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John Autry<p>October 1, 1964 - The Free Speech Movement was launched at the University of California–Berkeley when mathematics grad student Jack Weinberg was arrested for setting up an information table for CORE (Congress of Racial Equality) in front of Sproul Hall, the administration building.</p><p>JackWeinberg <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/FreeSpeechMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeechMovement</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/UCBerkeley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UCBerkeley</span></a></p><p>1/2</p>
(((Cindy Weinstein)))<p>"[Robert Cohen, NYU history and social studies prof] wrote:“college administrations in the Vietnam era used police force as a last resort in the face of major campus disruptions, this past semester administrators used police as a first resort to suppress student protests even when those protesters — encamped outdoors on campus plazas or lawns — did not commit major disruptions of the university &amp; its educational functions.”</p><p><a href="https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/berkeley-60th-anniversary-campus-free-speech-20240926.html?id=bUz6ALuskmlak&amp;utm_source=social&amp;utm_campaign=gift_link&amp;utm_medium=referral" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inquirer.com/opinion/berkeley-</span><span class="invisible">60th-anniversary-campus-free-speech-20240926.html?id=bUz6ALuskmlak&amp;utm_source=social&amp;utm_campaign=gift_link&amp;utm_medium=referral</span></a></p><p><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/Berkeley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Berkeley</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/FreeSpeechMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeechMovement</span></a> <br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/CampusProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CampusProtest</span></a></p>
Chuck Darwin<p>UC Berkeley makes dead-of-night push to wall off storied People’s Park </p><p>The university launched the extraordinary operation — designed to double-stack metal cargo containers around the entire perimeter of the park — just after midnight. </p><p>On their arrival, police surrounded the park. </p><p>Inside, they were met by several dozen protesters, chanting, “Long live People’s Park” along with shouts of “Fight back!” </p><p>Some held out for hours in a makeshift treehouse and on the roof of a single-story building in the park.</p><p>By starting the exercise under the cover of darkness and during students’ winter break, university leaders hoped to minimize a conflict with activists adamant the park should remain open space, a living tribute to free speech and student activism. </p><p>The university planned to install the cargo containers over several days, banking on the massive metal structures to provide a more formidable barrier than the fences that protesters have easily breached in the past.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Berkeley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Berkeley</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/PeoplesPark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PeoplesPark</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/FreeSpeechMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSpeechMovement</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-04/uc-berkeley-launches-operation-to-wall-off-peoples-park" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/california/story/2</span><span class="invisible">024-01-04/uc-berkeley-launches-operation-to-wall-off-peoples-park</span></a></p>