November 28, 1933: 90 years ago, November 28 1933, 600 people rallied in Oakland in defense [...]
90 years ago, November 28 1933, 600 people rallied in Oakland in defense of Wiley Young, a Black communist who had been jailed the previous week for “disturbing the peace” after setting up a graphic display in defense of the Scottsboro Boys. Langston Hughes spoke at the rally
December 19, 1933: 90 years ago, Dec 19 1933, the Communist Party held at a protest at the [...]
90 years ago, Dec 19 1933, the Communist Party held at a protest at the German Consulate in San Francisco, demanding the Nazi government free the communists it had charged with burning the Reichstag. 3 party members were arrested for painting red hammer & sickles on the consulate One of …
January 29, 1934: 90 years ago, January 28 1934, the San Leandro Post of the American Legion [...]
90 years ago, January 28 1934, the San Leandro Post of the American Legion announced a $25 bounty for information leading to the capture of communists working in Civilian Conservation Corps camps, for fear they would “stir up revolts [and strike for] the abolition of discipline”
May 9, 1934: 90 years ago, May 9 1934, 15,000 West Coast longshoremen walked off their [...]
90 years ago, May 9 1934, 15,000 West Coast longshoremen walked off their jobs to demand closed shops and union-controlled hiring halls. Locally, the strike would last into the summer, eventually culminating in the 4-day San Francisco General Strike The next day, clashes broke out as bosses used armored cars …
June 6, 1934: 90 years ago, June 6 1934, amid a strike in Brentwood by the Communist [...]
90 years ago, June 6 1934, amid a strike in Brentwood by the Communist Party-led Cannery & Agricultural Workers Industrial Union (CAWIU), around 200 apricot workers and organizers (along with their families) were rounded up in cattle pens and “deported” out of Contra Costa County Since 1932, the CAWIU had …