Merry Xmas to you and yours! (Western Worker, San Francisco. Jan 1 1932) [...]

Merry Xmas to you and yours! (Western Worker, San Francisco. Jan 1 1932)

The actions, promoted on the Bay of Rage website, were planned in response to massive budget cuts announced earlier that year by then-mayor Jean Quan which mainly targeted social services, including the proposal to close 14 public libraries

A crowd gathered at Latham Square (in a nod to the 1948 Oakland General Strike) and marched toward the First Friday Art Murmur, which organizers described as a tool of gentrification. Along the way, they blocked streets, played music, and danced

Marchers finally made their way to an empty lot at 25th & Broadway where they projected films about the murder of Oscar Grant and the indigenous occupation of Sogorea Te/Glen Cove. Anticut actions continued through the summer, eventually leading into Occupy Oakland

@atlajala If you listen closely to the recording at Reed and compare to the finished version of Howl, it’s a bit different. Was still it seems a work in progress at that time but it’s quite close