Now we must clinch the deal. This is an age of great turmoil across the country, and Berkeley is no exception. Nationally, Trump is racing to implement his authoritarian agenda to destroy democratic institutions and constitutional freedoms, make war, recreate…
by Tracy Rosenberg A broad range of bills may be helpful to civil liberties folks… Assembly Bill 1542 (Ward) – Bans the sale of sensitive personal information by California businesses Assembly Bill 1807 (Gabriel) – Bans the use of state property…
A Victory—”If You Can Keep It.” Please note: This is the lead article in a series in this edition of Berkeley Speaks on the topic of Flock contracting, mass surveillance, and the defense of Sanctuary. This article assesses the May…
How did the movement prevail over Flock? What happens next? In the lead article in this series, “A Victory—if You Can Keep It,” Berkeley Speaks describes the biggest strength of the Stop Flock campaign: the combined force of the privacy,…
The danger of collaborating with the feds—not just with ICE. The No Flock campaign expanded the idea of Sanctuary beyond just non-collaboration with ICE. Last fall, on Council Member Lunaparra’s motion and at the urging of the Berkeley Immigration Collaborative…
What “mass surveillance” actually is, and how it is used against community members. Supporters of surveillance commonly make these arguments: It is true that surveillance is all around us, using our own personal technology against us to steal our private…