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Berkeley Copwatchers attempt to access public records

By Berkeley Copwatch on July 11, 2024

When police departments become more clandestine with the official records and reports, all people should wonder what might be going on behind the scenes that is causing them to do so.

Eight years since the Frisco 5 hunger strike: Learning from local revolutionary movements of the past

By Joshua Baltodano on July 10, 2024

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The group fought police brutality by putting their own lives on the line.

Reflections on the UC Berkeley Free Palestine Encampment

By Dorothy Dane on June 17, 2024

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"My homeless neighbors in the encampment taught me way more about building a self- sustaining world than the university ever will"

‘Bodies and force’: Lessons from Alameda’s tenant organizers of the 1960s

By Matt Ray and Matthew Wranovics on May 8, 2024

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In 1960s Alameda, Black residents of a low-income housing project fight back after government threatens to evict.

Is it illegal to be homeless in America? SCOTUS will decide

By The Western Regional Advocacy Project on April 29, 2024

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In April, the Supreme Court heard Grants Pass, Oregon v. Gloria Johnson: A case that will determine whether local governments can fine, arrest, and jail people for living outside when there is nowhere to go.

From defensive to offensive struggles against displacement

By Juliet Kunkel on April 2, 2024

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An interview with Andrew Lee, author of Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War

Why and how to investigate when police abuse

By Berkeley Copwatch on April 2, 2024

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Anyone can investigate the police. No special credentials are needed and, in most situations, it is completely free.

On Place in an Era of Erasure

By Bradley Penner on March 1, 2024

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Here in the East Bay, we find ourselves in a unique position to both honor and expand upon the legacy of place within our communities, or moreover, what those places could become when the community works together.

From Oakland to Frisco, ‘solutions’ created by politricksters are killing us, not housing us

By Tiny on March 1, 2024

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These “solutions” to homelessness—created “about us but without us”—are not only bound to fail, but bound to harm, often leading to our deaths.

Editor’s Note on “The Eviction Machine”

By Alastair Boone on November 20, 2023

Commentary Features Street Spirits

This story represents the writer’s point of view, and chronicles the experiences they shared during years of working closely together to battle the eviction that would ultimately end 300’s life.

The Eviction Machine

By Vinay Pai on November 23, 2023

Commentary Features Street Spirits

300 was a life-long Berkeley resident and community leader who tragically passed away in 2019 after being evicted from his home. His story shines a light on the struggle to get off the street.

San Francisco activists say: No to APEC!

By Joemae Santos on November 3, 2023

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Image courtesy of Western Regional Advocacy Project (WRAP). This year, San Francisco will host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)

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