July 22, 1984: 39 years ago, July 22 1984, 51 feminist and anti-nuclear activists from [...]
39 years ago, July 22 1984, 51 feminist and anti-nuclear activists from the Bohemian Grove Action Network were arrested while blockading the entrance to Bohemian Grove in Monte Rio, an all-male summer gathering place for the political and economic ultra-elite
September 25, 1984: 37 years ago, Sep 23 1984, Enola Gay, a "faggot affinity group" affiliated [...]
37 years ago, Sep 23 1984, Enola Gay, a “faggot affinity group” affiliated with the anti-nuclear Livermore Action Group, performed a blood ritual at Lawrence Livermore Lab. The ritual, known as “Blood & Money,” was one of the first protests against government handling of AIDS Livermore Action Group had been …
April 2, 1985: 39 years ago, April 2 1985, San Jose City Council voted 10-1 to ban city [...]
39 years ago, April 2 1985, San Jose City Council voted 10-1 to ban city investment in any firm doing business in apartheid South Africa. By the end of the year, San Francisco, Oakland, Palo Alto, and Richmond all passed similar divestment resolutions
April 11, 1985: 39 years ago, April 11 1985, sixteen Bay Area labor leaders were arrested [...]
39 years ago, April 11 1985, sixteen Bay Area labor leaders were arrested at a sit-in at the San Francisco offices of South African Airways. The labor leaders, who were “expressing their rejection of the sickness of apartheid,” were joined by a crowd of 150 outside the office @lesuperburp It …
October 27, 1985: 38 years ago, Oct 27 1985, the longest running act of civil disobedience [...]
38 years ago, Oct 27 1985, the longest running act of civil disobedience in SF began when two men, Steven Russell and Frank Bert, chained themselves to the door of the Federal Building to protest the government’s response to the AIDS crises. The ensuing occupation lasted 10 years