Daniel Ellsberg joins protest at UC Berkeley | The Raw Story
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Daniel Ellsberg joins protest at UC Berkeley | The Raw Story
Occupy Wall Street Links Now Added
Occupy Wall Street Links Now Added
We have now included links to "Occupy Wall Street" on the S.U.P website. Check the Links section for more details.
Massive Police Assault on Occupy Oakland
Massive Police Assault on Occupy Oakland
This was one of the first videos I saw posted on YouTube of the assaults. It has some very good late night footage and great commentary by Sam Seder (nevermind the screen shot of him picking his nose).
For those who were involved in the assaults, we would love to hear from you!! Also, if you have any footage, we would love to post it here on the S.U.P blog.
We will try to keep everyone posted on any further developments with lawsuits that are sure to follow these events.
Voices of Veterans: A Welcome Home Ceremony
Voices of Veterans: A Welcome Home Ceremony
For veterans from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other wars
Thursday, November 10th, 2011 ~ 7 PM
First Unitarian Universalist Church
1187 Franklin Street at Geary, San Francisco, CA
Thursday, November 10th, 2011 ~ 7 PM
First Unitarian Universalist Church
1187 Franklin Street at Geary, San Francisco, CA
This Welcome Home Ceremony brings together veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, veterans of other wars with the local community. It intends to help heal the distance between the warriors and those they protect and to bridge the gaps between war and peace, trauma and renewal, pain and understanding. Such a welcoming involves a courageous community conversation that moves beyond politics and goes deeper than the rhetoric of war. It begins with tragedy and loss—the aftermath of any war—and requires the language of poetry and story, as well as the dignity of ceremony.
Mosaic Multicultural Foundation
4218 1/2 SW Alaska, Suite H, Seattle, WA 98116
(206) 935-3665 (voice) / (206) 935-3612 (fax)
Students United for Peace to Continue Publishing
Due to a renewed interest in Students United for Peace, we have decided to continue publishing. We have cleared the web page of all spam and are in the process of answering all of your emails and comments.
I would like to thank all the students and activists who have contacted us in the past year. Unfortunately, Students United for Peace is no longer meeting on the UC Berkeley Campus. We will post information on any further meetings as soon as they can be arranged.
For the time being, we would like to continue to use this website as an information point for activists interested in connection with other activists.
It is more important now than ever for us to stay connected and informed. As the United States continues its war on the Middle East, and as the Economic Crisis continues to take a toll on American Universities, Workers, and Families, it is crucial that we continue to make our voice heard and insist that war is not an option.
No War on Iraq!
No War on Afghanistan!
No War on Iran!
British Petroleum Environmental Impact Public Hearing
I just wanted to remind everyone that tomorrow, Monday December 17th, from 6:30pm-8:30pm at the North Berkeley Senior Center there will be a Public Hearing on the Environmental Impact Report. This is regarding the proposed British Petroleum building in Strawberry Canyon just above campus.
If you want to read more about the Environmental Impact Report, you can link to it at www.stopbp-berkeley.org/EIR.htm
I know everybody is in the middle of finals but having students present at the meeting is going to have a big difference. The North Berkeley Senior Center is at 1901 Hearst St. for those who dont know where it is.
Santa Cruz Tree Sits, LRDP Resistance
For those interested in learning more about the Santa Cruz tree sits, in protest of the planned expansion on the UCSC campus, you can find out more information at the following link.
http://www.lrdpresistance.org/index.php
Oak Grove Tree-Sit 1-Year Anniversary Birthday Party
"OAK GROVE TREE-SIT 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY BIRTHDAY PARTY Sunday, December 2nd, noon - 6pm, rain or shine
The Tree-Sit at Memorial Oak Grove is the longest urban tree-sit
protest in U.S. History. Visit the grove on Sunday to mark this
historic event.
The Save The Berkeley Oaks Community sent out this announcement: "Come celebrate when the Oak Grove Tree-Sit Turns One! There will be food, art, music, entertainment, an ice cream truck, and the community... Absolutely Free & Forever Wild!"
PLUS The Berkeley Grandmothers for the Oaks sent out this announcement: "Hello oaks supporters, please bring food and water to the Oak Grove on Sunday, December 2nd at 2pm.
Food and water are basic human rights! Please bring non-perishable food, mostly vegan, and water should be in 1 to 5 gallon jugs, preferably with handles and lids."
Peace and love,
Friends of the Oak Grove "
Berkeley Grandmothers For The Oaks
"Berkeley Grandmothers Feed the Oak Grove Tree SittersThanksgiving Day 2007
A group of Berkeley grandmothers appeared at the UC Berkeley stadium oak grove on Thanksgiving morning to lend support and food to the tree-sitters. Last August the UC Regents constructed a chain-link barrier around the grove with the intent to starve out the tree-sit.
Just more than a week ago construction crews appeared again to add a second fence. The double barrier was crowned with barbed wire. The new fence has come with stepped-up efforts by UC Police to cut off any access to the tree sitters including all attempts to provide them with food and water. Numerous arrests have been made.
Despite the threat of arrest and a police presence, the grandmothers delivered an assortment of food and water to tree-sitters including pumpkin pie. No grandmothers were arrested.
The tree-sit is now in its 356th day. Come and help! Who will protect these trees, if not you? For more information contact http://www.berkeleycitizen.org/ Berkeley's Internet NEWS"
This text has been copied directly from You Tube and berkeleycitizen.org
Link the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGaLADnjTLg
To Read More:
Link Here to the Berkeley Daily Planet Article by Matthew Taylor
http://www.berkeleydaily.org/text/article.cfm?issue=11-27-07&storyID=28556
Code Pink's Medea Benjamin on Hardball
Chris Mathews at 5:58 in this clip is pretty great actually...
