1979: The White Night Riot
Submitted by Reddebrek on Feb 3 2017 18:36
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 mayor George Muscone.
1992-96: Asian Immigrant Garment Workers Protests
Submitted by Reddebrek on Jan 25 2017 22:25
An account of the struggle of mostly immigrant Asian garment workers for work compensation and improvements in conditions.
Bay Area bigly tells Trump: Get your small hands off my pussy
Submitted by Hieronymous on Jan 23 2017 01:02
With the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States, protests occurred in at least 370 cities around the world. The following is a subjective account of the Women's Marches that filled the streets of Oakland and San Francisco, California with hundreds of thousands on January 21, 2017.
Black Panthers at 50: Reflections on their legacy
Submitted by Hieronymous on Dec 25 2016 18:17
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, founded in Oakland, California. I went to the Oakland Museum of California to see the exhibit "All Power to the People: Black Panthers at 50" and it got me to reflect on how the Panthers and other movements of that era affected many radical projects that continued in their legacy.
February 1918 Vol 1 No 5
VOL 1. FEBRUARY, 1918, NEW YORK NO. 5.
The 1937 and 1938 San Francisco retail strikes - Michael B Reagan
Submitted by Steven. on Dec 13 2015 16:37
A history of the Department Store Employees Union Local 1100 and the 1937 and 1938 San Francisco retail strikes.
Solidarity, as weapon and practice, versus killer cops and white supremacy
Submitted by Cindy Milstein on Dec 12 2014 05:44
Cindy Milstein blogs about the wave of protests against police killings in the Bay Area, in the wake of the killings of Mike Brown and Eric Garner.
Increasingly, if you want to stay, home in San Francisco = resistance
Submitted by Cindy Milstein on Nov 19 2014 19:47
There is a noticeable and necessary sea change in “solidarity not charity” eviction defense in San Francisco, as evidenced by the November 18, 2014, rally outside yet another endangered home, this time in Hayes Valley at 194 Gough Street. That shift isn’t accidental; it’s due, in particular, to the tenants themselves, who carefully curated their own “Save Our Homes” public plea.
