April 11, 2006: 18 years ago, April 10 2006, 10,000 people marched for immigrant rights in [...]
18 years ago, April 10 2006, 10,000 people marched for immigrant rights in San Francisco’s Mission District. The demonstration was called in opposition to HR 4437, a proposed bill that would have rendered undocumented immigrants felons. The bill was later defeated The National Day of Action for Immigrant Justice saw …
January 1, 2009: 15 years ago, January 1 2009, BART police officer Johannes Mehserle [...]
15 years ago, January 1 2009, BART police officer Johannes Mehserle murdered Oscar Grant III at Oakland’s Fruitvale Station. Outrage over the killing and Mehserle’s lenient sentence sparked the 2009 anti-police terror movement, a precursor to the Black Lives Matter movement After celebrating New Year’s Eve in San Francisco, Grant …
March 26, 2009: 15 years ago, March 25 2009, the Uhuru Movement led a march against police [...]
15 years ago, March 25 2009, the Uhuru Movement led a march against police brutality in remembrance of Lovelle Mixon. Mixon, a Black Oaklander, died in a shootout after killing four Oakland cops on March 21st The Mixon shootout took place in the context of an ongoing anti-police terror movement …
March 5, 2010: 14 years ago, March 4 2010, thousands of students and educational workers [...]
14 years ago, March 4 2010, thousands of students and educational workers in San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Vallejo, Concord & Napa staged walkouts and demonstrations to protest budget cuts, tuition hikes, layoffs & other austerity measures, as part of a national day of action Following the 2008 financial crash, public …
November 5, 2010: 12 years ago, Nov 5 2010, protests broke out over the lenient sentence [...]
12 years ago, Nov 5 2010, protests broke out over the lenient sentence given to BART police officer Johannes Mehserle for the murder of Oscar Grant III. Mehserle was given the minimum recommended sentence of only two years minus time served. He was released less than a year later Oscar …