October 27, 1985: 38 years ago, Oct 27 1985, the longest running act of civil disobedience [...]
38 years ago, Oct 27 1985, the longest running act of civil disobedience in SF began when two men, Steven Russell and Frank Bert, chained themselves to the door of the Federal Building to protest the government’s response to the AIDS crises. The ensuing occupation lasted 10 years
October 25, 2011: 12 years ago, Oct 25 2011, police raided Occupy Oakland's two-week-old [...]
12 years ago, Oct 25 2011, police raided Occupy Oakland’s two-week-old encampments at Oscar Grant Plaza (Frank Ogawa Plaza) & Snow Park, leading to a day of protests & violent clashes between themselves and occupiers, who declared a “general strike” planed for Nov 2nd in response The 5am raid was …
October 24, 1949: 74 years ago, Oct 24 1949, two workers at Oakland's Rose-Waterman Drug [...]
74 years ago, Oct 24 1949, two workers at Oakland’s Rose-Waterman Drug Store were murdered. The killings were pinned on Black teenager Jerry Newson, who was sentenced to death. The verdict was reversed after a campaign by the Communist Party’s East Bay Civil Rights Congress Newson, who worked at a …
October 19, 1966: 57 years ago, October 19 1966, a 3-day boycott of junior and senior high [...]
57 years ago, October 19 1966, a 3-day boycott of junior and senior high schools in Oakland began, organized by the Ad Hoc Committee for Quality Education. Instead of attending city schools, students, teachers and parents were encouraged to attend the Ad Hoc’s Freedom Schools Over 1,000 students across Oakland …
October 12, 1966: 57 years ago, Oct 11 1966, the Hunters Point Tenants Union, which [...]
57 years ago, Oct 11 1966, the Hunters Point Tenants Union, which represented ten families living in public housing managed by the San Francisco Housing Authority, called a rent strike. Denouncing “deplorable conditions,” the strike soon spread to the entire SFHA system Beginning mere weeks after the murder of a …