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As world attention focuses on police power in the United States following the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Tamir Rice, sociologist Jerome Karabel writes in the Huffington Post on “The Other Capital Punishment,” which he defines as “the killing of Americans by the police without benefit of charges, trial, jury or the right to appeal.”
Tag: protest
Message from Chancellor Dirks to campus community
December 7, 2014:
The chancellor calls on the members of our campus community to help maintain calm on and around the campus.
Scholars and readers respond to Ferguson fallout
November 26, 2014: This week, readers responded with passion to law professor john a. powell’s post on the Berkeley Blog about the Ferguson decision. Meanwhile in California alumni magazine, social psychologist Jack Glaser discussed the “Burdens of Bias” and why the grand jury outcome came as no surprise to him.
The decision in Ferguson: Deep disappointment, deep divide
November 25, 2014: The grand jury’s decision not to indict Ferguson, Mo. police officer Darren Wilson for fatally shooting Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, is clear evidence of the nation’s deep divide, says john a. powell, director of the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society at UC Berkeley: “What we are witnessing is a reflection of a systematic failure in our society.” On the Berkeley Blog.
How a cardiac surgeon became ‘Egypt’s Jon Stewart’
October 29, 2014:
In this video interview, political satirist Bassem Youssef, who made a campus appearance Wednesday, discusses how his life and career changed after the 2011 Egyptian revolution, and shares his thoughts on free speech, student life and food.
Media Advisory: UC Berkeley commemorates Free Speech Movement’s 50th
September 16, 2014:
UC Berkeley is marking the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement with several dozen special classes, sing-ins and a political poetry reading, a film series, panel discussions and lectures and more events on campus.
Berkeley researchers find police often incite violence at protests
August 22, 2014: Protests like the ones that have wracked Ferguson, Mo., this month often take a violent turn because of police actions that aren’t necessarily intended to provoke but have that effect, according to research led by a UC Berkeley graduate student.
War, ‘mutiny’ and civil rights: Remembering Port Chicago
July 10, 2014:
To mark the 70th anniversary of a homefront disaster that led to the mutiny convictions of 50 African American sailors — and to the desegregation of the U.S. military — a number of Berkeley scholars, including sociologist Robert Allen and historian Leon Litwack, are set to take part in a July 17 symposium at Diablo Valley College on the “Port Chicago 50.”
Visual history, poster contest to mark FSM’s 50th anniversary
April 28, 2014: The campus is gearing up for the 50th anniversary of the Free Speech Movement with a semester of events and activities commemorating the momentous events of 1964.
Student ‘hackers’ design new ways to research the Free Speech Movement
April 18, 2014: Students were invited recently to develop a compelling user interface to the Bancroft Library’s FSM Digital Archive, and shared their results 12 days later before a panel of judges. It’s hoped that HackFSM will spur future efforts to make online collections more accessible and useful to scholars and the public.
Magnes exhibition explores intellectual migration from fascist Europe and rise of Nazism to Berkeley
February 4, 2014: The newest exhibition at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life traces the journeys of artists, writers and scholars who fled fascist Europe and eventually made their way to safety and intellectual prominence at Berkeley.
Crisis in Ukraine: A personal view
February 4, 2014: Berkeley economist Yuriy Gorodnichenko, a native of Ukraine, calls on the international community to push for a peaceful exit for that nation’s embattled president. Help Ukrainians “turn this dark page of our history and modernize,” he says in a Q&A with Public Affairs.
‘At Berkeley’ airs Monday on PBS’ ‘Independent Lens’
January 10, 2014: The award-winning documentary takes viewers from faculty meetings and classrooms to sporting events and campus protests during a time of crisis in 2010.
Finally, campus gets to see what Wiseman saw ‘At Berkeley’
December 5, 2013:
Three years after receiving unprecedented access to the campus’s inner sanctums, legendary filmmaker Fred Wiseman returned with ‘At Berkeley,’ 244 minutes in the life of UC Berkeley. The documentary is getting a limited run in Bay Area theaters.
Bancroft Library readies its largest political archive for scholars of the late Gov. Pat Brown
November 7, 2013: As the repository of many collections telling important stories about the American West and Mexico, the Bancroft Library draws hundreds of researchers. Now it’s working to organize the largest archive of California political history: that of the late Edmund G. “Pat” Brown, California’s 32nd governor.
