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US flag at berkeley flipped in sign of distress
This is a story with picture about the flipping of the US flag as a sign of distress at UC berkeley by an unknown individual.
3/19/03
Students at U.C. Berkeley, the east-bay university which was home to the Free Speech movement of the sixties, left their classes today to find the central flag on campus turned upside down.
According to all hands magazine, a Navy publication, the flying of a flag upside down is considered a distress signal. Many at the university find this to be a time of significant distress, as the Bush administration has ignored the voices of the world and Americans alike in what many see as a foolish and dangerous drive towards war with Iraq. There is also distress about the future of the university, facing significant budget cuts due to California's multibillion dollar deficit.
No one has claimed responsibility for this action, though a sign taped nearby explains the flag's nature as a distress signal and asks that students and administration "Please respect the nature of the symbol and leave the flag as is".
Students at U.C. Berkeley, the east-bay university which was home to the Free Speech movement of the sixties, left their classes today to find the central flag on campus turned upside down.
According to all hands magazine, a Navy publication, the flying of a flag upside down is considered a distress signal. Many at the university find this to be a time of significant distress, as the Bush administration has ignored the voices of the world and Americans alike in what many see as a foolish and dangerous drive towards war with Iraq. There is also distress about the future of the university, facing significant budget cuts due to California's multibillion dollar deficit.
No one has claimed responsibility for this action, though a sign taped nearby explains the flag's nature as a distress signal and asks that students and administration "Please respect the nature of the symbol and leave the flag as is".
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kewl...california flag on top, as it should be!
and to think, I thought the southerners were
whacked for still flying the confederate flag!
won't be too long now...
the U.S. will be going the way of the U.S.S.R.
not that I want that...but well,
bad karma has a way of finding you out...you know?
and, No amount of corporate media denial
will change that fact.
just wait till a few more people lose their jobs...
and to think, I thought the southerners were
whacked for still flying the confederate flag!
won't be too long now...
the U.S. will be going the way of the U.S.S.R.
not that I want that...but well,
bad karma has a way of finding you out...you know?
and, No amount of corporate media denial
will change that fact.
just wait till a few more people lose their jobs...
That's no mistake. That's just how bright they are in Berkeley.
>won't be too long now...
the U.S. will be going the way of the U.S.S.R.
That should make the Democrats/leftist/anarchists/communists/socialists happy. In their view, the USSR was paradise on Earth.
>won't be too long now...
the U.S. will be going the way of the U.S.S.R.
That should make the Democrats/leftist/anarchists/communists/socialists happy. In their view, the USSR was paradise on Earth.
Anarchists were among the harshest critics of the USSR, and rightly so. Read your history.
But that's not really the point. Nice action, whoever did it!
But that's not really the point. Nice action, whoever did it!
"Anarchists were among the harshest critics of the USSR"
Comestic appearances. I been in on the discussions. I know what they say in secret. The USSR was their hero.
Comestic appearances. I been in on the discussions. I know what they say in secret. The USSR was their hero.
You're full of it. I've never heard one real anarchist ever publically praise the USSR (unless you consider debunking hysterical anticommunist rhetoric as "praise"--which isn't unexpected, because such rhetorical fallacies are widely used among right wing propagandists).
I know of no real anarchists who claim that the Soviety Union was paradise privately either.
I challenge you to prove this utter bullshit with verifiable proof.
I know of no real anarchists who claim that the Soviety Union was paradise privately either.
I challenge you to prove this utter bullshit with verifiable proof.
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