I can't believe there is not one diary on the rec list in support of the California students fighting a 32% increase on tuition this semester and another 32% on top of that for next year. I don't know what action to take in support of these students, but that's what DK is for. The DK community can figure out ways to support them.
DK can rally and get CafePress to take down offensive calls to violence on Obama, DK should be able to help students that are being arrested as I write this.
"students have to suffer," a direct quotefrom the Governator himself Schwarzenegger.
With this tuition hike voted on yesterday by the California Board of Regents is should be clear to everyone that help is needed.
Call the Cali Board of Regents and tell them that they are making a huge mistake believing that the rest of the country will just sit back and allow this to happen.
phone: (510) 987-9220 fax:(510) 987-9224
If it can happen in California with nothing stopping it, it can happen in your state.
Please take action.
Call them.
Post links on your facebook page to let others know what is going on.
Do something!
This is what mass movement looks like. It is time to use the internet in support of these protesters. These protests are already larger than the first ones that happened in the 1960's on the same campuses. Those protests were for free speech policy and gained traction leading to movements against the war in Vietnam, against segregation and racism, and against US policy around the world. Sound familiar???
UPDATE 1: follow the Berkeley protests on twitter. Thanks to Kandy
UPDATE 2:we got on the rec list!! first I'll say I'm proud this is my first diary to get on the rec list.
Here are videos from the protests:
Update 3: here's a link to an earlier post with more information about what has been going on in California