July 22, 1984: 39 years ago, July 22 1984, 51 feminist and anti-nuclear activists from [...]
39 years ago, July 22 1984, 51 feminist and anti-nuclear activists from the Bohemian Grove Action Network were arrested while blockading the entrance to Bohemian Grove in Monte Rio, an all-male summer gathering place for the political and economic ultra-elite
July 22, 1916: 107 years ago, July 22 1916, a bomb exploded at the San Francisco [...]
107 years ago, July 22 1916, a bomb exploded at the San Francisco Preparedness Day Parade, which called for the US to enter World War 1, leaving 10 dead and 40 injured. Prominent local labor leaders Tom Mooney and Warren Billings were framed for the bombing and sentenced to death …
July 21, 1975: 48 years ago, July 21 1975, a bomb exploded at the ATF bureau office on [...]
48 years ago, July 21 1975, a bomb exploded at the ATF bureau office on the 34th floor of the Tishman building, 525 Market, in San Francisco. The Red Guerrilla Family issued a communiqué claiming responsibility for the bombing, done in retaliation for the murder of Popeye Jackson The bomb …
July 20, 1969: 54 years ago, July 20 1969, the Black Panther Party's three-day United [...]
54 years ago, July 20 1969, the Black Panther Party’s three-day United Front Against Fascism Conference concluded in Oakland. The UFAF was an attempt to unite the disparate strands of the American left in order to combat what the Panthers saw as creeping American fascism The Panthers announced the UFAF …
July 20, 1936: 87 years ago, July 20 1936, San Francisco police raided pioneering drag [...]
87 years ago, July 20 1936, San Francisco police raided pioneering drag club Finocchio’s, arresting 10 people (including 4 performers) and causing 120 patrons to flee. The raid led Finocchio’s, which also operated as a hub for queer sex work, to relocate to North Beach