A First Look at the Finalized BP/Berkeley Deal
This is copied directly from Indy Media at
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/11/14/18461232.php
"A First Look at the Finalized BP/Berkeley Deal
by Student Campaign to Stop BP at Berkeley ( info [at] stopBP-Berkeley.org )
Wednesday Nov 14th, 2007 6:05 PM
Details of the agreement between public university and giant oil corporation
In anticipation of public pressure, the University of California, Berkeley has published what it claims is the “full text of the Master Agreement” it has signed with the immense oil corporation BP today. This deal inaugurates a ten-year partnership between BP (formerly British Petroleum) and UC Berkeley, along with the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, creating an Energy Biosciences Institute (EBI) to develop marketable energy technologies based on genetic engineering technology.
While it remains to be seen whether this is in fact the complete agreement — the proposal that led to this deal was kept secret until it was leaked to the press, and then was published by the university in censored form, with large sections invisibly omitted — what is published is more than enough to confirm EBI opponents' fears.
The agreement text, released online at http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/11/14_ebisigning.shtml, does not include any mention of "the public interest" or "the public good". It does not even pay lip service to any sort of public accountability or transparency — except where it states that "No notice of any such [Governance Board] meetings [is] required." (p.6)
Under this agreement, UC Berkeley invites scientists and engineers who work solely for BP (formerly British Petroleum) to work in the new EBI building in Berkeley on secret, proprietary research for BP's eyes only. These researchers will have access to researchers working on publicly funded, open research, as well as the university researchers funded by the BP project. The agreement's text tells us that "[The Proprietary Component] shall be operated under the sole control and discretion of BP." (p. 4)
Professor Chris Somerville, who is being hired away from Stanford to head the institute, bypassing the normal tenure process, will "be familiar with certain BP Confidential Information ... to ensure that such plans are consistent with the commercial goals... of the Partners" (i.e. BP).
The Governance Board will have 4 members from BP and 4 members from the other institutions, and will approve the budget and overall direction. The Executive Committee (which will determine which projects are funded) will initially have 2 members from BP, 3 members from other institutions, and require a 2/3 majority (i.e. 4 out of 5 votes) to do anything. Any changes to this structure must be approved by the Governance Board. So BP has veto power at both levels, and can not be overridden.
There is one bright spot in the agreement, though: if Berkeley were to "reasonably determine that continued association with EBI was not in accord wth its fundamental principles, then ... within 180 days... Berkeley may terminate this Agreement... effective upon receipt."
http://stopBP-Berkeley.org"
For Those Interested in Volunteering to Help Clean Up The San Francisco Bay Oil Spill
For Those who Haven't heard, we have had a pretty massive oil spill in the San Francisco Bay. The purpose of this post is to direct those who are interested in helping clean up the spill to the agency facilitating the clean up effort. If you would like to volunteer, go to this website first.
www.owcn.org.
Below is the specific information from this website, on who to contact, how to contact them, and when to contact. All the info below comes from the Oiled Wildlife Care Network.
If you want to volunteer:
Monday, noon: We are now ready to accept offers to volunteer. Please call (800) 228-4544 to volunteer.
If you see oiled wildlife: Don't approach or pick it up, but call (415) 701-2311 to report it. Please do not call this number about volunteering.
If you are from the media: please contact Sylvia Wright at the UC Davis News Service, swright@ucdavis.edu or call (530) 752-7704. OWCN's media page is here; latest press release is here.
If you would like to make a donation:
please email wildlifehealth@ucdavis.edu
Peace Not Prejudice Week
Peace Not Prejudice Week will take place October 22-26, 2007. The events planned are below:
*Monday, 10/22: Screening "Ghosts of Abu Ghraib", Alumni House, 7 pm
"Ghosts of Abu Ghraib," an 80-minute HBO film, features the familiar and very disturbing pictures at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison and raises questions about U.S. government policy.
*Tuesday, 10/23: Unity Through Diversity Open Mic Poetry Slam, Naia Lounge, 8:30 pm
Open mic poetry night promoting religious tolerance and unity. Enjoy gelato and performances by a diverse group of poets.
*Wednesday, 10/24: The Common Thread: Similarities in the Abrahamic Religions, 101 Morgan, 7 pm
Knowledgeable scholars discuss the similarities and differences between the three monotheistic religions during this educational event.
*Thursday, 10/25: Peace Rally, Upper Sproul, 5 pm
Come out to see a multitude of diverse guest and student speakers including Rabbi Michael Lerner (Tikkun) and Basim Elkarra (CAIR) united in their call for peace, not prejudice. Free concert by hip-hop group Himalayan Project!
Students United for Peace is now an official sponsor for the October 27 National Day of Action
11 am
San Francisco
Civic Center
March to
Dolores Park
To help organize for this event come to Wheeler Hall Room 123, Mondays at 7Pm, every Monday leading up to October 27.
If you would like more information email us at studentsunitedforpeace@gmail.com
or go to the official website at
www.oct27sf.org
Students United for Peace will not be meeting Monday October 8th
Students United for Peace will not be meeting Monday October 8th. Join us next monday October 15 for our regular weekly meeting in Wheeler Hall Room 123 at 7pm
We will be taking the day off so that we can all go to the Berkeley City Council Meeting on Tuesday at Berkeley City Hall. Code Pink will be proposing Making Berkeley a Military Free Zone. Come out and join us at the meeting.
For more information please send an email to berkeleystudentsforpeace@gmail.com
Iraq Moratorium Info
Here is Information on the Iraq Moratorium.
http://www.iraqmoratorium-sfbay.org/
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