April 1, 2014: 10 years ago, April 1 2014, a couple dozen activists blocked a private [...]
10 years ago, April 1 2014, a couple dozen activists blocked a private Google shuttle in the Mission ahead of a city vote on charging tech companies for using public bus stops. Organizers made several demands including free MUNI for all and a moratorium on no-fault evictions Several bus blockades …
April 1, 1967: 57 years ago, April 1 1967, Denzil Dowell, a Black 22-year old, was killed [...]
57 years ago, April 1 1967, Denzil Dowell, a Black 22-year old, was killed by a Contra Costa Sheriff’s Department officer in North Richmond. The struggle for justice for Dowell’s family would become the first major campaign of the new Black Panther Party for Self-Defense Prominent local civil rights activist …
March 31, 1986: 38 years ago, March 31 1986, activists demanding UC Berkeley divest from [...]
38 years ago, March 31 1986, activists demanding UC Berkeley divest from apartheid South Africa built a shantytown on Sproul Plaza, which they had renamed “Biko Plaza.” Police destroyed the shacks that night, making 61 arrests while students pelted their cars with rocks and eggs Earlier in the day, an …
March 30, 1969: 55 years ago, March 30 1969, the San Francisco Police Department murdered [...]
55 years ago, March 30 1969, the San Francisco Police Department murdered Black 19-year-old Alvert Joe Linthcome. The Black Panther Party and other groups organized a community “Black Ribbon Inquest,” calling for the arrest or execution of the police responsible Linthcome and a friend were driving around Hunters Point in …
March 30, 2001: 23 years ago, March 30 2001, San Francisco squatters held the “Grand [...]
23 years ago, March 30 2001, San Francisco squatters held the “Grand Opening” of the 949 Market squat (or “The Cathedral of Doo Doo”). Evicted that June, it functioned as an arts space and “temporary autonomous zone,” offering free food and room to relax to local houseless people @NeeedlesEye source …