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Groups of 10 people started from Justin Herman plaza (mix of 9 Iraqi civilians and 1 US soldier) and wandered downtown SF (both the financial and shopping district) for a few hours. They took their antiwar message into shopping centers, banks, building lobbies, and BART stations. Report | Video...

4/7: Anti-War demonstrators arrived around 5AM at the port of Oakland to picket two firms profiteering off the war in Iraq. By 7AM, the picket line was successful in provoking the ILWU into sending many of its workers home for the day. After approximately 30 minutes, the Oakland Police Department moved in to disperse the demonstrators, using concussion grenades , wooden bullets, and beanbags full of metal shot. Scores of people, including six onlooking workers, suffered injuries and Jack Hey...

4/7: Nine students were arrested this morning while shutting down Interstate 280. At approximately 8:30 am a few of the students dropped a large banner off the Ocean Avenue overpass with a peace sign on it that simply read "No War." Six students with lockboxes then moved out on to the freeway and successfully shut down all northbound lanes of traffic, with the exception of the fast lane/shoulder. Other students wandered amongst the stuck motorists handing out orange juice, doughnuts, and this...

Legal Solidarity Needed:4/8, 5pm: Four protesters are still being held, as police fail to provide the D.A. with the necessary reports to process their cases. 4/8 Legal Update, 4/7 Legal Update. 4/7: Anti-War demonstrators arrived around 5AM at the port of Oakland to picket American President Lines (APL) and Stevedoring Services of America (SSA). APL receives millions of taxpayer dollars every year for shipping military cargo through the Department of Defense Maritime Security Program (MSP...

4/5:With over a thousand civilian casualties already reported in Iraq (and well over ten times as many dead Iraqi soldiers), Oakland took to the streets Saturday to demand an end to US aggression. Two feeder marches (one from UC Berkeley and another from MacArthur BART) met up with a rally at Mosswood Park. After about an hour of music and speakers, the crowd marched up Telegraph to Frank Ogawa Plaza. The rally and march were organized by the April 5th Coalition for Peace and Justice, an ad h...

Clear Channel, the gargantuan corporation that controls much of the airwaves in the US, has been using its clout to promote what it describes as "patriotic" rallies. Spearheaded by syndicated talk radio host Glenn Beck, the rallies have their advertisements and musicians paid for by the corporation, fostering the illusion that they've sprung forth from a groundswell of pro-war activism. Read more Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting | ClearChannelSucks.org Reports From SF Rally For Nation...

Thurs. 3/27: Shock and Awe Hits Carlyle and Chronicle: Blood and bodies were dumped in front of two institutions being held responsible for carnage in Iraq -- Videos Wed. 3/26: Hundreds of protesters gathered at CNN to demand coverage of U.S. war atrocities in Iraq -- Photos 1 | 2 | Audio...

Groups of 10 people started from Justin Herman plaza (mix of 9 Iraqi civilians and 1 US soldier) and wandered downtown SF (both the financial and shopping district) for a few hours. They took their antiwar message into shopping centers, banks, building lobbies, and BART stations. Report | Video...

Fri. 3/28 Morning: As at least 50 more civilians were killed by the continued US bombing of Baghdad, a vigil and funeral procession (Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4| 5 ) by prominent religious leaders was held at the San Francisco Federal Building. 80 dissidents (including several priests and rabbis) were arrested for engaging in civil disobedience. All were reportedly released without charges after signing release of liability forms from the Department of Homeland Security....

Fri. 3/28 Evening: Thousands of cyclists took to the streets for a combined Critical Mass and Bikes Not Bombs.   Bikes left Justin Herman Plaza shortly after 6PM and after trying to get onto the Bay Bridge the ride broke into small contingents shutting down car traffic all over downtown San Francisco. Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Posts calling for daily Bikes Not Bombs rides: 1 | 2...

Fri. 3/28 Evening: Thousands of cyclists are on the streets for a combined Critical Mass and Bikes Not Bombs.   Bikes left Justin Herman Plaza shortly after 6PM and after trying to get onto the Bay Bridge the ride broke into small contingents which are all heading to different parts of town.Photos | Posts calling for daily bikes not bombs rides: 1 | 2 Fri. 3/28 Morning: As at least 50 more civilians were killed by the continued US bombing of Baghdad, a vigil and funeral procession ...

For more than one year, Indymedia Argentina has been more than a simple site on the internet. It is a network, a place to meet, a tool for thousands of people from around the world to inform themselves about what is happening in Argentina - to talk and to get together. Organizing out of a beautiful home, a building that at one time was simply a bank, whose owners had abandoned it, this Indymedia center is now under threat of eviction. "It is question of hours that will define our situation -...

