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Shipping containers, a symbol of capitalism, help free People’s Park
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Police cleared out homeless occupiers of People’s Park that is being secured with double-stacked shipping containers..
People’s Park — land seized from the people of California — was forged in the crucible that was the Berkeley Free Speech Movement in 1968. It served as a gathering place for the free speech movement for years. And much like some segments of the free speech movement today, it has become a wretched caricature of the original sentiments that led to its occupation.