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Justice for Aaron and Jacob Steichen Jacob Steichen's family called emergency services, mandated reporters, and local police department 8 times over a 5 week period. Authorities deliberately refuse emergency psychiatric care; Jacob is charged with PC187(a) after stabbing Aaron....
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2020 10:29AM
Columbus Statue Finally Removed from Telegraph Hill After decades of protest, going back in memory to 1992, the 500th Anniversary of Columbus' arrival in the Americas, when we were able to move the Columbus Genocide Parade from Market to Fisherman's Wharf, the latest anti-racism movement, Black Lives Matter, finally moved the City & County of San Francisco to take down the Columbus monument outside Coit Tower on Telegraph Hill today....
Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2020 10:19AM
San Francisco, CA: Windows of Union-Busting Bakery Smashed Out The following communique’ was anonymously sent to It’s Going Down which we republish below. For context, the Tartine Bakery in San Francisco has recently resisted efforts at a unionization drive by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU). The communique’ reads:...
Posted: Wed Apr 1, 2020 10:15AM
Christmas & New Year Music Mixes For The Activists For the music lovers who are activists feel free to click on the links below to download some free music from my personal stash of music for the Christmas and New Year holidays!...
Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2019 5:59AM
The politics of Hollywood & the Trump impeachment parties As the impeachment of Donald J. Trump in the House of Representatives excites people across the nation and inspires people to party down with some impeachment parties in celebration, it appears that the GOP and the Republican Party has gone totally insane with their lies and feeble attempts to defend Trump from himself!...
Posted: Mon Dec 9, 2019 1:05AM
Fledgling East Bay Filmmaker Re-Releases Mockumentary on San Francisco's Bird Population East Bay filmmaker, Jayson Johnson re-issues a documentary film made in San Francisco....
Posted: Fri Nov 1, 2019 9:26AM
SF: Manny's Locks Glued, Wall Tagged The following anonymous communique is reposted from It's Going Down [dot] org...
Posted: Mon Jul 1, 2019 11:34AM
Bach at U.S.-Mexican border from Cellist Yo-Yo Ma Born in Paris in 1955 of Chinese parents, moving to the U.S. at age 7, where he obtained music degrees from Julliard and Harvard, world-renowned classical music cellist, Yo-Yo Ma, performed at the US-Mexico border in a Bach festival on both sides of the border at Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Leon, Mexico, "In culture, we build bridges, not walls, " he said....
Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2019 4:04PM
Lawrence Ferlinghetti turns 100 See and hear Ferlinghetti take on conquerors, bullies, and xenophobes, underwear, and other subjects in the readings here from his throughout his career, including a full, 40-minute reading in 2005 at UC Berkeley, below,
https://youtu.be/CrHv6IASWQ4...
Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2019 4:45PM
2019 Oakland Greens free movie series On January 27th, 2019, the Oakland Greens (OGP) will recommence their “FREE Dinner & Movie Discussion Night” held on the “Last Sundays” of every month except November & December. Join them for what will be yet another year of provocative movies followed by a thoughtful discussion led by the OGP’s Coordinator Vicente Cruz. As usual, the door at the It’s Your Move Games and Hobbies store, at 4920 Telegraph Avenue in the historical Temescal District, will open at 6:30 p.m., a free dinner will ...
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2018 5:41PM
Radio in Petaluma: The “End” of Radio Our group's findings while investigating Radio listener rates in Petaluma....
Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2018 1:47PM
Iraqi Artist Will Exhibit for First Time in Cuba The artist of Iraqi origin and Dutch nationality Athar Jaber, will be exhibiting for the first time in Cuba, as part of the program of the 13th Belgian Week in Havana, the organizers announced at a press conference....
Posted: Wed Nov 7, 2018 1:39AM
The Last Time I Saw Bobbie "Spider" Webb Bobbie "Spider" Webb's passing last month brings to mind his role as an African American bluesman and DJ on listener sponsored KPOO radio from the era when San Francisco's Fillmore District was known as the "Harlem of the West."...
Posted: Mon Oct 1, 2018 3:47PM
9/12/18 SF Board of Appeals Finally Approves Removal of Racist Statute On September 12, 2018, the San Francisco Board of Appeals had a re-hearing on the appeal of Frear Stephen Schmid of the decision of the San Francisco Arts Commission to remove the racist statute depicting a Native American as subservient in San Francisco’s Civic Center. On 2/21/18, the Arts Commission had issued a Certificate of Appropriateness to remove this racist statue. Schmid appealed and on 4/18/18, this Board of Appeals granted the appeal 5 to 0! A rehearing was granted on June 13, 2...
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:49PM
Black Portraitures IV: The Color of Silence...Cuba NO....Cambridge SI! Rather than it's planned Cuban venture, Black Portraiture(S) IV found itself back home in Cambridge, MA...
Posted: Sun Apr 8, 2018 11:50AM
Young millennials ditch Facebook for Snapchat and Instagram Young Millennials, those born between 1991 and 2001, are moving away from Facebook, en masse....
Posted: Fri Mar 9, 2018 6:19PM
Challenging The Status Quo - Documentary (2018) A documentary about the politics of change....
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 5:53PM
Feminism: A Fashion Story (2017) A short documentary made from the SWFTA archives, highlighting the importance of feminism, and its link to fashion....
Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2017 9:44AM
Homeless Services Center and Calamity's Cupboard -- and Art Show! I went to TOUCHED BY HOMELESSNESS, an inclusive Art Show, in early November. Story reviews the art on display at HSC show, then through memories, I've explored HSC history and community engagement...
Posted: Tue Dec 5, 2017 5:51PM
Review of Brontez Purnell's Since I Laid My Burden Down by Eugenio Negro San José satirist Eugenio Negro reviews Oakland artist Brontez Purnell's new novel Since I Laid my Burden Down....
Posted: Sat Jul 8, 2017 3:38PM