Tag: The Gathering
IWW workers take on Whole Foods in SF
By Marc Norton
NOVEMBER 7, 2014 – Three days ago, Bay Area voters raised minimum wages in San Francisco and Oakland. There were also successful campaigns to raise minimum wages...
The Karl Marx Tree: How Southern Pacific Railroad killed a socialist colony in the name of creating Yosemite National...
By Marc Norton
AUGUST 27, 2014 -- There has been considerable hoopla this summer around the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln putting his signature on the Yosemite Grant Act...
Everyone in town (except a few landlords) is supporting Leno’s Ellis Act bill
State Sen. Mark Leno, with Mayor Ed Lee and Assemblymember Phil Ting
By Tim Redmond
FEB 24, 2014 -- A broad coalition that includes tenant activists as well as tech leaders...