March 30, 1980: 44 years ago, March 30 1980, anti-nuclear groups held a march in San [...]
44 years ago, March 30 1980, anti-nuclear groups held a march in San Francisco to mark the first anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster, which they used to make a case against opening the Diablo Canyon Power Plant in San Luis Obispo The Berkeley-based Alternative Energy Collective also …
March 24, 1982: 42 years ago, March 24 1982, three Salvadoran refugees announced their [...]
42 years ago, March 24 1982, three Salvadoran refugees announced their decision to seek sanctuary at Berkeley’s University Lutheran Chapel, inaugurating what would become the Sanctuary Movement 5 local churches adopted a “sanctuary covenant”, vowing to defy immigration law by protecting refugees from deportation. This would go on to serve …
June 9, 1982: 42 years ago, June 9 1982, over a thousand people, mostly Palestinian, [...]
42 years ago, June 9 1982, over a thousand people, mostly Palestinian, Lebanese, and Jewish, demonstrated in front of San Francisco’s Federal Building against Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, demanding an immediate Israeli withdrawal
June 12, 1982: 42 years ago, June 12 1982, 50,000 people marched in San Francisco to call [...]
42 years ago, June 12 1982, 50,000 people marched in San Francisco to call for an end to the nuclear arms race. Coinciding with the opening of disarmament talks at the U.N., demos were held across the country, including a protest of one million people in New York’s Central Park …
August 23, 1982: 40 years ago, Aug 22 1982, the torch for the first Gay Games was carried [...]
40 years ago, Aug 22 1982, the torch for the first Gay Games was carried across the Golden Gate bridge into San Francisco by Sue Walker, completing a 70-day, 4,000 mile long journey from the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. Over 200 runners and cyclists helped carry the torch A …