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Happy Earth Day! The first Earth Day was 54 years ago, April 22 1970. A [...]
Happy Earth Day! The first Earth Day was 54 years ago, April 22 1970. A group calling itself Environmental Vigilantes celebrated by dumping crankcase oil in the reflecting pool of Standard Oil’s San Francisco offices, in protest of a recent oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico For the most …
April 22, 1972: 52 years ago, April 22 1972, a coalition of over 50 Bay Area organizations [...]
52 years ago, April 22 1972, a coalition of over 50 Bay Area organizations mobilized a 25,000 person demonstration, leading a march from Baker and Fell through the Panhandle to Kezar Stadium, where a rally and “peace festival” were held, calling for an end to the war in Vietnam The …
April 22, 1961: 63 years ago, April 21 1961, the Fair Play for Cuba Committee organized a [...]
63 years ago, April 21 1961, the Fair Play for Cuba Committee organized a march in San Francisco in response to the failed Bay of Pigs invasion. Hundreds gathered, marching from Market St. to Union Square and the Federal Building, to demand an end to the U.S. invasion of Cuba …
The term “420” originated in 1971 with a group of Marin County high school [...]
The term “420” originated in 1971 with a group of Marin County high school students who met regularly at 4:20pm to search for an abandoned weed crop. Their meeting spot: a statue of Louis Pasteur built for the WPA by SF anti-fascist and radical bohemian Benny Bufano Two of Bufano’s …