Berkeley

Last week I bought Steal This Book by Abbie Hoffman, and since then I've been intrigued by the political activism in the 60s/70s, specifically at Berkeley CA. Tonite I was reading a good write up on the roots of the activist movements at the Berkeley Public Library site and I came across the Free Speech Movement leader Mario Savio.

Mario was the one who gave the famous "throw your body upon the gears of the machine" speech during a protest on lifting the ban of on-campus political activities. I found it on youtube and it ranks up there with I Have a Dream and other famous speeches of that era. If you haven't seen it before check it out: