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imageState Prison Shuttered in 2024 Reactivated in 2025 as ICE Detention Facility
New Year's Eve Demonstration at California City ICE Detention Facility
by Indybay
On December 31, 2025, a small group of comrades converged at the California City Correctional Facility (CAC) in the Mojave Desert "to demonstrate love for our gente—the migrant captives—and opposition towards the deportation regime." In an anonymous report back, they write, "Operated by CoreCivic, CAC is like most prisons: a facility deliberately situated in the middle of nowhere to maroon. It is yet another instance in the architecture of disappearance ..."...
Posted: Tue, Feb 10, 2026 12:02am PST
imageTens of Thousands Rally at Dolores Park Then March to Civic Center
SF Students Walkout for Massive Anti-ICE Action
by Indybay
On January 30, students and workers across the Bay Area walked out in solidarity with the national day of action. Leon Kunstenaar reports, "The messages went out 'Fuera ICE, ICE Out. Shut Everything Down!', 'No Work!' Cities throughout the nation responded and San Francisco was no exception. Seventy five percent of students in the city's high schools went out. A student carried a sign that read, 'We are skipping our lessons to teach YOU one.'"...
Posted: Thu, Feb 5, 2026 12:45am PST
imageProtest in San Francisco Demands TPS Protection for Haitians
TPS Hearing Temporarily Stalls Deportations of Haitians
by Indybay
With the Temporary Protection Status granted to 350,000 Haitians set to expire on February 3, a hearing was held the day prior, in US District Court in Washington, DC, to halt an action by DHS Secretary Kristi Noem to end the program. During the Washington court proceeding, human rights advocates in San Francisco rallied outside the US Immigration Court to denounce the administration’s enforcement agenda and demand sweeping policy changes....
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2026 9:34pm PST
imageSomali and Black Minneapolis Students Call for National Shutdown
ICE Out! January 30 National Day Of Action
by Indybay
On January 30, students and workers across the Bay Area walked out and met at Dolores Park in San Francisco and Fruitvale Plaza in Oakland. Arab Resource and Organizing Center wrote, "We support the call from Minnesota-based Somali and other student organizations... join the national day of action to say ICE OUT OF EVERYWHERE! Now is the decisive moment. The Minnesota General Strike has opened a historic opening."...
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2026 12:45am PST
imageKancel Killer Kristi Protests in Palo Alto, Morgan Hill, and Santa Clara
ICE Out of Super Bowl and End the Deportations
by Indybay
Over 1000 protested on Sunday, February 8, against ICE near Levi Stadium in Santa Clara. Community Service Organization San José demanded, "ICE Out of the Superbowl and End the Deportations!" As part of the ramp up to the Super Bowl, on February 6, protesters converged at the ICE office in Morgan Hill. On February 5, a protest against Palantir was held in Palo Alto. Organizers said, "Let's pressure them to end their complicity."...
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2026 12:36am PST
imageStudent Movement in Nevada County Embraces Its Revolutionary Potential
Students Across Nevada County Walkout to Resist Fascism
by Indybay
A revolutionary student writes, "On January 20th students across Nevada County walked out to protest the fascist federal government, and its supporters in the school board. Building on the walkouts from last year, students self organized walkouts from at least six schools in Nevada County, convening in downtown Grass Valley. Despite attempts by liberal elements to co-opt the movement, the students stood fast in their revolutionary intent."...
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2026 8:36pm PST
imageOakland Federal Building Marked as Site of ICE Operations
Oakland Anti-ICE Protest Targets Federal Building
by Indybay
On January 7, 2026, Renée Good, a 37-year-old American citizen, was fatally shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross. In response, more than 1,000 events were planned across the US as part of an ICE Out For Good Weekend of Action. On January 10, just after sunset, a crowd of 80-100 people rallied at the Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland before setting out on a march....
