Inspired by explosion of Gaza solidarity encampments, we wrote about the [...]
Inspired by explosion of Gaza solidarity encampments, we wrote about the (remarkably successful) anti-apartheid occupation movement at Berkeley for @NotesFrom_Below https://t.co/xeu2Qacite
April 29, 1923: IWW Mutiny Against KKK
April 29 1923, sailors affiliated with the Industrial Workers of the World mutinied and abandoned the Steamer Hartwood in San Francisco harbor. The action was part of a failed IWW-led maritime strike in San Pedro that saw collaboration between LA police and the KKK.
April 29, 1969: 55 years ago, April 28 1969, a large Free Huey rally was held in San [...]
55 years ago, April 28 1969, a large Free Huey rally was held in San Francisco’s Fillmore ahead of Huey Newton’s bail hearing. 160 cops instigated a riot, attacking the crowd and filling the streets with tear gas after raiding the Black Panther Party office, arresting 16 Panthers
April 28, 1974: 50 years ago, April 28 1974, riots erupted in Union City's predominantly [...]
50 years ago, April 28 1974, riots erupted in Union City’s predominantly Latino Decoto neighborhood over the police killing of Alberto Terrones Jr. ten days earlier Terrones had been killed after stealing three canned hams from a Lucky Supermarket in Hayward. Local residents told newspapers the rioting, which reportedly did …
April 26, 1977: 47 years ago, April 26 1977, a gunfight at the People's Food System's San [...]
47 years ago, April 26 1977, a gunfight at the People’s Food System’s San Francisco Cooperating Warehouse left one dead & one (San Quentin 6 member Willie Tate) critically wounded. The shootout is regarded as having spelled the end for the People’s Food System’s co-op network The People’s Food System, …