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http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/02/12/berkeley.marines/index.html
Showdown looms in ‘treasonous’ Berkeley
(CNN) — Military supporters descended on Berkeley early Tuesday, demanding the famously liberal California college town rescind its vote that says Marine recruiters are “not welcome in this city.”
Military supporters and anti-war demonstrators began gathering in Berkeley early Tuesday.
The pro-military demonstrators were met by anti-war protesters who had camped out overnight, setting the stage for a dramatic showdown late in the day when the City Council is to discuss whether to revoke its previous vote.
“Their treasonous action, especially at this time of war right now, is not acceptable,” said Mary Pearson, a spokeswoman for the group Move America Forward.
“It’s very, very important for everyone to stand united ... to give our Marines and all of our military the greatest respect and honor that they deserve.”
Before the sun was even up, about 300 demonstrators — both pro-military and anti-war — were already standing toe-to-toe in downtown. Many traded jeers and sneers.
“Code Pink doesn’t stand for us,” one sign said, held by a man in military fatigues. Signs held by anti-war activists read, “End the War” and “Bring the troops home now.”
The City Council is to meet at 7 p.m. PT on whether to take back its previous measure urging the Marine recruiters to leave town.
“If recruiters choose to stay, they do so as uninvited and unwelcome intruders,” the measure says.
It went on to say the council applauds residents and organizations that “volunteer to impede, passively or actively, by nonviolent means, the work of any military recruiting office located in the City of Berkeley.”
Ever since the council measure, protesters with the anti-war group Code Pink have camped outside the Marine recruiting office on Shattuck Avenue, singing peace songs and chanting slogans for an end to the Iraq war
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Of course, it fails to say they are assaulting anyone who tries to go in the office as well. Which is a violation of the law, and that the police are doing nothing to protect innocent citizens, and indeed have done nothing to stop the Code Pinkos from assaulting the counterprotestors.
WITHHOLD FEDERAL FUNDS! BOYCOTT BERKELEY!