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2026 2:07am PST
imageBand Associated with Pedophilia and Nazis Canceled from SF Show After Backlash
Racist, Transphobic, Fascist Black Metal Band to Play in San Francisco
by Indybay
Update 1/22/26: "Sinister Sounds and Neck Of The Woods have taken action and removed Bezaliel from the show. None of the other bands have any issues." Some Metal Dude reports that, "On January 24, there will be a black metal show at Neck Of The Woods featuring Bezaliel, an 'occult black metal' band that may not seem like Nazis on the surface, but they still have acted in an extremely problematic way."...
Posted: Tue, Jan 20, 2026 8:23pm PST
imageConvict Killer ICE Agent Jonathan Ross
January 23: Strike ICE Out of Minnesota
by Indybay
The fascist military occupation of the Twin Cities, and communities throughout Minnesota, was opposed with a general strike on January 23 endorsed by a large and diverse coalition of organizations, including the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation, AFL-CIO. Rallies in solidarity with the general strike in Minneapolis were organized in various cities, including San Francisco, Oakland, Palo Alto, Los Angeles and New York....
Posted: Tue, Jan 20, 2026 12:14am PST
imageHundreds of "Free America Walkouts" Were Organized on January 20
January 20: No Fascism! No Ice! Nationwide Walkouts
by Indybay
On January 20, Women’s March coordinated a day of action which declared, "We will walk out of work, school, and commerce because a Free America begins the moment we stop cooperating with fascism. One year into Trump’s second regime, we face an escalating fascist threat: ICE raids on our communities, troops occupying our cities, families torn apart, attacks on our trans siblings, mass surveillance, and terror used to keep us silent."...
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2026 8:43pm PST
imageAdvocates Rally at Governor’s Office to Pardon UC Berkeley Student Zoe Rosenberg
UC Berkeley Student Jailed in Sonoma County for Rescuing Chickens
by Indybay
On December 17, activists with the animal rights network Direct Action Everywhere (DxE) rallied at Governor Gavin Newsom’s office, urging him to pardon jailed animal rescuer Zoe Rosenberg and ensure her immediate release. Ms. Rosenberg, a UC Berkeley student and animal cruelty investigator with DxE, was convicted of felony conspiracy and sentenced to 90 days in jail for rescuing four sick chickens from Perdue’s Petaluma Poultry slaughterhouse....
Posted: Wed, Dec 24, 2025 2:52pm PST
imageOur Faiths Teach Us: Love Thy Neighbor, Disrupt Injustice
Bay Area Faith Communities Shut Down ICE’s SF Field Office
by Indybay
On December 16, over 100 people from Bay Area faith communities shut down ICE’s San Francisco Field Office at 630 Sansome Street, chaining themselves across the two main entrances to stop ICE from kidnapping community members at their immigration check-ins. 630 Sansome also serves as ICE’s regional headquarters. Between Jan. 20 and June 26, 2,123 people were kidnapped by ICE in what they call the San Francisco "Area of Responsibility."...
Posted: Tue, Dec 23, 2025 10:04pm PST
imageTibetans Protest Illegal Gold Mining Operations in Eastern Tibet
Bay Area Tibetans Protest Against Gold Mining in Kashi
by Indybay
On December 20, the San Francisco Regional Tibetan Youth Congress held a demonstration in front of the Chinese Consulate in San Francisco over illegal gold-mining operations in Sershul, Eastern Tibet, and the subsequent arrests of more than 80 innocent Tibetans in the region. According to reports, the gold-mining operations were being undertaken in Serkhok, a traditional grazing site in the region....
Posted: Tue, Dec 23, 2025 8:51pm PST
imagePort of Oakland Commission Hears Increasing Demand to Stop Arming Israel
Activists "Pack the Port" to Get Killer Cargo Out of Oakland
by Indybay
On December 18, a wide range of activists protested at Oakland’s port commissioner meeting to demand an end to the Israeli military cargo shipments flying out of Oakland’s civilian airport, OAK. The protest was the biggest yet of the many held at 530 Water Street. Faith leaders, teachers, airport workers and students spoke, many recalling the stand Oakland had once taken to end South Africa's apartheid. It was again time, they said, to preserve that legacy....