On Friday, 3/28, the 6th Annual Anarchist Cafe will take place. Indoor performances will include music, guest speakers, spoken word, and poetry, while outside the Subversive Soundz crew will hold it down on the ones and twos - Full details As has happened every year since 1996, SF Bay Area Anarchist Book Fair is taking place this Saturday, 3/29. Presented by Bound Together Books, over 50 exhibitors will share their wares in one of the largest displays of political literature on the West Co...

SHUT DOWN SAN FRANCISCO: THE WAR HAS ONLY BEGUN Listen to Enemy Combatant Radio webcast | Donate to keep SF IMC online PROTESTS ALL WEEK - 5PM Powell & Market: Calls are made to join the Powell & Market swarm protest. Many calls for protests all week at Powell & Market, with a major convergence planned on Friday -- smart mob call. Bikes Not Bombs is taking the streets every business day at 5pm, starting from Justin Herm...

3/22: 75,000 people marched in San Francisco today, marking the fourth day of emergency protests in the Bay Area. There were many breakaway marches lasting late into the night. Reports came in of people being picked out of the crowd for questioning or dragged out of the crowd and beaten by police. One small boy was snatched by police off his father's shoulders, while the police arrested his father. There were estimated 30-40 arrests. An outside video screening took place in Dolores Park, incl...

M15: Resistance in the streets of San FranciscoEnemy Combatant Radio | Live Webcams 8:41pm: Josh Schultz & Shawn Barraca are still being held and need their IDs to be released. Please if anyone has their IDs go down to 850 Bryant to get them out. An estimate of 77 people have been released with 80 people still in jail. 7:00pm: We have a report that about 25 people were arrested. Hundreds still in jail. 5:53pm:A sargeant told a legal observer that 157 people have been arrested total, thus...

Dictator Saddam Hussein's defector son-in-law's told the United Nations that Iraq "had destroyed its entire stockpile of chemical and biological weapons and banned missiles." The US government's campaign of dirty tricks was exposed in the European press, but ignored by the US corporate media. The FBI's own tell of a possible increase in terror attacks in the US after a war in Iraq starts. Despite these well-known facts, the US government and corporate media have already started the war on Ira...

Breaking News - Live Web Cam: 10:55PM: San Francisco Detention Center Releases 19 by-standers and demonstrators (14 women and 5 men). 9:00PM: United States soldier grenades American officers at 101st Airborne Division's 1st Brigade camp in northern Kuwait - 13 wounded. 7:56PM: 150 people being arrested at Taylor and Ellis. People are also marching on Market towards the Mission. 7:40PM: Reports of police violently pulling cyclists from their bikes on Market. Even shoppers and onlookers are...

3/19: Thousands of people gathered at Powell & Market today to protest the U.S. attack on Iraq. Despite the rain, people marched into the Mission District and throughout the city. We have reports of two arrests made. And one hit and run incident, please see post. Sentiments of anger and disgust at the U.S. government's plans to kill Iraqi people were loudly expressed by protesters. Activists plan on shutting down the city of San Francisco on Thursday morning - insisting there will be no busin...

3/15: At least 80,000 were on the streets of San Francisco today against a U.S. assault on Iraq. The march started at Civic Center and went to Jefferson Park for a rally. Around 2pm, a breakaway march of 2,000 people went towards Mission & 9th when the police began to surround people. The march broke into separate segments, with SFPD declaring people on the sidewalk as an "illegal assembly." With aggressive arrest sweeps which picked up non-protesters, tourists a...

SHUT DOWN SAN FRANCISCO: THE WAR HAS ONLY BEGUN Listen to Enemy Combatant Radio webcast | Donate to keep SF IMC online MONDAY 3/24: Thousands expected in the streets as protest coalitions join forces to keep the financial district shut down • Direct Action 7AM Justin Herman Plaza: Multiple "shutdown" targets as well as marches are planned throughout the morning. International ANSWER and Not In Our Name have joined forc...

3/15: At least 80,000 were on the streets of San Francisco today against a U.S. assault on Iraq. The march started at Civic Center and went to Jefferson Park for a rally. Around 2pm, a breakaway march of 2,000 people went towards Mission & 9th when the police began to surround people. The march broke into separate segments, with SFPD declaring people on the sidewalk as an "illegal assembly." With aggressive arrest sweeps which picked up non-protesters, ...