August 21, 1971: 51 years ago, Aug 21 1971, incarcerated revolutionary, theorist, and Black [...]
51 years ago, Aug 21 1971, incarcerated revolutionary, theorist, and Black Panther Party leader George Jackson was shot to death in San Quentin State Prison during an alleged escape attempt. The following week, thousands attended his funeral in Oakland
August 19, 1970: 52 years ago, Aug 19 1970, over a thousand people protested at San [...]
52 years ago, Aug 19 1970, over a thousand people protested at San Francisco’s Civic Center plaza in support of the Soledad Brothers, Los Siete de la Raza, and Angela Davis, demanding freedom for all political prisoners and calling for an armed revolution in the United States A group of …
August 16, 2014: 8 years ago, Aug 16 2014, thousands of people converged at the Port of [...]
8 years ago, Aug 16 2014, thousands of people converged at the Port of Oakland to block an Israeli-owned container ship from docking and unloading at the port as part of a wider “Block the Boat” campaign. Similar protests took place in Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver that week The Zim …
August 13, 2012: Biblioteca Popular Victor Martinez
August 13 2012, a group of activists began to occupy the vacant building that previously housed the Miller Avenue Library Branch and Emiliano Zapata Street Academy High School in East Oakland, transforming the space into the Biblioteca Popular Victor Martinez. Organizers, many connected to Occupy Oakland, cleaned the space, constructed …
"The continued existence of People's Park proves something dangerous: you, [...]
“The continued existence of People’s Park proves something dangerous: you, too, can seize something from the most powerful people in town, make it into whatever you want, and hold it for half a century.” - “Who Owns the Park?” in the @VersoBooks blog: https://t.co/VTlN2CtIoT