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Rent Strike and Anti-Capitalist Graffiti Pops Up in Oakland! 
As the COVID19 pandemic has made it difficult or impossible for many of Oakland's tenants to pay rent, "rent strike" and anti-capitalist graffiti, signs and banners have been appearing throughout West Oakland, Lake Merritt, and along Grand Avenue....
Posted: Wed Apr 1, 2020 5:06PM
Instacart’s “Response” is a Sick Joke — The Strike is Still On 
Today, Instacart responded to Shoppers’ demands by saying a week from now they will provide hand sanitizer and set the default in-app tip amount to whatever a customer had previously tipped. Aside from simply not being enough, this is insulting for a number of reasons....
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2020 2:49PM
Sacramento Police Have Arrested Unhoused People Seeking to Shelter in Place 
At a time when the entire State of California has been asked to shelter in place, unhoused populations remain unprotected, with nowhere to go, no house to shelter in, no sanitary supplies, and no means by which to honor social distancing requirements....
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 3:34PM
Drop Rent Santa Cruz 
We are in the midst of an unprecedented crisis.
Many of us have lost our income because of this pandemic.
We need rent dropped now....
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2020 2:18PM
Bay Area Rent Strike: We're Not Paying 
Bay Area Rent Strike launches new site @ https://bayarearentstrike.org/...
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 8:15PM
Mountain View Rolling Rally Calls for Protections For Renters, RV Dwellers 
Cars with signs and banners circled Mountain View City Hall on Friday, March 27....
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 8:06PM
Learning from the Past, Preparing for the Future: Lessons from Depression-era Mutual Aid 
As coronavirus spreads and the death toll begins to climb, our most immediate concern is (and should remain) staying healthy and supporting our communities through the immediate crisis. As radicals, however, we must also begin to strategize how we will respond to the economic collapse that will continue to affect our lives long after a vaccine or herd immunity render the virus itself a past issue. Looking back to our local history, we can learn a great deal from Great Depression era worker se...
Posted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 2:54PM
Five Demands for Emergency COVID-19 Survival 
With the Bay Area and now all of California on coronavirus lockdown, millions going without paychecks and health insurance, prisoners and unsheltered folks at great risk of contracting the virus, wheatpaste posters have gone up in Oakland making five reasonable demands to increase our collective chance at survival....
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2020 2:30PM
Station 40 on Rent Strike 
CrimethInc. talks to long running anarchist housing collective, Station 40, about their recent decision to launch a rent strike in San Francisco, California....
Posted: Fri Mar 20, 2020 4:58PM
We Are All We Got — Resources for Mutual Aid During the Coronavirus Pandemic 
I know so many of us are scared and panicked in these uncertain times. The truth is that things are going to get worse before they get better. And we should brace ourselves for that while simultaneously doing everything we can do to prevent the spread, like staying home and washing hands vigorously. What is also true is that we will get through this. As a community....
Posted: Mon Mar 16, 2020 8:09PM
We Stand with LA Families Occupying Vacant Homes to Self-Quarantine During COVID-19 Pandemic 
Today, Reclaiming Our Homes, a group of housing insecure and homeless people and families in Los Angeles, CA, reclaimed six vacant homes owned by the state of California in the El Sereno neighborhood of Los Angeles. Moms for Housing issued the following statement in support of the families, who, like the Moms, are members of the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment....
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2020 7:52PM
This Is America: Interview with Grad Student Workers from UC Santa Cruz and UC San Diego 
We feature a discussion with two anarchists involved in the ongoing #COLA4All struggle and wildcat strike popping off across University of California campuses. We talk about how the movement has grown in the face of threats from the UC President and where the strike might go now, after over 80 grad workers have been laid off for participating in strike activity.
Scroll down for the audio interview....
Posted: Wed Mar 4, 2020 12:20AM
Rally For Assange, Manning & Greenwald In SF & Occupation 
As part of an international day of action to support Wikileaks founder and journalist Julian Assange a rally was held in San Francisco on January 24, 2020. The rally speakers also supported Chelsea Manning, Glenn Greenwald and San Francisco journalist Brian Carmody....
Posted: Mon Mar 2, 2020 2:25PM
Day of Protest: 300 At Chase in Santa Cruz 
Five Arrested and Bank Closed in Extinction Rebellion Protest...
Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 2:11PM
XR Flash Mob Dance and Action 2-28-2020 
"TELL JPMORGAN TO STOP FUNDING CLIMATE DESTRUCTION!"
"Chase is by far the worst banker of fossil fuels and fossil fuel expansion by far a wide margin!"...
Posted: Sat Feb 29, 2020 1:52PM
Report Back from Lockdown at Chase Corporate Offices in Solidarity with Wet’suwet’en 
The following is an account from the Indigenous group who participated in the Chase corporate office lockdown in so-called San Francisco, California, in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en....
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 7:03PM
SF Demands Free Julian Assange & Goes Into UK Consulate Building Lobby 
As part of world day of action to Free Julian Assange activists rallied in San Francisco and then briefly occupied the UK building lobby....
Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2020 4:45PM
Wake Up Call for Zuck 
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg gets food for thought at a brunch time demonstration...
Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:53PM
Commander X Granted Political Asylum In Mexico 
PRESS RELEASE: Commander X Granted Political Asylum In Mexico
Thursday - January 16, 2020 4:00 PM ET...
Posted: Wed Jan 29, 2020 12:11PM
Oakland Rally and March for MLK Day 
Children and disabled lead Oakland march to reclaim King's radical legacy...
Posted: Mon Jan 20, 2020 9:23PM