December 14, 1976: 47 years ago, Dec 14 1976, the New World Liberation Front attempted to [...]
47 years ago, Dec 14 1976, the New World Liberation Front attempted to bomb Diane Feinstein’s home in San Francisco. A pocket watch detonator fell from a ledge and the bomb didn’t go off. A communique from the NWLF demanded money for medical treatments for hospitalized prisoners
February 5, 1977: 47 years ago, Feb 4 1977, the New World Liberation Front (NWLF) blew up [...]
47 years ago, Feb 4 1977, the New World Liberation Front (NWLF) blew up the car of San Francisco DA Joseph Freitas Jr. while it was parked in front of his home. The bomb went off 24 hours after an SF Grand Jury returned a 12-count indictment against NWLF courier …
February 25, 1977: 47 years ago, February 25 1977, unknown gunmen fired shots into Bread [...]
47 years ago, February 25 1977, unknown gunmen fired shots into Bread & Roses Bookshop, a Communist Party-affiliated bookstore in San Jose. B&R management believed the attack was retaliation for the store’s role as a center for refugees fleeing the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile
April 26, 1977: 47 years ago, April 26 1977, a gunfight at the People's Food System's San [...]
47 years ago, April 26 1977, a gunfight at the People’s Food System’s San Francisco Cooperating Warehouse left one dead & one (San Quentin 6 member Willie Tate) critically wounded. The shootout is regarded as having spelled the end for the People’s Food System’s co-op network The People’s Food System, …
May 1, 1977: 47 years ago, May 1 1977, Santa Cruz-based ecological guerrilla group [...]
47 years ago, May 1 1977, Santa Cruz-based ecological guerrilla group Environmental Life Force marked May Day by firebombing five planes used for pesticide application in Salinas, in what was likely the first left-wing environmentalist bombing in American history ELF, led by UC Santa Cruz research boat pilot John Hanna, …