June 11, 1976: 48 years ago, June 11 1976, 27-year-old Jose Barlow Benavidez was murdered [...]
48 years ago, June 11 1976, 27-year-old Jose Barlow Benavidez was murdered by OPD cop Michael Colgey on International Blvd. In the wake of his death the Barlow Benavidez Justice Committee formed and organized a wave a protests during the height of Oakland’s Chicano Power movement You can hear more …
June 11, 1916: 108 years ago, June 11 1916, a power line tower that provided energy to [...]
108 years ago, June 11 1916, a power line tower that provided energy to United Railroads was dynamited on San Bruno Mountain. The bombing was blamed on labor radical Tom Mooney, who had been organizing United Railroads streetcar workers for an apparently imminent strike The streetcar workers’ (commonly known as …
June 9, 1982: 42 years ago, June 9 1982, over a thousand people, mostly Palestinian, [...]
42 years ago, June 9 1982, over a thousand people, mostly Palestinian, Lebanese, and Jewish, demonstrated in front of San Francisco’s Federal Building against Israel’s invasion of Lebanon, demanding an immediate Israeli withdrawal
June 7, 1977: 47 years ago, June 7 1977, over 5,000 people took to the streets of San [...]
47 years ago, June 7 1977, over 5,000 people took to the streets of San Francisco in a spontaneous protest of the city of Miami’s decision to repeal a gay rights ordinance. The leaderless group marched to Union Square, where they ran a “red ‘Gay Revolution’ flag” up the flagpole
June 7, 1918: 106 years ago, June 7 1918, a judge denied a divorce to Percival Jackson, [...]
106 years ago, June 7 1918, a judge denied a divorce to Percival Jackson, a wireless operator in Marshall, Marin County. He had filed for divorce on the grounds that his wife Mary “attended anarchist meetings, read anarchist publications, and adopted anarchist philosophy.”