Bruce Gagnon is the founder and director of the Global Network Against Nuclear Power and Weapons in Space. On this subject he states: "Star Wars is back and it's worse that ever. The Bush Administration is pushing to make space into an arena of war and the frontier for future multi-planetary corporations. National Missile Defense is a misnomer. The U.S. proposal is a provacative, aggressive program aimed at weaponizing space and dominating the world below."

National Call for Sat April 10, 2010, The 75 Anniversary of the WPA

Joblessness is as bad today as it was during the 1930s –It’s time to take the fight to D.C.

On
April 8, 1935, Congress passed the legislation creating the largest
public works program in history. The Works Progress Administration
(WPA) created 8.5 million jobs during the depression of the 1930s.

Let’s
mark the 75th anniversary of the creation of the WPA by telling the
government that today’s jobless crisis is as bad today as it was back
then and that we need the same kind of bold, sweeping jobs program that
the people demanded in the 1930s – Now!

Martin Luther King Jr.
dedicated the final months of his life to starting a movement for the
right of all to a job or a guaranteed income – we need that movement
now more than ever.

It’s time to say no: to a jobless recovery -
to an economy based on permanent high unemployment and low wages - to

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An intervention during the depoliticized, sanitized commemoration of the 45th Anniversary of Mario Savio’s famous speech. "We will not permit the museumification of Berkeley’s radical past, especially now, as we enter into a new cycle of struggle. The Free Speech Movement is not a way to sell coffee, nor is it a rhetorical sop the administration can use to pacify the existing movement."

http://reclaimuc.blogspot.com
http://www.youtube.com/user/occupyeverything
http://www.savio.org

Police Brutality @ UC Berkeley after crowds of students and community
members show up to show their solidarity for a group of 43 students who
barricaded themselves inside of Wheeler Hall and declared class was
cancelled.

At this point we know that the students occupying Wheeler Hall have
been arrested. We have surrounded the building and will not let the
protesters be taken out. Police ask nonviolent protesters to move and
after refusingpolice begin beating students @ 2:03

Police Brutality @ UC Berkeley after crowds of students and community
members show up to show their solidarity for a group of 43 students who
barricaded themselves inside of Wheeler Hall and declared class was
cancelled.

In this video:

0:23 - Police violently break through student/supporter protest line.

0:40 - Protester falls down and is beat by police.

1:57 - Student tells media he was shot by a rubber bullet in the stomach and then shows us.

4:20
- More police arrive and are forced to take a circuitous route due to
protesters blocking main path. Notice the brave protester who
continuously tries to block the police by sitting in front of them.

6:18 - My buddy tells me "Don't get too close you might have essential shit."

6:33
- Students and supporters block the entrance to the library only to see
the police sneak through the bushes alongside the parameter of the
building.

Police Brutality @ UC Berkeley after crowds of students and community
members show up to show their solidarity for a group of 43 students who
barricaded themselves inside of Wheeler Hall and declared class was
cancelled.

In this video:

1:38 - Student occupier describes how the group
was not happy when police offered amnesty because they are not
interested in "saving their own asses".

3:01 - Occupiers are told
its their "last chance" to negotiate. So far the only thing that has
been offered is the chief of police being let through the students
barricades. The students are understandibly weary.

4:00 - Police line up on the opposite side of Wheeler Hall (opposite of the side the student occupiers just spoke from).

4:52 - Police violently break through student barricade.

5:05 - Police hit students and knock them to the ground.

5:39 - More police violence.

6:36 - Police arrest Protester

Police Brutality @ UC Berkeley after crowds of students and community
members show up to show their solidarity for a group of 43 students who
barricaded themselves inside of Wheeler Hall and declared class was
cancelled.

In this Video:

0:04 - Occupiers state reasons for occupation/protest.

0:58 - Student occupier states "we are not going to leave until..."

1:52
- Police move in to form line between students and Wheeler Hall,
specifically at the point where occupiers have been communicating to
fellow students/supporters through an open window.

2:30 - Students and supporters move in to resist police presence.

3:38 - Police continue to bring in metal barricades to hold back students and supporters.

4:12 - Protester encourages students and supporters to call for back up.

5:40
- Students and supporters begin to throw bananas, apples, begals and
even Subway sandwiches through open window to student occupiers.

Police Brutality @ UC Berkeley after crowds of students and community
members show up to show their solidarity for a group of 43 students who
barricaded themselves inside of Wheeler Hall and declared class was
cancelled.

In this video:

0:01 - Police harass protesters who are clearly on the other side of the police yellow tape.

0:16 - Police physically move protester standing by himself.

0:20
- Emotional protester repeatedly shouts police brutality after
witnessing police physically push another protester out of their way.

0:51
- Hopkins tells Jackson and other police officers "theres the line" in
reference to police abusing protesters on the other side of the police
line.

1:01 - Hopkins taunts officer Jackson. Jackson smiles.

1:40 - Police give up and walk away. A small but symbolic victory for the protesters.

2:04 - Police (Officer Jackson) again harassing protesters clearly on the other side of the police line.

Police Brutality @ UC Berkeley after crowds of students and community
members show up to show their solidarity for a group of 43 students who
barricaded themselves inside of Wheeler Hall and declared class was
cancelled.

Protesters stand their ground in pouring rain.

In this video:

0:09 - Student asks police "Do you realize you could be cut too?"

0:14 - Student asks police "What kind of training program do they put you guys through to cut you off from your humanity?"

0:25
- It's POURING RAIN!!! Truly a testimate to the dedication of the
students and the community members who came out to support them.

1:55 - Organizers give out telephone number and encourage students to call and make demands.

3:16 - Students occupying Wheeler Hall Give list of demands.

5:13 - Man break student picket line and salutes Hitler.

5:55 - One side shouts "who's University" and the other side answers "Our University".