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…
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.
Bay Area bigly tells Trump: Get your small hands off my pussy With the inauguration of Donald Trump as president of the United States, protests occurred in at…
Black Panthers at 50: Reflections on their legacy 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…
The 1937 and 1938 San Francisco retail strikes - Michael B Reagan A history of the Department Store Employees Union Local 1100 and the 1937 and 1938 San Francisco…
Solidarity, as weapon and practice, versus killer cops and white supremacy Cindy Milstein blogs about the wave of protests against police killings in the Bay Area, in the wake…
Increasingly, if you want to stay, home in San Francisco = resistance There is a noticeable and necessary sea change in “solidarity not charity” eviction defense in San…
The Giants won and capitalism is the loss Cindy Milstein on the celebratory rioting which followed the San Francisco Giants winning the world series, and its background.
