November 21, 1969: 54 years ago, Nov 20 1969, 89 Native American activists occupied Alcatraz [...]
54 years ago, Nov 20 1969, 89 Native American activists occupied Alcatraz Island. The occupation, led by an ad-hoc group calling itself Indians of All Tribes, continued for nineteen months Since 1963, there had been numerous symbolic attempts by Indian activists to reclaim Alcatraz. After a failed attempt earlier that …
November 5, 1969: 54 years ago, Nov 5 1969, the Berkeley Tenants Union executed its first [...]
54 years ago, Nov 5 1969, the Berkeley Tenants Union executed its first mass action, marching from Sproul Plaza to the offices of Golden Gate Management Co in downtown Berkeley. BTU successfully pressured Golden Gate to rescind eviction notices that had been given to two tenants Golden Gate owner Art …
November 5, 2015: 8 years ago, Nov 5 2015, thousands of Berkeley High School students walked [...]
8 years ago, Nov 5 2015, thousands of Berkeley High School students walked out of class, held a mass rally, and marched throughout the city and the UC Berkeley campus after racist messages, including threats of lynching black students, were discovered on a school library computer
November 3, 1970: 53 years ago, Nov 3 1970, indigenous UC Davis students and organizers [...]
53 years ago, Nov 3 1970, indigenous UC Davis students and organizers linked to the American Indian Movement began a several month occupation of a decommissioned army communications camp near Davis, leading to the creation of California’s only indigenous college: D-Q University The occupation of Alcatraz and the recently established …
November 2, 2011: 12 years ago, November 2 2011, at least 15,000 demonstrators shut down the [...]
12 years ago, November 2 2011, at least 15,000 demonstrators shut down the Port of Oakland. The action was the centerpiece of a “general strike” that had been called by an Occupy Oakland general assembly the previous week, after the police violently cleared their camps Although the action fell far …