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UC Berkeley Faculty Organize Rally to Protest Trump’s Attacks on Academic Freedom

Inside Climate News · By Liza Gross · last updated
Researchers, teachers and students gathered around the steps where the Free Speech Movement was born to condemn threats to the First Amendment and higher education.

By Liza Gross

Hundreds of people gathered on the University of California, Berkeley campus Wednesday to protest the Trump administration’s latest attack on academic freedom. They stood before the famed steps named after Free Speech Movement leader Mario Savio to celebrate the pursuit of knowledge, defend freedom of expression and protect access to higher education for all.