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NEWS & LETTERS, March-April 2010
No to education cuts!
Oakland, Cal.--Thousands of students and teachers walked out of East Bay classrooms March 4 to converge on the steps of Oakland City Hall as part of a national Day of Action protesting horrendous budget cuts to public education. Marchers from grade school through university carried signs with messages such as "Educate the State" and "Instruction not Construction." A contingent of Latinos, Asians and Blacks representing various community colleges blocked the main entrance to City Hall with large banners that read "Fight Back" and "What the Hell Happened to Affordable Education?" Following the rally, 150 demonstrators completely stopped traffic on a nearby freeway. Many commuters got out of their cars to cheer them on.
--David M'Oto
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