August 28, 1971: 52 years ago, Aug 28 1971, over 2000 mourners attended the funeral of [...]
52 years ago, Aug 28 1971, over 2000 mourners attended the funeral of George Jackson, slain leader of the Black Panther Party’s San Quentin Branch, at St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church in Oakland. Jackson was killed by prison guards during an alleged escape attempt 7 days earlier Jackson founded the San …
August 27, 2017: Berkeley Rally Against Hate
August 27 2017, thousands of people came to Berkeley for the Rally Against Hate, organized in response to the far-right No to Marxism demonstration, one in a series of right-wing events held that year after antifascists shutdown a Milo Yiannopoulos speech at UC Berkeley.
August 15, 1896: Socialist Labor Party Members Arrested for Public Speech
August 15 1896, eight members of the Socialist Labor Party were arrested for public speech on 7th and Market St in San Francisco at a rally in support of free speech, called after another SLP member, William Edlin, was arrested and convicted for speaking on the street. Edlin, and the …
August 12, 1944: 79 years ago, Aug 11 1944, 50 Black sailors chose to face mutiny charges [...]
79 years ago, Aug 11 1944, 50 Black sailors chose to face mutiny charges rather than load munitions at Port Chicago Naval Magazine in Contra Costa County after a disastrous munitions explosion in July left 320 dead, most of whom were Black enlisted men Sailors at Port Chicago, where safety …
August 7, 1965: SF Mime Troupe Staged Banned Italian Comedy in Pacific Heights
August 7 1965, the SF Mime Troupe staged a play of the banned 16th century Italian comedy, Il Canoelaio (The Candlemaker) in Pac Heights. Their director, Ron Davis, was arrested the day before the play. On stage, he joked that there will be another performance in court