"You Got Bailed Out, We Got Sold Out"–Thousands Protest on Wall Street

Student Activists Beaten After Rally On Interstate

By Brandon Jourdan and David Martinez
From Huffington Post

On March 4th, 2010, demonstrators in California and across the country took to the streets to protest massive cuts at all levels of education and government imposed austerity measures.

In Oakland, thousands of protesters rallied in Frank Ogawa Plaza. A group of some 200 then broke off and marched through downtown before moving to Interstate 880 and later taking over an Interstate 980 exit ramp. The Oakland riot police swept in and without a call for dispersal started swinging batons and beating people before arresting them. The video below shows the beatings 1 minute 47 seconds in.

As police were attacking the crowd, Francois Zimany, a fifteen-year old high school student, fractured his skull after a 30 foot fall off the freeway. Questions have arisen over whether he fell, jumped, or was pushed by police off of the freeway.

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Copenhagen Pranks: The Yes Men Take on Canada

The Canadian government was stung at the United Nations Climate Change Conference by a sophisticated hoax that made it appear the Canadian delegation had publicly committed to bold emission reduction targets and tens of billions in new aid to help African nations. The stunt by the Yes Men, the Climate Dept Agents, and other climate justice allies was one of the most elaborate media stunts in recent history.

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Occupation Video on Grit TV with Laura Flanders

In California, the state budget crisis has led the legislature to propose a 32 percent increase in tuition for state schools. But students aren’t willing–or in many cases, able–to bear the brunt of the money problems.

Independent journalists Brandon Jourdan and Daniel Martinez were in California and caught this video when the students at UC Berkeley occupied Wheeler Hall, demanding not just lower tuition, but fair treatment for immigrant-owned businesses on campus, and rehiring union workers who had been laid off.

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Occupied Berkeley: The Taking Of Wheeler Hall

Occupied Berkeley: The Taking Of Wheeler Hall (edit) from brandon jourdan on Vimeo.

Inside the Occupation

On November 20th, at approximately five in the morning, students occupied Wheeler Hall at the University of California at Berkeley. Here is my report from the inside:

Yes Men in San Francisco