May 20, 1969: 55 years ago, May 20 1969, thousands of protesters marched through UC [...]
55 years ago, May 20 1969, thousands of protesters marched through UC Berkeley to honor James Rector, a bystander who had been killed by police the previous week in a conflict over People’s Park, when they were teargassed by a National Guard helicopter deployed by Governor Reagan Following the killing …
May 25, 1969: 52 years ago, May 25 1969, activists who had been forced out of People's [...]
52 years ago, May 25 1969, activists who had been forced out of People’s Park founded a second “liberated zone” in Berkeley. Despite numerous city attempts to demolish the space, Insurrection City (also known as “People’s Park Mobile Annex”) is now the site of Ohlone Dog Park Insurrection City was …
May 25, 1969: 55 years ago, May 25 1969, activists who had been forced out of People's [...]
55 years ago, May 25 1969, activists who had been forced out of People’s Park founded a second “liberated zone” in Berkeley. Despite numerous city attempts to demolish the space, Insurrection City (also known as “People’s Park Mobile Annex”) is now the site of Ohlone Dog Park Insurrection City was …
June 2, 1969: 55 years ago, June 1 1969, San Jose police attacked Mexican-American [...]
55 years ago, June 1 1969, San Jose police attacked Mexican-American demonstrators protesting the city’s “Fiesta de las Rosas,” a revived early 20th century festival that celebrated the period of Spanish rule in California. Thirty were arrested and eight were injured
June 7, 1969: 55 years ago, June 6 1969, 400 people were assaulted by Berkeley police [...]
55 years ago, June 6 1969, 400 people were assaulted by Berkeley police and evicted from People’s Park Annex after the breakup of a torchlight procession from Sproul Plaza to People’s Park. BPD clubbed sleeping people, beat pets, uprooted flowers and broke trees during the attack Ahead of a Saturday …