February 11, 1884: Chinese Cigar Makers in San Francisco Get a Win
February 11 1884, Chinese cigar makers in San Francisco, recently organized into a union, won an increase of $1 per 1000 cigars from their white employers. The white-dominated labor movement ignored militancy by Chinese workers, whom it largely considered unorganizable. Rather than organize with them against factory owners, white workers …
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February 11, 1969: 55 years ago, Feb 11 1969, a bomb exploded at the headquarters of the [...]
55 years ago, Feb 11 1969, a bomb exploded at the headquarters of the Concerned Citizens Peace Center in downtown Palo Alto. It was the second attack on the peace center within a few months and connected to a string of bombings targeting left-wing organizations in the peninsula Another bomb …
February 9, 1971: 53 years ago, Feb 8 1971, a bomb exploded at an abandoned Hunters Point [...]
53 years ago, Feb 8 1971, a bomb exploded at an abandoned Hunters Point house after San Francisco police had been lured there with false reports. The Black Panther Party enthused about the attack in its paper; a member of the Black Liberation Army later claimed responsibility
February 8, 1971: 53 years ago, February 8 1971, the Coalition Against the War in Indochina [...]
53 years ago, February 8 1971, the Coalition Against the War in Indochina organized an anti-war rally in Stanford’s White Plaza. 700 students then marched into and temporarily occupied the Graduate School of Business to confront school president Lyman and the board of trustees