March 21, 2014: 10 years ago, March 21 2014, four SFPD officers murdered 28-year-old Alex [...]
10 years ago, March 21 2014, four SFPD officers murdered 28-year-old Alex Nieto, a lifelong resident of Bernal Heights, on Bernal Hill. In 2016, all four officers were acquitted. His death and the acquittal sparked a wave of struggles against police brutality throughout the bay
April 1, 2014: 10 years ago, April 1 2014, a couple dozen activists blocked a private [...]
10 years ago, April 1 2014, a couple dozen activists blocked a private Google shuttle in the Mission ahead of a city vote on charging tech companies for using public bus stops. Organizers made several demands including free MUNI for all and a moratorium on no-fault evictions Several bus blockades …
August 16, 2014: 8 years ago, Aug 16 2014, thousands of people converged at the Port of [...]
8 years ago, Aug 16 2014, thousands of people converged at the Port of Oakland to block an Israeli-owned container ship from docking and unloading at the port as part of a wider “Block the Boat” campaign. Similar protests took place in Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver that week The Zim …
January 16, 2015: 9 years ago, Jan 16 2015, Black Lives Matter activists from dozens of [...]
9 years ago, Jan 16 2015, Black Lives Matter activists from dozens of groups kicked off “96 Hours of Action to Reclaim King’s Legacy,” 4 days of actions across the Bay Area called by the Anti-Police Terrorism Project. In Oakland, activists blocked the Federal Building for 4 hours That same …
November 5, 2015: 8 years ago, Nov 5 2015, thousands of Berkeley High School students walked [...]
8 years ago, Nov 5 2015, thousands of Berkeley High School students walked out of class, held a mass rally, and marched throughout the city and the UC Berkeley campus after racist messages, including threats of lynching black students, were discovered on a school library computer