Behind the badge, the heart of an Old Blue
August 30, 2013:
Alex Yao, UCPD’s newest captain, arrived at Berkeley at 18 with the aim of becoming a doctor. Despite the detour, he’s still advancing, per Thoreau, “in the direction of his dreams.”
Department of Education dismisses complaint alleging anti-Semitism at Berkeley
August 27, 2013:
The finding echoed a previous court ruling that protests critical of Israeli policies were constitutionally protected speech, and that campus administrators had “engaged in an ongoing dialogue with the opposing parties in an attempt to ensure that the rights of all persons are respected, and to minimize the potential for violence and unsafe conditions.”
Using citizen videos, Rashomon Project seeks to protect activists
July 23, 2013: As citizen-generated media grows increasingly integrated into protest coverage, software developed by UC Berkeley researchers could help protect activists against unjust persecution. Professor Ken Goldberg speaks with New Hampshire Public Radio about the Data and Democracy Initiative’s Rashomon Project, which he leads.
Birgeneau: ‘Ready for something new’
May 30, 2013:
As he prepared to hand over the reins to his successor as chancellor, Robert Birgeneau reflected on his nearly nine years in California Hall, and on his future as a member of the UC Berkeley faculty. And he explained why he’s “deeply worried about public higher education.”
Breslauer, Wilton on Albany mixed-use development
May 15, 2013:
In a letter released earlier today, George Breslauer, UC Berkeley executive vice chancellor and provost, and John Wilton, vice chancellor, administration and finance, promise to “continue to work collaboratively with the City of Albany and others to stay the course and fulfill the community desires for development on this site.”
Trespassers removed from Albany mixed-use development site
May 13, 2013:
At approximately 4:30 a.m. Monday, 20 people were asked to leave the mixed-use development site in Albany or face arrest. Over the course of the morning, three people were arrested for trespassing and interfering with the police
In Savio’s spirit, Van Jones calls for end to ‘silence from the left’
November 30, 2012:
In this year’s Mario Savio Lecture, Barack Obama’s former green-jobs adviser had some advice for the president’s supporters: Celebrate his re-election victory, but don’t settle for it.
CNR dean outlines new plans for Gill Tract
September 19, 2012:
At Tuesday’s Albany City Council meeting, Keith Gilless, dean of the College of Natural Resources, presented a progress report on new academic programs related to diversified farming, and their potential impact on the Gill Tract growing grounds.
UC releases final report on protests
September 13, 2012:
The University of California today (Sept. 13) released the final “Response to Protests on UC Campuses” report, from UC General Counsel Charles F. Robinson and UC Berkeley Law School Dean Christopher Edley.
Police board calls for tighter oversight on use of force in student protests
June 6, 2012:
Commissioned by Chancellor Robert Birgeneau after the events of Nov. 9, 2011, the 36-page report calls on campus administrators to do more to articulate “strictly confined limits” on police tactics during protest events.
Police Review Board issues report on Occupy Cal protest
June 6, 2012:
The campus’s independent Police Review Board on Wednesday released its report regarding the Occupy Cal protest events of Nov. 9, 2011. The board said its aim was “to assess whether the conduct of the police was consistent with the norms of the Berkeley campus and established campus policies.”
Talks planned on shared use of Gill Tract
May 11, 2012:
Campus officials have set a Saturday meeting with city leaders, residents, community members and UC Berkeley students and faculty to weigh “steps necessary for research to commence, and urban agriculture to continue on the Gill Tract.” Two seats will be reserved for “representatives of the group that is still occupying” the property.
UC initiates legal action against Gill Tract occupiers
May 9, 2012:
The University of California filed a lawsuit May 9 against individuals alleged to have participated in the occupation of the university’s Gill Tract property in Albany. In an official statement, the campus administration describes the legal action and provides links to the lawsuit, as well as a proposal to “Occupy the Farm” made earlier this week.
Campus blocks vehicle access to Gill Tract, responds to demands
May 8, 2012:
On Wednesday morning, UCPD officers placed two concrete barriers across entrances to the Gill Tract that provide vehicular access to university property. Campus officials say the occupiers, who issued a new set of demands on May 7, still have the opportunity to accept a proposal that would allow for a peaceful resolution to the situation.
Campus administration statement on Gill Tract protest
May 4, 2012:
George Breslauer, executive vice chancellor and provost, and John Wilton, vice chancellor, administration and finance, describe a “frank and forthright exchange of information and perspectives” at a meeting with protesters Thursday evening, but say “an agreement has yet to be reached” on disbanding the Albany encampment.
