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Mountain View--Rising Up Against Anti-Asian Discrimination 
Chanting "Stop the Violence--No More Silence," more than 500 demonstrators marched from the vicinity of the historic Caltrain Station at the end of Castro Street to rally in the Mountain View City Hall Plaza on April 11....
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:24PM
Sunrise Movement Calls on Congresswoman to Sign the Good Jobs Pledge 
In Palo Alto, members of Silicon Valley Sunrise Movement called on Congresswoman Anna Eshoo to sign the Good Jobs for All Pledge. While she did not sign the pledge, she sent a letter assuring the group she shares their concerns....
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 4:56AM
Spirit of Love, Show of Strength at Rally Opposing Violence Against Asians 
Spirit of love, show of strength, and commitment to resistance in the air and on placards in the Silicon Valley community of Redwood City--the date was March 27, eleven days after hate crime mass shooting in Atlanta....
Posted: Sat Apr 3, 2021 2:47AM
Brisbane Pacific Islanders, Asians and Allies Rally 
Over 500 people gathered in the Brisbane Community Park on March 20 to say "hate has no place here."...
Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:35AM
Rallies Against Anti-Asian Sentiment on Both Sides of the Bay 
Youth organized protests calling for an end to hate directed at Asians and Asian-Americans on February 27. One was in San Mateo, the other in Oakland....
Posted: Mon Mar 1, 2021 3:53AM
Junipero Serra statue vandalized in San Mateo County 
White supremacist symbol of colonization thoroughly defaced in solidarity with indigenous resistance...
Posted: Sun Feb 7, 2021 3:16AM
Three-Part Protest in Mountain View 
In a California statewide day of action, health care professionals and activists rallied to enact a single-payer health care plan for the state--California Guaranteed Health Care for All, known as CalCare....
Posted: Sun Feb 7, 2021 3:15AM
Federal Bill Proposes Fracking, Drilling Halt on California’s Central Coast, Bay Area 
WASHINGTON, January 25, 2021 — U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) reintroduced legislation today to create a moratorium on fracking and drilling along California’s Central Coast and in the Bay Area....
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2021 3:31PM
Windows Broken, Graffiti Attack on south san francisco courthouse 
On January 19, on Ramaytush Ohlone land occupied under the name "South San Francisco", the county courthouse was vandalized with anti-police, anti-State, anti-colonization slogans and the windows of the front entrance were smashed in....
Posted: Wed Jan 20, 2021 11:15AM
Pacifica CA: Fascism and White Supremacy -- Not Here, Not Anywhere 
On January 17 social justice activists held a demonstration denouncing white supremacy and fascism along Highway 1 in Pacifica....
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:29AM
Google Workers Form Union 
Google workers have formed a union to promote solidarity, democracy, and social and economic justice. Reprinted here from Common Dreams under Creative Commons License. Photo by Ruth Robertson....
Posted: Tue Jan 5, 2021 7:44AM
Photos from Mountain View & Palo Alto Rally to Protect the Vote 
Mountain View and Palo Alto hold one of many Bay Area November 4 rallies to protect the vote...
Posted: Thu Nov 5, 2020 10:33PM
Photos from Menlo Park Rally to Protect the Vote 
Menlo Park holds one of many Bay Area November 4 rallies to protect the vote...
Posted: Thu Nov 5, 2020 9:29PM
Photos from San Jose Rally to Protect the Vote 
San Jose holds one of many Bay Area November 4 rallies to protect the vote...
Posted: Thu Nov 5, 2020 6:43PM
On Halloween, Rallies Called for a Peaceful Change of Power/Protect the Election Results 
See photos here of three colorful rallies held along the El Camino Real on the San Francisco Peninsula on October 31. All three rallies were held in solidarity with the coalition "Protect the Results" and its goals. You can sign up at the link here to find a protest near you and be part of a national mobilization on November 4 should Trump interfere with the election. Please credit the photographers as indicated....
Posted: Mon Nov 2, 2020 1:18AM
Some Sweet Signs Seen in San Mateo 
A sister rally to the women's march was held in San Mateo on October 17th....
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2020 6:44AM
Junipero Serra Statue Attacked in Bay Area 
Last night, the statue of Junipero Serra was defaced and covered in red paint to signify the colonial violence and genocide that has been and continues to be enacted upon the Indigenous people of this land, specifically in this context by spanish imperialism and the catholic church....
Posted: Mon Oct 12, 2020 9:49AM
Palantir Protests Make Business News 
Palantir’s public offering is founded on the company’s sales pitch that its software represents the ultimate tool of surveillance. The secretive company's history of working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and countries with questionable human rights records makes it a bad investment, say activists. Protests at the company's new and old headquarters are the subject of major media attention as the company makes its first public trades today....
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2020 11:53AM
Why Did Protesters Shut Down Intersection in Menlo Park? 
About 200 people demonstrated on September 25 in Menlo Park in a protest that called for justice in the police murder of Breonna Taylor. They shut down a major intersection twice during the evening protest....
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2020 7:59PM
Protesters March On the Most Racist Police Department on the SF Peninsula 
Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by Louisville, Kentucky Metro Police Department officers Jonathan Mattingly, Brett Hankison, and Myles Cosgrove on March 13, 2020. In response to a lack of indictments for murder announced on September 23, hundreds marched down the El Camino Real taking the streets and descending on the Menlo Park Police Department (MPPD) two days later. An organizer said the location was chosen because MPPD is "the most racist police on the Peninsula by far."...
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2020 2:05PM