Archive for December, 2009

It is no great secret that the terminal crisis of capitalism is before our eyes: the welfare state, the bitter product of two world wars, the child of Hitler and Noske, wherein a certain social safety net was provided for a measure of social peace, is in the process of being forcibly liquidated by...
Read more »

Or why non-violence discourse is destructive. There is a growing commentary critiquing the blind discursive commitment to non-violence that permeates many aspects of on-campus resistance in California. FN1 In the wake of the assaults on Chancellor Birgeneau's on-campus mansion, the hegemony of non-violent discourse was threatened and some insight into where constituent interests lie was...
Read more »

The Student Advocate’s Office (SAO), a non-partisan and executive office of the ASUC, is deeply concerned with the circumstances surrounding the university arrests of 66 individuals, including approximately 40 students, from Wheeler Hall on December 11, 2009. While we do not condone conduct that threatens the safety of the campus community and recognize that the...
Read more »

One need not agree with whatever happened at the Chancellor’s mansion to resist the administration’s attempt to co-opt independent student forces by soliciting their blanket condemnation of the incident. Governor Schwarzenegger finally took notice of public education after the incident, calling individuals who were allegedly involved “terrorists.” Earlier today the Chancellor and his PR spokesperson...
Read more »

By Javier Panzar Daily Californian Contributing Writer Saturday, December 12, 2009 Category: News > University > Student Life Several dozen individuals, some wielding torches, marched on UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert Birgeneau’s home on the north side of campus early Saturday morning at about midnight, in what police said was an attack where damage was done to the home and...
Read more »

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION UC BERKELEY “OPEN UNIVERSITY” RAIDED BY UC POLICE, 65 ARRESTED Contact: Elias Martinez (559) 999-4964 and Ianna Owen (570) 977-0487 This morning, on the fifth and final day of a weeklong “Open University” held at UC Berkeley’s Wheeler Hall, University of California Police stormed into the building around 5am, arresting 65 people...
Read more »

SF State occupation. Share/Save
Read more »

Editor: Greece’s youth movement is strong, militant, and national in scope. Following nationwide student and youth insurrections last year, the Greek state is applying a counterinsurgency program focused on politically left youth and students. Recent Events precipitated a new wave of demonstrations and occupations. During the last two months, the strategy of counterinsurgency developed...
Read more »