Last Friday, UCD students occupying davis were pepper-sprayed at point blank by the police. Today, over thousands of students and folks from cal and oakland stood in solidarity with us. The rally was insane and I was proud to see UCD students getting political but it was pretty scary of where the focus was going. We were ruthless to Chancellor Katehi, and although she was the one who ordered the police onto campus- I give her props for standing in a crowd of thousands of students who held up signs of hate with her name on it. She stood as students chanted "resign", and boo-ed and harassed her down the bike path of UC Davis. She is a puppet to the UC regents - she could do a lot more for this campus and i hope she is able to see that we are serious. Getting her resign will get us - the 99%, one step closer to the UC regents and showing them that our public education shouldn't be fucked with. But then there's also the question of what happens after katehi leaves? The UC Regents will appoint someone new, someone who can better withstand the resistance of the people/students. See how fucked the system is? The 1% just so happen to be on the UC Regents board, and this public education? The education that symbolizes the "American Dream" that my parent's worked so hard to put me through, is just one large for-profit business for them. I ain't angry that the 1% are rich, I'm angry that they control our government and they control my public education with nothing but greed on their minds. We are all the 99%, it's time to wake up and use your voice. This movement will affect us all. If you can't occupy, close down all your major banks (open a credit union) and stand in solidarity with the occupy movement. Occupy everything.
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