March 22, 1919: 102 years ago, Mar 22 1919, Oakland police arrested Russian IWW member [...]
102 years ago, Mar 22 1919, Oakland police arrested Russian IWW member Pavel Melnikov on suspicion of the murder of prominent local banker George Greenwood’s wife. Greenwood’s home by Lake Merritt had been dynamited four nights before Melnikov, who had participated in revolutionary groups in Russia, was arrested at the …
March 21, 1978: 43 years ago, Mar 20 1978, punk bands including The Dils, Negative Trend, [...]
43 years ago, Mar 20 1978, punk bands including The Dils, Negative Trend, The Avengers, Mutants, The Nuns, Tuxedomoon, and The Sleepers put on “New Wave Against Black Lung”, a 2-night benefit for the British coal miners’ strike at the Mabuhay Gardens The benefit was an attempt to “raise the …
March 12, 1971: 50 years ago, Mar 12 1971, Mahmoud Mahmoudpour, a native of Iran, set [...]
50 years ago, Mar 12 1971, Mahmoud Mahmoudpour, a native of Iran, set himself on fire in front of the Iranian Consulate. While he did not give an explicit reason, the consulate had been a site of protest against the brutal American-backed regime of Shah Pahlavi for years
March 11, 1967: 54 years ago, Mar 11 1967, Berkeley anarchist group the Provos held their [...]
54 years ago, Mar 11 1967, Berkeley anarchist group the Provos held their first, abortive “be-in” at Constitution Park. Although the event, called “The Reversal of Planet Earth”, was officially cancelled due to rain, about 150 people still turned out to dance and play music The Provos, who were modeled …
March 10, 1916: 105 years ago, Mar 10 1916, anarchist Reb Raney distributed 5000 pro-birth [...]
105 years ago, Mar 10 1916, anarchist Reb Raney distributed 5000 pro-birth control pamphlets at a solidarity rally for Emma Goldman in San Francisco, kickstarting a local birth control campaign by Italian anarchists Gruppo Anarchico Volontá At the meeting, which about 300 attended, Raney distributed pro-birth control literature to the …