Category Archives: Occupy Wall Street
Occupying the Future, Starting at the Roots
Occupied Urban Farmland in the Bay Area Highlights Privatization of Public Universities and Corporatization of Public Trust By Diana Pei Wu Cross-posted from Race, Poverty and the Environment As a mother, I was nervous about taking my daughters into a land occupation. But … Continue reading
Filed under Occupy Wall Street, Urban agrciculture
Unclean Hands at the Gill Tract?
UC Berkeley researchers say they have nothing to do with Big Agribusiness, but records show that companies like Monsanto profit from their work. By Darwin BondGraham, cross-posted from the East Bay Express The battle over the future of Albany’s Gill Tract … Continue reading
UC Police Assert Private Control Over Gill Tract; Farmers Respond: Farmland is for Farming
Albany, CA, May 14, 2012 - This morning, over 100 police officers armed with projectiles, batons, and pepper-ball guns descended on the Gill Tract Farm to attempt to force an end to community efforts to reclaim the Gill Tract for community use. The land, … Continue reading
Filed under Occupy Wall Street, Urban agrciculture
University of California Police Seal Off the Gill Tract: Rally Called for 5 PM
Thursday, May 10th, 2012, Albany, CA – Today at noon, the UCPD closed off the last remaining pedestrian access to the Gill Tract by chaining and locking the gate at San Pablo and Marin Avenues. For the past 24 hours, that gate had remained open. … Continue reading
Filed under Occupy Wall Street, Urban agrciculture
Breaking News from Occupy the Farm: Farmers to Remediate Neglected Portions of Gill Tract
Thursday, May 10th: Albany, CA – Professor Miguel Altieri, researcher at the Gill Tract for 31 years, planned to begin planting his research plot with his students yesterday morning. An hour before he was scheduled to begin, the UC administration barricaded … Continue reading
Filed under Occupy Wall Street, Urban agrciculture
Gill Tract Raid Results in Standoff, Enclosure…and Dry-Farmed Tomatoes
NOTE: Yesterday, we posted this lengthy look at Occupy the Farm in light of the Commons. Less than twelve hours after posting that piece, UC Police raided the Gill Tract. As this breaking news report reveals, the Farm continues — … Continue reading
Filed under Occupy Wall Street, Posts from Jeff Conant, Urban agrciculture
UC Police Move in on “Occupy the Farm”
Police barricade Occupy the Farm in Albany Note: A police lieutenant told NBC Bay Area “this is not a raid…” So when is a raid not a raid? -The GJEP Team Cross-posted from NBC Bay Area By Lisa Fernandez and Christie Smith | Wednesday, … Continue reading
A Breath of Fresh Air for the Occupy Movement: How Occupy the Farm Hopes to Reclaim the Commons
By Jeff Conant When hundreds of people took up the banner of “Occupy the Farm” on April 22nd and laid claim to a patch of urban farmland owned by UC Berkeley, it was not the first time this 5-acre parcel … Continue reading
Filed under Occupy Wall Street, Posts from Jeff Conant, Urban agrciculture
Gill Tract Farmers Respond to UC Ultimatum
NOTE: We’ve just received this statement from Occupy the Farm, in Berkeley, CA. Even for those not in the area or concerned about the details of this particular story, this dispatch gives insight into the dynamics at play in one … Continue reading
Filed under Food Sovereignty, Occupy Wall Street
Gill Tract occupation’s mission mirrors state public policy goals
NOTE: Occupy the Farm, an action that began on Earth Day and continues now, two weeks later, is, first and foremost, a locally-based struggle over a piece of prime farmland in urban Berkeley and Albany, California. But, as this Op-Ed … Continue reading
Filed under Food Sovereignty, Industrial agriculture, Occupy Wall Street
