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On November 20th, 2009 students occupied Wheeler Hall at the University of California, Berkeley campus. They locked themselves into the second floo...
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On November 20th, 2009 students occupied Wheeler Hall at the University of California, Berkeley campus. They locked themselves into the second floor of the building and called for an end to the continued fee increases, the re-hiring of laid-off workers, and other demands stemming from the University's ongoing assault on the very nature of a public education.
Before long hundreds and then thousands of supporters had gathered outside the building to support the occupiers, forming picket lines and challenging the police at every opportunity. All exits to Wheeler Hall were blockaded by supporters to prevent the occupiers from being arrested, while inside the police hammered the barricaded doors and threatened the students with arrests, beatings, and felonies.
However, after twelve hours of occupation it had become clear that the University had to back down. If the UC police had attempted to drag the student activists out of the building a riot surely would have ensued, and the police were forced to allow the occupiers to walk out into the cheering crowd after only being cited with misdemeanors.
While their specific demands were not met, students are hailing this as a major victory, the first round in a new movement for free education and in opposition to the government's policies of forced austerity and privatization.
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11/23/09 - Tea-party prankster Robert Erickson - who last week infiltrated a right-wing "Tea Party Against Amnesty" at the Minnesota Stat...
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11/23/09 - Tea-party prankster Robert Erickson - who last week infiltrated a right-wing "Tea Party Against Amnesty" at the Minnesota State Capitol, attempted to turn himself in for self-deportation at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Bloomington. Along with seven other "illegal" European immigrants wearing orange jumpsuits and about 25 supporters, the pranksters chanted "Columbus go home!" and "Deport us now!" to stubborn ICE officials.
Members of the MN Immigrant Rights Action Coalition and local decolonization activists took part in the action, which highlighted the hypocrisy of ICE this Thanksgiving season in targeting undocumented immigrants of color through workplace and house raids, while turning a blind eye to the original illegal immigrants--Europeans.
"Now let me be clear! Im not against legal immigration," said Erickson before attempting to turn himself in. "If these Illegal Europeans want to get in line and apply for citizenship with the tribal counsel like everybody else, theyre more than welcome to! But there will be no shortcuts, or special privileges for the perpetrators of genocide!"
Erickson: "Columbus is the original illegal immigrant... he came without papers and didnt ask for permission. Through policies of ethnic cleansing and extermination, the original pilgrims stole this land from the real Americans, killing more than 30 million Americans in the worst genocide in human history."
"Just as the original pilgrims profited from the exploitation and murder of indigenous Americans, modern day pilgrims are reaping massive profits by displacing indigenous Central and South Americans from their rightful homelands through economic conquest."
Erickson made clear the difference between illegal European colonizers and "Undocumented Americans who come here out of economic necessity to find work and try to feed their families." He demanded that I.C.E. track down the "real criminals".
The nine Europeans - all descendants of illegal immigrants - who attempted to turn themselves in were met by surprised officials of the Federal Protective Service, private security and Bloomington Police. Earlier, one activist entered the building to notify ICE officials that the self-deportees were waiting outside, but officials refused to do their duty and take action. When it became obvious that ICE would refuse to assist in the deportation, the activists chanted, "What if we were brown?" before promising to come back another day.
Said Erickson, "This is the start of a national back-to-Europe movement asking all illegal immigrants from Europe self-deport this Thanksgiving." [Short version]
More @ http://tc.indymedia.org
MN Immigrant Rights Action Coalition: http://mirac1.wordpress.com
Solidarity w. Dakota decolonization resources: http://unsettlingminnesota.org
Robert Erickson twitter: http://twitter.com/roberterickson1
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/?filter=pp#/p...
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At night on 19 Nov., approximately 75 (non)students from the New School, NYU, CUNY, and other university-factories in NYC marched from Washington t...
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At night on 19 Nov., approximately 75 (non)students from the New School, NYU, CUNY, and other university-factories in NYC marched from Washington to Union Squares and back in a gesture of solidarity with the wave of occupations that has swept the University of California system in response to the 32% tuition hike, budget cuts, and the reproduction of students as consumer-commodities ready to work for spectacle-subjects. The march saw crazy hooligans hanging banners off of buildings; masked rogues scattering trashcans, newspaper boxes and plastic barricades across Fifth Avenue; sexy dancing throughout the streets an attempted occupation of a Parsons art party as well as the good ol 65 5th ave. Unfortunately, the fun ended when cops managed to pierce the motley mob, arresting two after beating them on the sidewalk.
Until Next Time
DEMAND NOTHING
OCCUPY EVERYTHIN
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Cortometraje de ACSUD Las Segovias realizado por Carlos Alvarez Zambelli. En el marco de la campaña "La Tierra es Nuestra".
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glassbeadian favorited a video
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Rally at Leeds University against a proposed 10% (£35 million) budget slash by the Vice Chancellor. Speeches and chants followed by the Vice Chanc...
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Rally at Leeds University against a proposed 10% (£35 million) budget slash by the Vice Chancellor. Speeches and chants followed by the Vice Chancellor being handed a petition, and finally an attempt to enter the building.
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...so instead of giving me a thumbs down, they go for the juggler and
flag it as spam so it is hidden from view.
Another sad day for free speech in America. Maybe this great experiment
called The United States is not worth saving, afterall.
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In england though its not as bad though one man died due to police brutality at the G20 in april london ti looks like the police from my and your country are trying to out do each other in how hard they can be.
i got loads of pics but not much in the way of vids so far, your fellow revolutionary mr womble just call me Jon though
im a police man
and i dont like your videos
think again when u posting this kind of video
u must repect us
any way
dont be scare and put your picture
i think your scared
posted, so i will no longer comment