March 10, 1975: 49 years ago, March 10 1975, the Frente de Liberacion Chicano (Chicano [...]
49 years ago, March 10 1975, the Frente de Liberacion Chicano (Chicano Liberation Front) committed a series of bombings against the Safeway corporation in in San Francisco, San Jose, and Piedmont in retaliation for their “non-recognition of the United Farm Workers of America” Bombs exploded at a Safeway in San …
March 20, 1975: 49 years ago, March 20 1975, the New World Liberation Front bombed [...]
49 years ago, March 20 1975, the New World Liberation Front bombed PG&E transmission towers in Oakland and San Mateo. They demanded that PG&E (a “parasite corporation… void of any human compassion” that “feeds off the misery of the poor”) cut utility rates for the poor in half
March 28, 1975: 49 years ago, March 28 1975, the Red Guerilla Family bombed the FBI office [...]
49 years ago, March 28 1975, the Red Guerilla Family bombed the FBI office in downtown Berkeley. The bombing, which reportedly did $10,000 in damage, was in solidarity with the Symbionese Liberation Army, surviving members of which were still evading capture
April 4, 1975: 49 years ago, April 4 1975, the Red Guerrilla Family bombed the Standard [...]
49 years ago, April 4 1975, the Red Guerrilla Family bombed the Standard Oil building in San Francisco. It was timed to correspond with a visit by President Ford, who was 3 blocks away when the bomb exploded. The building was evacuated after the RGF sent a warning The Standard …
April 30, 1975: 49 years ago, April 30 1975, Berkeley erupted in jubilation at news of [...]
49 years ago, April 30 1975, Berkeley erupted in jubilation at news of National Liberation Front’s victory in Vietnam. Many spontaneous marches snaked through the city as marchers sang “The Internationale.” One reveler said: “For all our fuck ups, we really helped do something”