April 15, 1949: 75 years ago, April 15 1949, KPFA radio aired its first broadcast in [...]
75 years ago, April 15 1949, KPFA radio aired its first broadcast in Berkeley. The country’s first listener-sponsored non-commercial radio station, KPFA has served as an important platform for Bay Area left and progressive social movements over the last several decades @kpfaradio @marindatanow CLR James also wrote a Melville study …
April 15, 1984: 40 years ago, April 14 1984, Processed World, a radical magazine written [...]
40 years ago, April 14 1984, Processed World, a radical magazine written by white-collar workers in San Francisco, “toured” Silicon Valley in a blue bus. The tour called attention to the strong ties between the South Bay’s tech industry and the military-industrial establishment
April 14, 1858: Archy Lee Declared a Free Man
April 14 1858, Archy Lee, who had escaped slavery and was living in San Francisco, was declared a free man after winning a Fugitive Slave Act trial brought against him by his former legal “owner”. In February, the California State Supreme Court had sided with Lee’s former “owner,” Charles Stovall, …
April 13, 1968: 56 years ago, Apr 13 1968, the Peace & Freedom Party led a Lil’ Bobby [...]
56 years ago, Apr 13 1968, the Peace & Freedom Party led a Lil’ Bobby Hutton memorial march to the Alameda County Courthouse, where Huey P. Newton was being held on charges of murdering a policeman. The demonstrators were saluted with “V” signs by courthouse prisoners The march was led …
Rest in peace to Loren Goldner, who taught his first lessons on Marxism in [...]
Rest in peace to Loren Goldner, who taught his first lessons on Marxism in Santa Rita Jail at age 21 https://t.co/n48NWzmySh