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guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
Wed Apr 26, 2017, 08:50 PM Apr 2017

The far right goes on a rampage in Berkeley

From the article:

THE LIBERAL San Francisco Bay Area city of Berkeley has become the prime target for violent far-right individuals and organizations emboldened by the reign of Donald Trump.
Their latest provocation on April 15 shows the physical threat that the far right represents as it gains confidence--and underlines the urgent need for all those who oppose bigotry and reaction to mobilize in large numbers to show that the racists will be opposed whenever they try to claim the streets.


And the corporate media is only too quick to speak about liberal intolerance and the First Amendment that they claim to hold sacred when Coulter and Milo are the subject of protests.

Read more:
https://socialistworker.org/2017/04/25/far-right-goes-on-a-rampage-in-berkeley
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The far right goes on a rampage in Berkeley (Original Post) guillaumeb Apr 2017 OP
Berkeley's never had to deal with this before -- what one reporter called a "fight club" mentality. pnwmom Apr 2017 #1
There is an interesting reference in the article to this "fight club" idea. guillaumeb Apr 2017 #2

pnwmom

(108,980 posts)
1. Berkeley's never had to deal with this before -- what one reporter called a "fight club" mentality.
Wed Apr 26, 2017, 08:55 PM
Apr 2017

The Vietnam protests were not like this -- they were motivated by idealism not hate. And most of the violence, when it happened, came from the police, not the students.

And Berkeley is an open campus with dozens of unguarded entrances and exits, so it's a very difficult place to secure.

guillaumeb

(42,641 posts)
2. There is an interesting reference in the article to this "fight club" idea.
Wed Apr 26, 2017, 08:58 PM
Apr 2017

The media of course will focus on the protests against Horowitz, and Coulter, and Yannoppoulis, while ignoring the Trump/white fascist connection.

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