Image The Firebrand / Free Society journal A partial online archive of weekly American anarchist newspaper The Firebrand (which later became Free Society) published from 1895-1904. The…
Image On Rent Strike against Gentrification and the Pandemic: An Interview with Residents of Station 40 in San Francisco An interview with the residents of Station 40 in San Francisco, who were among the…
Image Overview: The Explosion of Deferred Dreams Musician and historian Matt Callahan rehistoricizes the San Francisco music scene of the 1960s, reconnecting it to the working class and radical…
Image Working Class Decomposition and Gig Economy Work On 8 May 2019 around 300 protesters, mostly Uber and Lyft drivers, blocked Market Street in San Francisco in front of Uber's international…
Image E20: The Exotic Dancers Union Podcast episode about the workers at the Lusty Lady strip club in San Francisco who in 1997 were the first women who managed to unionise a strip…
Image No justice, no piece! A working girl's guide to labor organizing in the sex industry A manual created by the Exotic Dancers Union in San Francisco from their experiences organizing a…
Image San Francisco dockers call strike to confront white nationalist rally Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 10 in San Francisco have…
Image IWW and radical influences on the San Francisco waterfront For May Day 2017 Local 10 of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union invoked a contractual …
Image The Occupation of Alcatraz A history of the occupation of Alcatraz island by the Group Indians of All Tribes (IAT) a coalition of native American activists and…
Image The San Francisco “White Night” Riots of 1979: Bruce Martinez An essay on the causes of the 1979 "White Night Riots" and the role of harassment by the San…
Image 1979: The White Night Riot Brief history of what became known as the White Night Riots in the aftermath of the murder of openly gay supervisor Harvey Milk and progressive…
1992-96: Asian Immigrant Garment Workers Protests An account of the struggle of mostly immigrant Asian garment workers for work compensation and improvements in conditions.