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Hands Off in Berkeley - Lots of people, lots of good signs. Add your own photos if you like... [1]
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Date: 2025-04-05
Mr pixxer and I rode our bikes a couple miles to the North Berkeley BART (metro) station, locking them up a few blocks away, where we could already see the place was mobbed. People took over Sacramento St. and walked to stand by University Ave, the main, central boulevard leading the few miles from the freeway by the Bay to the University of California campus. Lots of sign waving and lots of honking by motorists, including one bus driver :) We left just before 3pm. Berkeley police are really good at the cajoling method of crowd control, in my experience.
I’m sure there were a few thousand people there, though I haven’t heard any official crowd estimate.
The photos are supposed to be centered, but sometimes the site has a mind of its own about that. They lok ok so far...
So here are some more signs playing on old and more recent themes:
My apartment in Ann Arbor in about 1968 had a poster with this slogan and a photo of Stokely Carmichael.
Old enough to remember Burma Shave signs?? Loved this!
Yay for the Episcopalians!
This was made by a young person. Nice work :)
Someone had rested this sign upside down. Seemed appropriate, somehow
This was really painful to see. We offered our condolences (as many people had done) but that doesn’t bring the young man back. Kinda makes the rest of our complaints pale in comparison.
And this was really happy to see. I thought of wearing my pussy hat, but decided it was too warm. These women agreed, but wore them anyway. Delightful! They gave permission to post their images.
Don’t you love that tee shirt? “You thought I was a Nasty Woman before? Buckle up, Buttercup”
ETA: Berkeleyside covered the Oakland and Berkeley protest briefly.
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