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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
Protesters in Silicon Valley Tell Wells Fargo "Quit the Dirty Energy Business" 
Demonstrators called on Big Oil’s largest lender, Wells Fargo, to halt its financing of fossil fuels and invest instead in clean energy solutions to the climate crisis. They took their protest of Feb 21 to a branch in Mountain View, CA where they had a die-in. This came on the heels of an action in which they occupied a branch in San Jose for nearly an hour the previous day....
Posted: Sun Feb 23, 2020 4:21AM
Message above Hwy 101 Tells Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook "Truth Matters" 
Criticism against Facebook continues to grow. Ahead of the 2020 US elections, misinformation is a top concern. Ergo, this human billboard message on January 17 near CEO Zuckerberg's Palo Alto home and Facebook headquarters....
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 4:49AM
"We'll Remember in November" Theme at Reject the Cover-Up Rally in Front of Stanford University 
Coverage of one of two Palo Alto locations where "Reject the Cover Up" rallies were held on February 5th. This one was near Stanford University at the intersection of El Camino Real and Embarcadero/Galvez....
Posted: Sat Feb 8, 2020 3:40AM
Excitement Turns to Anger in Palo Alto After Senate Trial Sham 
In Palo Alto the Raging Grannies helped organize one of two rallies in that city to say Reject the Cover-up on February 5....
Posted: Thu Feb 6, 2020 5:39AM
28th Annual Black History Month Celebration in Daly City 
Doelger Café, 101 Lake Merced Blvd, Daly City from 12:00 - 3:00pm....
Event Date: Sat Feb 15, 2020 12:00PM
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 3:36PM
Raging Grannies Remember Kent State at J25 No War With Iran Rally (video/quicktime 108.8MB) Old enough to remember, members of the Raging Grannies tuned up their voices to sing a classic anti-war song from the Vietnam war era....
Posted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 4:03AM
San Mateo Peace Action — Rally for Women on the SF Peninsula 
Every Saturday, San Mateo Peace Action sponsors a protest at 3rd Ave and El Camino Real from 3pm... but one Saturday out of the year is extraordinary....
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2020 9:49PM
Demonstrators Form Giant Human Sign "Truth Matters" in Front of Facebook HQ 
Facebook continues to refuse to check for accuracy in their political ads. Many bodies made for a huge display of protest....
Posted: Sat Jan 18, 2020 12:39AM
Culture Jam at Facebook HQ: Protesters Hijack Giant "Like" Billboard Pt. II 
Not the first, but one of the earliest and best examples of Silicon Valley culture jamming....
Posted: Sun Jan 12, 2020 2:25PM
Culture Jam at Facebook HQ: Protesters Hijack Giant "Like" Billboard Pt. I 
In the tradition of billboard liberators everywhere, activists projected slogans on to the giant thumbs up sign, also known as the "like" sign, outside Facebook Headquarters on January 9....
Posted: Sat Jan 11, 2020 5:38PM
Resounding Chants at San Mateo "No War with Iran" Rally after Drone Strikes 
Five thousand marched in San Francisco at noon on January 4; for people who felt they wanted something a little smaller, nearby San Mateo was a good option....
Posted: Sat Jan 4, 2020 10:46PM
Protest at Facebook Headquarters Facebook HQ
1601 Willow Rd, Menlo Park, California 94025...
Event Date: Thu Jan 9, 2020 4:00PM
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2019 3:23AM
Just Before Christmas, Glimmer of Hope for RV Dwellers in Mountain View 
The Mountain View City Council’s ban on RV’s has been overturned by a referendum petition. If the council wishes to try again to enact a ban they must go to the voters. The earliest election for this would be November 2020. Meanwhile the default is NO BAN....
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2019 7:23AM
Iranian Americans in Palo Alto Join Day Honoring Iran's Deceased Demonstrators 
On December 26, Iranian government security forces deployed en masse to keep people off the streets across Iran. Despite this, protesters gathered in small groups, at cemeteries but also on the streets in many cities in the Islamic Republic. In Palo Alto, California, protesters in solidarity with Iranian demonstrators gathered in a downtown plaza....
Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2019 11:57PM
In Mountain View, Seasonal and Humorous Signs at Eve of Impeachment Demo on Four Corners 
Demonstrators leaned in toward passing traffic to show off their creative signs on Impeachment Eve at a major intersection in the heart of Silicon Valley....
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2019 3:41AM
Court: Trump Administration Unlawfully OK’d Longline Fishing Off California 
OAKLAND, Calif., December 21, 2019 — A federal district court has ruled that the National Marine Fisheries Service failed to adequately analyze threats to critically endangered leatherback sea turtles when it allowed longline fishing off California. The Trump administration violated the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act in failing to consider the best available science on impacts to leatherbacks....
Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2019 6:37PM
Chicken Trump Balloon Effigy Makes an Appearance on Impeachment Eve 
December 17 rallies came one day ahead of a vote planned by the U.S. House of Representatives on impeachment. In Palo Alto, CA, hundreds gathered in Lytton Plaza downtown....
Posted: Wed Dec 18, 2019 2:30AM
Palo Alto Youth Lead Local Protest during U.N. Climate Conference 
This year is the 25th meeting of the conference under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP25. The conference is being held December 2 through the 13th in Madrid. In Palo Alto, California on December 6th, youth activists led a Climate Strike, part of a coordinated international action timed to coincide with the U.N. Conference....
Posted: Sun Dec 8, 2019 3:53AM