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| − | The city of '''Berkeley''', [[California]], is home to a large branch of the [[University of California]], specifically [[University of California, Berkeley]] and is known for its very [[liberal]] politics, which at times has even included official positions on foreign policy. Berkeley was designated [[United States|America's]] third-most liberal city.<ref>http://www.govpro.com/News/Article/31439/</ref> | + | The city of '''Berkeley''', [[California]], is home to a large branch of the [[University of California]], specifically the jewel of the UC System [[University of California, Berkeley]] and is known for its extremely [[liberal]] [[radical]] [[politics]], which at times has even included official positions on [[foreign policy]]. Berkeley was designated [[United States|America's]] third-most liberal city.<ref>http://www.govpro.com/News/Article/31439/</ref> |
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| | In January 2008, the Berkeley City Council declared that the [[Marines]] are "uninvited and unwelcome intruders" in Berkeley. | | In January 2008, the Berkeley City Council declared that the [[Marines]] are "uninvited and unwelcome intruders" in Berkeley. |
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| − | Other examples of [[liberal]] college towns include [[Madison]], [[Wisconsin]], [[Austin]], [[Texas]], and [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. | + | Other examples of [[liberal]] college towns include [[Santa Cruz]], [[California]]; [[Madison]], [[Wisconsin]]; [[Austin]], [[Texas]]; and [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], [[Massachusetts]]. |
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| | + | In the [[San Francisco Bay Area]], Berkeley is second only to [[Santa Cruz]], for being famous for its [[Public school values|drug culture]], [[marijuana]] and [[methamphetamine]] [[drug abuse]], old [[hippy|hippies]], [[socialist]]s and [[communist]]s and rabid [[environmentalism]]. |
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| | + | It is the birthplace of what the [[hippy|hippies]] call the [[Free speech movement]]. Along with [[San Francisco]]'s [[Haight-Asbury]], Berkeley is considered one of the most important birthplaces of the [[Hippy]] movement and its [[free love]] and [[Summer of Love]]. |
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| | + | ==See Also== |
| | + | * [[University of California, Berkeley]] |
| | + | * [[San Francisco values]] |
| | + | * [[Liberal values]] |
| | + | * [[Santa Cruz]] and [[Berkeley]] |
| | + | * "[[Medical marijuana]]" |
| | + | * [[Silicon Valley]] |
| | + | * [[San Jose]], [[California]] |
| | + | * [[Hippy]] |
| | + | * [[Crystal meth]] |
| | + | * [[Environmentalism]] |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |
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| − | * [[San Francisco values]]
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| | [[Category:California Cities and Towns]] | | [[Category:California Cities and Towns]] |
| | + | [[Category:California]] |
| | + | [[Category:Liberals]] |
| | [[Category:Liberal Activists]] | | [[Category:Liberal Activists]] |
| | + | [[Category:Environmentalism]] |
| | [[Category:Anti Second Amendment]] | | [[Category:Anti Second Amendment]] |