August 29, 1982: 40 years ago, Aug 28 1982, opening ceremonies were held for the first day [...]
40 years ago, Aug 28 1982, opening ceremonies were held for the first day of the Gay Olympics Games, Gay Games I, in San Francisco’s Kezar Stadium, kicking off of a week of participation in 17 sports by 1,350 athletes from 12 countries, and attended by over 10,000 people The …
April 15, 1984: 40 years ago, April 14 1984, Processed World, a radical magazine written [...]
40 years ago, April 14 1984, Processed World, a radical magazine written by white-collar workers in San Francisco, “toured” Silicon Valley in a blue bus. The tour called attention to the strong ties between the South Bay’s tech industry and the military-industrial establishment
April 16, 1984: 40 years ago, April 16 1984, mounted police attacked a crowd of 1,500 [...]
40 years ago, April 16 1984, mounted police attacked a crowd of 1,500 Latin America solidarity demonstrators who were protesting a Commonwealth Club speech by Henry Kissinger at the Hilton in San Francisco. 150 demonstrators were arrested, and one woman was trampled by a horse The crowd, which included a …
April 18, 1984: 40 years ago, April 17 1984, 37 anti-nuclear weapons demonstrators were [...]
40 years ago, April 17 1984, 37 anti-nuclear weapons demonstrators were arrested at a blockade of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory organized by the Livermore Action Group The action was considerably smaller than other blockades LAG had organized in the past, which had involved thousands rather than hundreds of participants. Several …
May 12, 1984: 40 years ago, May 12 1984, hundreds of people gathered and marched through [...]
40 years ago, May 12 1984, hundreds of people gathered and marched through the Mission at the Processed World magazine organized “End of the World’s Fair,” a satirical anti-war event planned to coincide with the beginning of the World’s Fair in New Orleans Political organizations like the anti-nuke Livermore Action …