November 4, 1915: 107 years ago, Nov 4 1915, San Francisco anarchist Samuel Cohen was [...]
107 years ago, Nov 4 1915, San Francisco anarchist Samuel Cohen was sentenced to 30 days in jail for advocating free speech in Jefferson Square. After “expounding his theories” in court, the judge told him: “Preach your doctrines at the county jail”
November 2, 1968: 54 years ago, Nov 1 1968, San Francisco State University fired English [...]
54 years ago, Nov 1 1968, San Francisco State University fired English Instructor (& Black Panther Party Minister of Education) George Murray. Outrage over Murray’s firing sparked the Third World Liberation Front student strike which led to the creation of Black & Ethnic Studies
November 2, 1973: 49 years ago, Nov 1 1973, Black 14-year-old Tyrone Guyton was murdered by [...]
49 years ago, Nov 1 1973, Black 14-year-old Tyrone Guyton was murdered by plainclothes Emeryville police in Oakland. A coalition of left groups, including the Black Panthers as well as Trotskyists, Maoists, Pan-Africanists, and labor unions fought to convict the cops responsible Guyton, who lived in Oakland, had been hanging …
November 1, 1969: 53 years ago, Oct 31 1969, the Committee for Homosexual Freedom/Gay [...]
53 years ago, Oct 31 1969, the Committee for Homosexual Freedom/Gay Liberation Front protested outside the San Francisco Examiner offices in response to homophobic articles. Examiner workers attacked them with bags of newsprint ink, which they smeared on the building’s walls The CHF, a revolutionary San Francisco gay rights group, …
October 30, 1968: 54 years ago, Oct 30 1968, a bomb exploded at the office of Oakland lawyer [...]
54 years ago, Oct 30 1968, a bomb exploded at the office of Oakland lawyer and civil rights activist Donald Warden. Warden, the founder of the Afro-American Association and an early influence on the Black Panther Party, blamed “white radicals,” while the BPP blamed the police