March 09, 2008

Correspondence: The Battle of Berkeley Continues…

On February 12, a major showdown unfolded in Berkeley. Hundreds of Berkeley High School students poured into the streets, along with activists. They came to demand that the Marine recruiting station in downtown Berkeley be shut down and to support the City Council’s statement. On the other side were hundreds ... Here's what's happened since then.“There is a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part; and you’ve got to put your bodies upon the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers, upon all the apparatus and you’ve got to make it stop.”—Mario Savio, a leader of the 1960s Free Speech Movement, Sit-in Address on the Steps of Sproul Hall at UC Berkeley, delivered December 2, 1964Check out the original article here: http://digg.com/politics/The_Battle_of_Berkeley_Th ...

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