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As promised in Chapter 5 of Underdogma, here are files documenting  the Berkeley student protesters.

Underdogma is about standing up for the “little guy” and raising a fist to “fight the power.” 
The power being fought often comes second, with causes being picked up and dropped like changing fashions. Members of this “anti” tribe are united more by how they stand (generally with a raised fist) than by where they stand.

And it all began at Berkeley in 1964. For the full picture, read Chapter 5 of Underdogma:  “Fight The Power (Whatever The Power May Be).” CLICK HERE TO BUY

To see and hear the Berkeley Underdogmatists in their own words, click on the links below.

CBS “The Berkeley Rebels,” narrated by Harry Reasoner
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/videodir/asx2/berkeleyrebels.asx

Mario Savio: full “Gears” speech
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWO2IFSDGUQ&feature=related

Free Speech Movement leaflets
http://www.fsm-a.org/leaflets/index.htm

Berkeley archives
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/FSM.html
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/FSM/fsm_ead.html

Free Speech Movement image collection
http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/themed_collections/subtopic6b.html