December 3, 1946: 75 years ago, Dec 2 1946, 10,000 workers amassed in downtown Oakland in [...]
75 years ago, Dec 2 1946, 10,000 workers amassed in downtown Oakland in solidarity with striking retail store clerks. The rank-and-file action marked the true beginning of the Oakland General Strike, one day before it was officially called by the AFL Central Labor Council The General Strike grew out of …
April 15, 1949: 75 years ago, April 15 1949, KPFA radio aired its first broadcast in [...]
75 years ago, April 15 1949, KPFA radio aired its first broadcast in Berkeley. The country’s first listener-sponsored non-commercial radio station, KPFA has served as an important platform for Bay Area left and progressive social movements over the last several decades @kpfaradio @marindatanow CLR James also wrote a Melville study …
October 24, 1949: 74 years ago, Oct 24 1949, two workers at Oakland's Rose-Waterman Drug [...]
74 years ago, Oct 24 1949, two workers at Oakland’s Rose-Waterman Drug Store were murdered. The killings were pinned on Black teenager Jerry Newson, who was sentenced to death. The verdict was reversed after a campaign by the Communist Party’s East Bay Civil Rights Congress Newson, who worked at a …
March 6, 1952: 69 years ago, Mar 6 1952, supporters of a Black family called the Garys, [...]
69 years ago, Mar 6 1952, supporters of a Black family called the Garys, organized by the Communist Party’s East Bay Civil Rights Congress, faced off with a racist mob in Rollingwood, Contra Costa County Wilbur Gary, Vice-Commander of the local American Legion, had moved his family into a house …
March 6, 1952: 72 years ago, Mar 6 1952, a group of volunteers organized by the Communist [...]
72 years ago, Mar 6 1952, a group of volunteers organized by the Communist Party’s East Bay Civil Rights Congress confronted a racist mob in Rollingwood, Contra Costa County, which was attempting to drive a Black family called the Garys out of the otherwise all-white neighborhood Wilbur Gary, Vice-Commander of …