COLLEGES ARE JUST THE STEAM COMING TO THE SURFACE-SIGNALLING THE ERUPTION TO COME

What happens when the real cuts and layoffs begin, when Social Security and Medicare get slashed? What happens when salaries of government workers are cut across the board? Look to Greece. These college campuses are just a taste of what is coming our way.

"UC Berkeley—where the idea of the March 4 Day of Action incubated last October—erupted into a riot of noise and colors Thursday afternoon, when more than 1,000 people marched from Sproul Plaza to Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland.

Students, faculty, staff and workers protested the budget cuts, fee hikes and furloughs in public education, chanting slogans, waving signs and playing loud music as they walked down Telegraph Avenue.

Interstate-880 in downtown Oakland was temporarily shut down when a small group broke off from the marchers and a little after 5 p.m. walked into the highway where they were chased away by police in riot gear. The California Highway Patrol said lanes was reopened around 5:30 p.m., but the incident backed up traffic in all directions.

In Berkeley, rally organizers estimated the crowd to be around 2,500, although the Berkeley Police Department said it was closer to 1,000."
Daily Planet