Ed Lee, Occupy SF and the Triumph of the Frisco 5 (tags)
Ed Lee as mayor of San Francisco quickly changed from a progressive to an agent of repression
HOT SPOTS: RADIOACTIVE SAN FRANCISCO (tags)
This story is important in and of itself, but also because it once again unearths the region’s role in the birth of the atomic age, and also highlights the radioactive legacy that continues to haunt us.
Media, Revolution, and the Legacy of the Black Panther Party--interviewing Kiilu Nyasha (tags)
I initiated a correspondence with George Jackson in early 1971, and months later, got a one-hour visit in the holding cell of San Quentin. I’ve met no one before or since more dedicated to revolutionary change....George was one of the three “Soledad Brothers,” whose story began on January 13, 1970 when a tower guard at Soledad State Prison shot and killed three Black captives on the yard, leaving them unattended to bleed to death.
Breast Month - Awareness or Deception? (tags)
Are Americans being lied to about the causes of cancer, breast and otherwise? This article summaries findings of those who say we are.
LA March to Stop Police Brutality! (tags)
9th Annual International Day to Stop Police Brutality, Repression & the Criminalization of a Generation! Gather @ 12Noon @ Olympic & Broadway in Downtown LA. March @ 2PM to Parker Center, Temple & Los Angeles. Fight Back! Wear Black!
Iraqi ambulances targeted by US snipers (tags)
US snipers target ambulances in Ramadi, killing women and children. The war crimes of GW Bush continue
Ballots across the West promise Power to the people (tags)
Public ownership of electric power is an idea whose time has come – at least in San Francisco, Las Vegas and in the Big Sky state of Montana. Voters in these western locales have a chance to vote Nov. 5 for ballot questions that open the way for city or state takeover or buyout of private utility companies.
SFPD: Get Out of Hunters Point (tags)
Pigs out of Hunters Point