Report on the most recent actions of the student movement at the University of California Berkeley (and police repression)

In the last months, students, faculty and workers of various campuses of the University of California have risen up in protests and actions against the cuts in education and the neoliberal policies of privatization of public education. In this report, two UC grad students reflect on their experiences during the recent protests & strike throughout the UC system, drawing connections with broader struggles against neoliberalism and in defense of public education.

• News from Chiapas
• Women’s encounter “Mamá Corral”, Oventik, Chiapas
• Privatization of public schools in California (for more info: www.trinational-us.org and www.tribunodelpueblo.org)

Second part of our special documentary on autonomy, resistence and knowledge production in the academy and the case of professor Manuel Callahan from the Acción Zapatista collective at Humboldt State University.

• National and international caravan to zapatista communities
• Documentary on autonomy and resistence in the academy and the case of professor Manuel Callahan from the Acción Zapatista collective at Humboldt State University. (Part 2)

• Interview with Joaquín Cienfuegos from CopWatch Los Angeles and Revolutionary Autonomous Communities (RAC) (for more info on Joaquín’s case, visit http://diyzine.com/freejoaquin
• Special documentary on autonomy and resistence in the academy, and the case of professor Manuel Callahan from the Acción Zapatista collective at Humboldt State University.

Update on Oaxaca and Chiapas. Alemany Farms in San Francisco. Exclussion of activist professor Manuel Callahan at Humboldt University.

They speak about autonomy, self-determination, repression by the university administration, the role of the Che Guevara in the Other Campaign, etc.