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Students, Education Workers Nationwide Rise Up to Defend Public Education on March 4

IMC-US, 05.03.2010

Nationwide demonstrations took place on Thursday, as students and education workers rose up against budget cuts, layoffs, fee hikes, and the system that prioritizes war and prisons over schools. Demonstrations took place at over 100 campuses in at least 39 states. The most militant actions took place in California. In Oakland, over 200 people shut down Interstate 880, resulting in a mass arrest. In Davis, protesters also tried to take over an Interstate. Thousands rallied in Sacramento, and in Santa Cruz, the UCSC campus was effectively shut down by 5am.

Sizable demonstrations also happened in Chicago, Minneapolis, New York City, Portland, Syracuse, Champaign, Baltimore and in Milwaukee, where 18 protesters were arrested.

See local IMCs for open-published coverage of all the March 4 actions: Southern California Actions: LA Indymedia (Crowdsourced Live Reports) | Northern California Actions: Indybay | Urbana-Champaign | Twin Cities | New York City (Pregame, Reportback) | Portland | Rochester | Santa Cruz







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