December 14, 1976: 47 years ago, Dec 14 1976, the New World Liberation Front attempted to [...]
47 years ago, Dec 14 1976, the New World Liberation Front attempted to bomb Diane Feinstein’s home in San Francisco. A pocket watch detonator fell from a ledge and the bomb didn’t go off. A communique from the NWLF demanded money for medical treatments for hospitalized prisoners
December 4, 1932: 91 years ago, Dec 4 1932, brutal rioting broke out as hundreds of striking [...]
91 years ago, Dec 4 1932, brutal rioting broke out as hundreds of striking tree pruners organized by the Communist Party’s Cannery & Agricultural Workers’ Industrial Union marched to the Vacaville Library to hold a mass meeting about police brutality against strikers The next day, masked vigilantes stormed the jail …
December 4, 1964: 59 years ago, Dec 4 1964, police arrested 801 students who had been [...]
59 years ago, Dec 4 1964, police arrested 801 students who had been occupying UC Berkeley’s Sproul Hall. 2000 students had taken over the hall (which they declared the “Free University of California”) in protest of the UC’s move to expel four leaders of the Free Speech Movement The Free …
December 3, 1968: 55 years ago, Dec 3 1968, Christian neo-Nazi group the Society of Man set [...]
55 years ago, Dec 3 1968, Christian neo-Nazi group the Society of Man set off a bomb at the Midpeninsula Free University, an experimental school in Menlo Park with strong links to the Maoist Revolutionary Union. That year, SoM executed dozens of attacks against progressive groups
December 2, 2015: 8 years ago, December 2 2015, 26-year-old Mario Woods was shot to death by [...]
8 years ago, December 2 2015, 26-year-old Mario Woods was shot to death by five SFPD officers in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco, creating a surge in the BLM movement and protests against police in the Bay during a tidal moment for anti-police struggles in the country A wave …