berkeley rallied yesterday against corporate greed and corrupt financial institutions on the historic campus, which was instrumental in the free speech movement of the 1960s. Amanda Armstrong, an organizer of yesterday’s protests, told the school’s Daily Cal paper that the occupation of the campus was also to oppose the increased privatization of the school.
“Because tuition is rising, education now belongs to the greedy,” UC Berkeley senior Naomi Santacruz adds to Daily Cal. “Inequality arises from people unable to get an education.” More
In conjunction with the Occupy protests, demonstrators in Berkeley rallied yesterday against corporate greed and corrupt financial institutions on the historic campus, which was instrumental in the free speech movement of the 1960s. Amanda Armstrong, an organizer of yesterday’s protests, told the school’s Daily Cal paper that the occupation of the campus was also to oppose the increased privatization of the school.
“Because tuition is rising, education now belongs to the greedy,” UC Berkeley senior Naomi Santacruz adds to Daily Cal. “Inequality arises from people unable to get an education.” More
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