Saturday, May 4, 2024

Tagged with: Protest

The week ACT UP shut SF down

25th anniversary events commemorate historic Sixth International Conference on AIDS protests -- and reunite seminal local activists, Fri/19-Sun/21. By Marke B. JUNE 16, 2015 -- "We were fraught,...

Tenants gather in the rain to halt eviction attempt

Google lawyer throwing out disabled tenant; activists vow to blockade sheriff's deputies when they arrive By Khaled Sayed JUNE 10 -- It was a rainy morning...

Facebook still messing with drag queens

Protest points to the continued failure of the "authentic names" policy By Khaled Sayed JUNE 2, 2015 -- Facebook hasn’t stopped discriminating against people who use...

Violence and intimidation at the DCCC? I didn’t see it, and I was there

The Chron's story, by a reporter who wasn't there, presents a very misleading picture of how people expressed their feelings on the Mission Moratorium By...

Can SF ever enforce its own zoning laws?

The story of 660 Third Street is a case study in how property owners seem to think they can violate the rules at will,...

The Agenda, May 18-24: The Airbnb showdown begins

Plus: The future of the Ethics Commission, City College contract talks ... and why I ran the Bay to Breakers By Tim Redmond MAY 18, 2015...

The Police Officers Association is now attacking the SF Labor Council

Don't these people know that they are just alienating their potential friends and allies? By Tim Redmond MAY 12, 2105 – The San Francisco Police Officers...

Students take over building at City College

Protest ends peacefully; hearing at 2pm today By Calindra Revier MAY 7, 2015 -- City College students organized a walkout yesterday, protesting administrative actions and demanding...

Stories of displacement — and resistance

National video project uses San Francisco as a case study in how to fight back against eviction   MAY 7, 2015 -- The eviction crisis in...

No, she’s not the Mom of the Year

If this country must praise a slap heard around the world, I mourn for its rock-bottom expectations with regard to black motherhood and parenthood...