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On March 15, two supporters of the Revolutionary Communist Party were kicked out of the Anarchists Book Fair. Later, a bucket of water was thrown at their table damaging books and leaflets.

On Saturday and Sunday, March 14th and 15th, dozens of publishers, distributors, independent booksellers, alternative media and political groups, artists, and others participated in the 14th Annual Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair. The fair was held in the San Francisco County Fair Building at Golden Gate Park, 9th Avenue & Lincoln Way.

On Tuesday, February 24, hundreds of hotel workers and community members marched through downtown San Francisco to call on visitors to boycott two major hotels: the HEI Le Meridien and the Hyatt Fisherman’s Wharf. Workers at these hotels are seeking respect, job security and better livelihoods for themselves and their families. HEI and Hyatt workers have called on management to respect their choice whether or not to form a union through the majority sign-up process – the same process used by numerous other hotels in San Francisco and across the US.

Rising Tide, an organization that is dedicated to fighting the root causes of climate change, called for nationwide demonstrations against Bank of America to take place on Saturday, Feb 14th. In San Francisco, the local branch protested Bank of America on Powell St.

UA in the Bay writes: Attention all anarchists, anticapitalists, antiauthoritarians, troublemakers, and rabble-rousers across North America! We’re writing to let you all know that UA in the Bay, the Unconventional Action branch in the San Francisco Bay Area, is still alive and kicking and we are calling out to all groups across the country to continue the fight as well!

American Indian leader and political prisoner Leornard Peltier was brutally beaten on Tuesday, January 20th, just after he was transferred to the Canaan Federal Penitentiary in Pennsylvania. On Friday, January 23rd, the American Indian community and their supporters came out in the rain in San Francisco to protest the attack on Leonard Peltier. Family members of Leonard feel the assault was orchestrated by the FBI to prejudice his next parole hearing.

On January 20th, 2009, George W Bush left the White House and Barack Hussein Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. The transition was marked in several ways across Northern California. From San Francisco to Fresno to Santa Cruz to Mountain View to Sacramento, the transfer of power was met with relief, cautious celebration, and determination to keep the fight for social justice alive. Many are concerned about military policies of George Bush that Obama may continue or expand.