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Lubna Z. Qureshi completed her doctorate in U.S. history from the University of California, Berkeley in 2006. She is the author of Nixon, Kissinger, and Allende: U.S. Involvement in the 1973 Coup in Chile (Bloomsbury, 2008) and Olof Palme, Sweden, and the Vietnam War: A Diplomatic History (Bloomsbury, 2023). Her essay, “Olof Palme, Sweden, and the Vietnam War: An Outspoken Socialist among European Socialists,” was published in the edited volume, European Socialists Across Borders: Transnational Cooperation and Alternative Visions of Europe After 1945, eds. Andrew Williams and Mélanie Torrent (University of London Press, 2025). The entire edited volume can be read for free via Open Access: https://uolpress.co.uk/book/european-socialists-across-borders/. Lubna can be reached at lubnaqureshi1974@gmail.com.

Despite Its Liberal Reputation, the University of California at Berkeley Has Long History of Advancing White Supremacy, Militarism and Quashing Student Protests

Lubna Z. Qureshi - April 22, 2026 0

The late Mario Savio was a leading light of the Free Speech Movement (FSM) at the University of California, Berkeley. His 1964 speech is now legend: There’s a time when the operation of the machine becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart, that you can’t take part! You...