Occupy Berkeley is an ongoing series of demonstrations

Demonstration (people)

A demonstration or street protest is action by a mass group or collection of groups of people in favor of a political or other cause; it normally consists of walking in a mass march formation and either beginning with or meeting at a designated endpoint, or rally, to hear speakers.Actions such as...

 in Berkeley, California

Berkeley, California

Berkeley is a city on the east shore of the San Francisco Bay in Northern California, United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland and Emeryville. To the north is the city of Albany and the unincorporated community of Kensington...

 based in front of a Bank of America

Bank of America

Bank of America Corporation, an American multinational banking and financial services corporation, is the second largest bank holding company in the United States by assets, and the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by market capitalization. The bank is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina...

. It is an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street is an ongoing series of demonstrations initiated by the Canadian activist group Adbusters which began September 17, 2011 in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district...

 movement.

Events

On November 9, 2011, police used violence to clear Sproul Plaza

Sproul Plaza

Sproul Plaza is a major center of student activity at the University of California, Berkeley. It is divided into two sections: Upper Sproul and Lower Sproul. They are separated by 12 vertical feet and a set of stairs.-History:...

, beating Robert Hass

Robert Hass

Robert L. Hass is an American poet. He served as Poet Laureate of the United States from 1995 to 1997. He was awarded the 2007 National Book Award and the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Time and Materials.-Life:...

, his wife Brenda Hillman

Brenda Hillman

Brenda Hillman , is an American poet. She was educated at Pomona College, and received her M.F.A. at the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She is the Olivia Filippi Professor of Poetry at Saint Mary's College in Moraga, California...

, faculty Celeste Langan and Geoffrey O’Brien at an Occupy Berkeley protest. This use of force gained national recognition, which is controversial for many affiliated.

Hass wrote a New York Times opinion article about the beating.

Jim Chanin said:

External links

• http://www.berkeleyside.com/2011/11/02/occupy-berkeley-consolidates-camp-supports-oakland/comment-page-1/
• http://www.dailycal.org/2011/11/08/occupy-berkeley-plan-to-shut-down-chase-bank-saturday/
• http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fc%2Fa%2F2011%2F11%2F02%2FMNVL1LOB5K.DTL
• http://thedp.com/index.php/article/2011/10/occupy_movement_gains_traction_among_college_students_in_the_u.s.