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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/berkeley-at-center-of-political-battleground-reverses-decision-to-cancel-speech-by-conservative-pundit-ann-coulter/2017/04/20/75574a72-25ef-11e7-b503-9d616bd5a305_story.html?utm_term=.1374fa9cf6e6

BERKELEY, Calif. — Conservative commentator Ann Coulter has turned down a compromise offer to speak next month at the University of California at Berkeley, insisting she plans to stick with next week’s planned appearance that was canceled by officials over security concerns.

Coulter’s rejection opened the latest showdown after days of dueling in which Berkeley called off the speech then later reversed the decision but offered a different date and venue.

It also again thrusts this liberal haven in the center of ideological struggles between campus free expression and protest movements after repeated violent outbursts at protests and speeches on this campus and elsewhere since President Trump’s election.

Rallies in and around Berkeley have devolved into near-riots that have included bloody fistfights and molotov cocktails. Left-wing activists have clashed with Trump supporters, and anarchists in black masks have squared off against ­self-proclaimed militia groups.