April 18, 1932: 92 years ago, April 18 1932, the Communist Party's International Labor [...]
92 years ago, April 18 1932, the Communist Party’s International Labor Defense saved Dea Chong, a Chinese communist living in San Francisco, from deportation to China, where he was likely to be killed by the Kuomintang government. Chong instead emigrated to the Soviet Union
April 18, 1984: 40 years ago, April 17 1984, 37 anti-nuclear weapons demonstrators were [...]
40 years ago, April 17 1984, 37 anti-nuclear weapons demonstrators were arrested at a blockade of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory organized by the Livermore Action Group The action was considerably smaller than other blockades LAG had organized in the past, which had involved thousands rather than hundreds of participants. Several …
April 17, 1990: 34 years ago, April 17 1990, dualing Cambodian demos of pro and anti-Khmer [...]
34 years ago, April 17 1990, dualing Cambodian demos of pro and anti-Khmer Rouge occupied UN Plaza in San Francisco on the 15th anniversary of CPK rule in Cambodia
April 16, 1984: 40 years ago, April 16 1984, mounted police attacked a crowd of 1,500 [...]
40 years ago, April 16 1984, mounted police attacked a crowd of 1,500 Latin America solidarity demonstrators who were protesting a Commonwealth Club speech by Henry Kissinger at the Hilton in San Francisco. 150 demonstrators were arrested, and one woman was trampled by a horse The crowd, which included a …
April 16, 2017: 7 years ago, April 15 2017, antifascists clashed with far-right & [...]
7 years ago, April 15 2017, antifascists clashed with far-right & white supremacist demonstrators (including members of the Oath Keepers, Identity Evropa, and the neo-nazi Rise Above Movement) in Berkeley’s MLK Jr. Civic Center Park (Provo Park) There were 20 arrests and 11 reported injuries, most famously the assault by …