In Palo Alto: Masks, Black Clothing, White Flowers in Solidarity with Hong Kong Protesters 
Hundreds of local supporters of Hong Kong's recent protests against an extradition law wore black in solidarity at a rally held in Palo Alto. Many wore masks. In addition, rally organizers asked people to bring white flowers to commemorate the death of a man consider to be a martyr in the cause, a 35 year old who committed suicide at the site of a Hong Kong protest....
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 4:22AM
Demonstration at Humboldt Redwood Co. Demand Safety for Tree sitter in Rainbow Rid 
Activity is increasing on the northcoast on Rainbow Ridge in the Mattole River watershed as forest defenders open an action camp, a tree sitter remains high in a tree under threat by logging, and local resident septegenarians are arrested blockading Humboldt Redwood Company's main access gate....
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2019 8:34PM
Some Signs Against Gun Violence at Golden Gate Bridge 
Please credit the photographer as indicated here.
Charlie Moehle, Probono Photo....
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2019 4:39PM
Oakland Port Privatization Scam By Billionaire Fisher, Demos & Union Bureaucrats 
A privatization scam by GAP billionaire and A's owner John Fisher to build a stadium on Howard Terminal in the Port of Oakland and 4,000 $1 million dollar condos is being supported by Oakland Mayor Schaaf, CA state legislators Rob Bonta, Nancy Skinner and all the members of the Oakland City council along with the Alameda Labor Council and Alameda Building Trades leadership will wreck the Port of Oakland and destroy unionized maritime jobs....
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2019 10:42AM
Amah Mutsun Announce Removal of El Camino Real “Mission Bell” from UCSC Campus 
On Friday June 21 at 9:30am, representatives of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band and the UC Santa Cruz administration will assemble on campus with interested community members to witness the removal of the El Camino Real bell marker....
Posted: Fri Jun 14, 2019 3:06PM
Video from Animal Rights Activists Convergence at Petaluma Slaughterhouse (video/mp4 18.5MB) Over 75 Arrested on Felony Charges as 600 Animal Rights Activists Converge on Slaughterhouse, Lock Necks to Slaughter Line, Rescue Ducklings...
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:51PM
75+ Arrested as 600 Animal Rights Activists Converge on Petaluma Slaughterhouse 
Over 75 Arrested on Felony Charges as 600 Animal Rights Activists Converge on Slaughterhouse, Lock Necks to Slaughter Line, Rescue Ducklings...
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 3:41PM
Pesticide Use Remains Near Record High in California, State Data Shows 
Sacramento, CA, June 13, 2019: Pesticide use in California topped two hundred million pounds for the third year in a row in 2017, according to data just released by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. Included in this total are increases in use of the brain-damaging organophosphate insecticide chlorpyrifos, the soil fumigant chloropicrin, and the cancer-causing fungicides chlorothalonil and mancozeb. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s blockbuster herbicide Roundup,...
Posted: Thu Jun 13, 2019 12:54PM
2019 Juneteenth Reparations Congressional Hearing 
At the San Francisco Presidio a Juneteenth Board Meeting of the Presidio Trust may quantify and qualify "Slavery in California" as part of the broader National conversation. Congressional Hearings on H.R. 40 on Juneteenth National Freedom Day is very symbolic, substance to be seen....
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 11:31PM
Stop AB 1366 Deregulation of Telecommunications in California! 
AB 1366 (Gonzalez) would end the ability of California representatives and watchdog agencies to protect critical communications infrastructure and services....
Posted: Wed Jun 12, 2019 2:42PM
Four Elders Arrested at Gate as TreeSit Goes Up in Mattole 
Four Petrolia residents arrested blockading logging gate — average age 75 — as a protester climbs old growth tree in controversial Mattole logging operation in the pre-dawn hours Monday, June 10. Forest Defenders are occupying the forests and preparing for upcoming action camp. Meanwhile, the Lost Coast League is renewing their challenge to Humboldt Redwood Co.'s "sustainable" label....
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 3:17PM
Palestinian Solidarity & SA BDS Director Desai With Professor Sang He 
SJSU professor Sang Hea Kil is interviewed by WorkWeek about her trip to the Teaching Palestine conference in Capetown, South Africa. The conference looked at the role of Israel and the Zionist apartheid state. While attending the conference, she and two other participants were sexually harassed by the South African BDS director Muhammed Desai and the organization sought to cover-up this incident....
Posted: Tue Jun 11, 2019 10:48AM
Taking A Stand, Taking the Stage for Gun Sense in SF and Marin 
On a national day of action, June 8, gun safety activists held a rally and march of hundreds of people who crossed the Golden Gate Bridge with orange signs. They demanded an end to gun violence in their communities and throughout the United States.
Please credit the photographers as noted. Top photo by Leon Kunstenaar, Probono Photo. Text by RR....
Posted: Mon Jun 10, 2019 3:59AM
MOMS Walk Across Golden Gate to End Gun Violence 
Non Violence Coalition Stages "Wear Orange" March at Bridge...
Posted: Sun Jun 9, 2019 8:26PM
Santa Cruz Homeless Advocates Push Back Against Vigilante Comments 
In response to an acute period of anti-homeless vigilante comments being left on social media in Santa Cruz, homeless advocates took screen captures of the statements and displayed them for the public to see during the public comment period of the Santa Cruz City Council meeting on May 28. The violent and threatening comments were made in response to posts containing photos that identified different homeless individuals and recreational vehicles in the Facebook group "Santa Cruz Looks Like SH...
Posted: Sun Jun 9, 2019 5:59PM
SF City Hall Juneteenth Rally on Inequities of Black City Workers 
San Francisco City Hall
Polk and McAllister St.
San Francisco...
Event Date: Wed Jun 19, 2019 12:00PM
Posted: Sun Jun 9, 2019 4:34PM
Logan High & The Battle For Public Education: New Haven Teachers Face Union Busting 
New Haven Teaches Association members are interviewed at Logan High School at Union City on their 13th day on strike in the district. They discuss their fight to defend public education and union busting by the trustees and management....
Posted: Fri Jun 7, 2019 4:32PM
Mattole Alert: Forest Defenders Head to the Woods and Lost Coast League Cries Foul As Humb 
Logging Crews and Security Showed up in a Contested Logging plan in the Mattole Forest, Ready to Cut in Legacy Forest and Threatened Habitat...
Posted: Fri Jun 7, 2019 11:49AM
Stop Privatizations Of Veterans Hospitals! AFGE Members &. Vets Speak Out At Ft. Miley 
As part of a national day of action on June 6, 2019 members of AFGE Local 1216, veterans and the Veterans for Peace rallied and spoke out about the privatization of the Veterans healthcare system....
Posted: Thu Jun 6, 2019 10:26PM
San Francisco Pride Parade & Festival LGBTQIA Weekend 2019 
San Francisco Civic Center Plaza
(from McCallister/Vaness to area of McCallister/Hyde/Levenworth St.)
Street Map: http://www.sfpride.org/celebration-map/
Getting to SF Pride: http://www.sfpride.org/transit-guide/...
Event Date: Sat Jun 29, 2019 11:00AM
Posted: Thu Jun 6, 2019 9:51AM