{"id":33743,"date":"2024-05-17T12:11:17","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T19:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=33743"},"modified":"2024-05-17T12:11:19","modified_gmt":"2024-05-17T19:11:19","slug":"berkeley-protesters-have-broken-into-and-occupied-empty-building-in-renewed-pro-palestine-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2024\/05\/17\/berkeley-protesters-have-broken-into-and-occupied-empty-building-in-renewed-pro-palestine-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Berkeley Protesters Have Broken Into and Occupied Empty Building In Renewed Pro-Palestine Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>16 MAY 2024\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/news\/\">SF NEWS<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/author\/joe-kukura\/\">JOE KUKURA<\/a> (SFist.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-78-1024x521.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33744\" srcset=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-78-1024x521.png 1024w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-78-300x153.png 300w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-78-150x76.png 150w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-78-768x390.png 768w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-78-250x127.png 250w, http:\/\/occupysf.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-78.png 1078w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Just after UC Berkeley had successfully cleared the large tent encampment that was protesting the university&#8217;s military- and Israel-related investments, another renegade group has occupied the school&#8217;s empty Anna Head Hall, though their anti-semitic graffiti may not be helping their cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2024\/05\/01\/uc-berkeley-pro-palestine-encampment-grows-to-175-tents-violence-breaks-out-at-ucla-protest\/\">UC Berkeley \u201cGaza solidarity\u201d tent encampment<\/a>&nbsp;that had grown to nearly 200 tents was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2024\/05\/14\/day-around-the-bay-berkeley-gaza-protesters-agree-to-end-their-month-long-encampment\/\">just finally cleared<\/a>&nbsp;on Tuesday afternoon, with the school making&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/eastbay\/article\/uc-berkeley-gaza-protesters-start-break-camp-talks-19457730.php\">some fairly minor concessions<\/a>&nbsp;to the demonstrators. Yet just one day after the protesters packed up their tents, a rogue, offshoot protest group&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/news\/new-group-of-protesters-occupy-uc-berkeley-owned-vacant-building\">occupied an empty building on the Berkeley campus<\/a>&nbsp;Wednesday, as KTVU reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: A group of pro-Palestine protesters broke in and took over Anna Head Alumnae Hall. About 30 protesters hung up the Palestinian flag as well as boards reading \u201cFree Gaza\u201d and \u201cAvenge Al Shifa.\u201d<br>This is a developing story, check back for updates<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IfSMO1qynf\">https:\/\/t.co\/IfSMO1qynf<\/a><\/p>&mdash; The Daily Californian (@dailycal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dailycal\/status\/1790889610274640245?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>That building is called Anna Head Hall, which has been closed off for safety reasons&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2022\/05\/02\/historic-berkeley-building-damaged-by-fire\/\">since a 2022 fire<\/a>, and is still boarded up and in some degree of disrepair. It is now surrounded by tents, couches, and a few Palestinian flags, with at least a couple dozen protesters inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pro-Palestine protesters set up tents to establish a new encampment at Anna Head Alumnae Hall at the University of California, in Berkeley, California, on Wednesday, May 15, 2024. Photos by David Yee \u00a92024 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Tv1ply0RV3\">pic.twitter.com\/Tv1ply0RV3<\/a><\/p>&mdash; David Yee \u4f59\u5fb7\u8f1d (@Yeegeefoto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yeegeefoto\/status\/1791008614729269425?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>According to the Daily Cal, about&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailycal.org\/news\/campus\/group-of-pro-palestine-protesters-break-in-take-over-anna-head-hall\/article_6206c50e-130b-11ef-a209-2b1216039f67.html\">30 protesters took to the building<\/a>&nbsp;at around 3:15 pm Wednesday afternoon, and set up tents outside the building shortly thereafter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Some photos of the graffiti inside Anna Head, pulled from the Instagram account @\/uncompromising_liberation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xt8rYCOsnz\">https:\/\/t.co\/Xt8rYCOsnz<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mHBkMKN4io\">pic.twitter.com\/mHBkMKN4io<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Riley Cooke (@rrileycooke) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rrileycooke\/status\/1790904248160616865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>But their anti-semitic graffiti might not help win sympathy for their cause, as images circulating on social media show a \u2018Star of David equals swastika\u2019 graffiti imagery, and the message \u201cZionism is Nazism.\u201d The university says they don\u2019t know who these protesters are, and they may not be affiliated with the previous tent encampment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The school now considers the building to be an \u201cactive crime scene\u201d per KTVU. The Chronicle notes that as of Thursday morning,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/bayarea\/article\/berkeley-occupation-building-gaza-protest-19461777.php\">there have been no arrests<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are occupying the hall because saying \u2018free Palestine\u2019 is not enough,\u201d one unnamed protester told the Daily Cal. \u201cYou have to put action behind your words.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We will have more on this developing situation on UC Berkeley&#39;s campus this evening. Officials say avoid the area of Anna Head Alumnae Hall at 2538 Channing Way due to police activity. Our crew says it appears protesters are setting up a new encampment. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nvxEyrjSSJ\">pic.twitter.com\/nvxEyrjSSJ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; KTVU (@KTVU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KTVU\/status\/1790896089195004131?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><br>In a statement KTVU, UC Berkeley spokesperson Dan Mogulof said, &#8220;Today is the 55th anniversary of People&#8217;s Park and action was first announced on platforms controlled by People&#8217;s Park activists. They are vandalizing an unsafe boarded-up, fire-damaged building next to People&#8217;s Park.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/NationalSJP\/status\/1790916284462354816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1790916284462354816%7Ctwgr%5E4b9c0f7c125f3cc33f71368baca2a66141c5e429%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsfist.com%2F2024%2F05%2F16%2Fberkeley-protesters-have-broken-into-and-occupied-empty-building-in-renewed-pro-palestine-protest%2F<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Meanwhile, many of the protesters who were involved with the encampment are heading to UC Merced for the school\u2019s Board of Regents meeting. They\u2019re calling for the UC system to divest from companies that have provided support to Israel during the war, which the school has indicated it will not do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sfist.com\/2024\/05\/01\/uc-berkeley-pro-palestine-encampment-grows-to-175-tents-violence-breaks-out-at-ucla-protest\/\">UC Berkeley Gaza Solidarity Encampment Grows to 175 Tents; Violence Breaks Out at UCLA Protest [SFist]<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Image: Google Street View<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>16 MAY 2024\/SF NEWS\/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) Just after UC Berkeley had successfully cleared the large tent encampment that was protesting the university&#8217;s military- and Israel-related investments, another renegade group has occupied the school&#8217;s empty Anna Head Hall, though their anti-semitic graffiti may not be helping their cause. 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