Posted: Tue, Dec 23, 2025 7:01pm PST
imageThere's Nothing More Despicable and Dangerous Than a Mercenary
New Video and Poster Campaign to Counter ICE Recruitment
by Indybay
CrimethInc., subMedia and the Coordinadora Anarquista Tejiendo Libertad have prepared MERCENARIES, a video and poster campaign to counter ICE recruitment. They ask, "Please help us circulate these everywhere that people are at risk ... While Trump’s henchmen falsely claim that ICE is targeting 'criminals,' the real wrongdoers are those who are willing to do harm to their neighbors in return for a bribe."...
Posted: Tue, Dec 16, 2025 3:27pm PST
imageRight Wing Exploits Charlie Kirk Assassination to Attack and Purge Critics
Undeterred, Hundreds Stand Against Turning Point USA in Berkeley
by Indybay
On September 10, Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was fatally shot by a sniper while speaking in Utah. The event was the first stop of TPUSA's "American Comeback Tour." On November 10, Turning Point concluded their tour at UC Berkeley. The campus was locked down beforehand by a phalanx of riot police. Despite the show of force, hundreds of demonstrators turned out to denounce TPUSA. Several arrests were made....
Posted: Tue, Nov 25, 2025 10:51pm PST
image"People Over Billionaires" March Tours San Francisco's Ritziest Neighborhood
Activists Protest at the Mansions of Billionaire Trump Supporters
by Indybay
Activists assembled in Alta Plaza Park, San Francisco's billionaire epicenter, on November 15 for a rally and march to demand, "housing, healthcare, and food for all," from the ultra-wealthy. During the rally, Socialists and Communists set up literature tables, and people distributed kits containing a whistle and ICE reporting instructions. The first stop on the march was David Sacks' mansion, then it was on to Larry Ellison's....
Posted: Sun, Nov 16, 2025 11:20pm PST
imageFirst Day of Starbucks Strike Shuts Down Stores in Santa Cruz
Union Starbucks Baristas Launch Nationwide Strike
by Indybay
On November 13, over one thousand union baristas launched a “Red Cup Rebellion” unfair labor practice strike protesting Starbucks’ union busting and failure to finalize a fair union contract. The open-ended strike begins with 65 stores across 40+ cities and comes after six months of Starbucks refusing to offer new proposals to address workers’ demands for better staffing, higher pay, and resolution of hundreds of unfair labor practice charges....
Posted: Sat, Nov 15, 2025 9:42pm PST
imageGay Shame Organizes Costume March to ICE Courthouse in San Francisco
Trans and Queer People "Scare the State" on Halloween
by Indybay
On Halloween, San Francisco’s queer community marched down Market Street to the U.S. Immigration Court on Montgomery Street to counter tyranny with costumes and protest. The Halloween event first assembled at the Powell Street cable car turnaround, where banners were unfurled that read, "Queers for Open Borders" and "Fags, Dykes, We All Hate ICE." When the march arrived at the courthouse, the building was renamed the “ICE Abduction Center.”...
Posted: Tue, Nov 11, 2025 9:28pm PST
imageRemembering the Armed Occupation that Protected the Ohlone Burial Site on Lee Road
Events Honor 50th Anniversary of Wounded Lee
by Indybay
In February 1975, construction work on Lee Road in Watsonville desecrated an Ohlone burial site, and bones and artifacts were removed by archeologists. When initial efforts failed to protect the sacred site, the cemetery was occupied by a group of armed local Native families, activists, and members of the American Indian Movement. John Malkin speaks with Patrick Yana-Hea Orozco, who played a critical role in the direct action at Wounded Lee....
Posted: Tue, Nov 11, 2025 6:16pm PST