At a Concert to Save the Berkeley Post Office Aug. 17 2013, an impromptu group led by Occupella’s Hali Hammer performs a special rendition of “We Shall Not Be Moved” customized for the cause.
Tag: Berkeley
Aug 07
Post Office Sit-In Continues
Dave Welsh posted this via email: Bulletin #3 – Day 12 of Tent City on steps of Berkeley’s Post Office Tent City to privateers: Hands off the public commons! Halt the heist of the Post Office! Berkeley, California, August 7, 2013 – The Tent City on the steps of Berkeley’s main post office is now in its 12th day. Two dozen campers have been sleeping there to rally opposition …
Aug 01
Save the Post Office – Media coverage
Occupella’s Hali Hammer sends this roundup of links to videos and media coverage of the Post Office issue: YouTube video of the the demonstration at the Berkeley Post Office July 27: Another video of the second day of demonstrations: NBC coverage video of July 28 event, click here. (Link may work only in Firefox) Contra Costa Times …
Jul 27
Save the Post Office
While the Administration remains silent, the management of the U.S. Post Office continues to kowtow to the Republican right wing and its drive to hand over choice Post Office real estate and its most profitable services to private corporations. As in numerous other cities, the historic Post Office building in Berkeley is slated to be …
May 09
Berkeley Post Office: Not Just a Building
The Berkeley Post Office is on the auction block in one of the slimiest backroom deals in the sordid history of pol-fin clubbiness. This centrally located building is a 99-year old architectural and cultural landmark, but it’s not just a building. OK, it’s just another piece of real estate, another sales commission to the mega-broker …
Apr 28
Emergency Neighborhood Drill
The photo shows something we almost certainly WON’T see in a real emergency: the Berkeley Fire Department. Saturday (4/27) was the Citywide Emergency Drill, and I joined other neighbors from this block and the next in a dry run of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) procedures. The neighbors a block away, who had been …
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