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Suburban Insurrection: Palo Alto Finds the Beach Beneath the Streets Not sense newspaper boxes broke through the windows of the INS building in San Francisco have I felt this re-energized and uplifted in regards to militant, illegal street protest in the aftermath of the Reclaim the Streets action in Palo Alto. The event was organized by Anarchist Action, an ad hoc group of various anarchist collectives and affinity groups throughout the bay area, and was billed as a “revolutionary street party”, and “suburban inserrection”....
Posted: Mon, May 23, 2005 12:48am PDT
Reportback: Palo Alto Reclaim the Streets! - May 20 A Revolutionary Streetparty, a Suburban Insurrection...
On May 20th, hundreds of rebellious youth, students, and workers converged on downtown
Palo Alto. United by an effective critique of global capitalism - weaving
together the dominance of the G8, the monotony of modern urbanism, and
alienated suburban boredom - local youth, joined by a small number from around the Bay Area and Central Valley, successfully reclaimed the
streets. Marching behind banners exclaiming "Reclaim the S...
Posted: Sat, May 21, 2005 8:45pm PDT
Palo Alto RTS Graffiti Pics 
On May, 20th, there was a festive gala of music, graffiti, dancing, and broken glass. Here are some recently taken pictures of the RTS graffiti before it is painted over....
Posted: Sat, May 21, 2005 1:10am PDT
Pics from Palo Alto RTS 
On Friday, May 20th, A reclaim the streets was held in downtown Palo Alto on University Avenue. The party lasted about an hour before people were dispersed by 3(yes, 3) different police forces from different cities working together. The entire downtown area was shut down to incoming traffic, and only a few arrests were made. Below are photos from the event.
Pic 1 shows cops trying to clear a dumpster from the street.
Pic 2 shows the newspaper dispensers which were used as blockades.
Pic 3 ...
Posted: Fri, May 20, 2005 11:44pm PDT
Anti-G8 Reclaim the Streets! - Live Without Dead Time! - May 20 Resist the G8!   -     Destroy Boredom!    -    Reclaim the Streets!
Streetparty/Protest Against the G8, Global Capitalism, and Boredom!
Meet 8pm, Friday, May 20th
Lytton Plaza in Palo Alto        -2 Blocks from
University Ave. at Emerson      Palo Alto Caltrain...
Posted: Mon, May 16, 2005 3:55pm PDT
May 20 - Reclaim the Streets! Against the G8 & Boredom - Poster & Flyers 
Resist the G8!   -     Destroy Boredom!
   -    Reclaim the Streets!
Streetparty/Protest Against the G8, Global Capitalism, and Boredom!
Meet 8pm, Friday, May 20th
Lytton Plaza in Palo Alto
University Ave. at Emerson...
Posted: Fri, May 13, 2005 1:24pm PDT
May 20 - Reclaim the Streets against the G8! Resist the G8!   -     Destroy Boredom!    -    Reclaim the Streets!
Streetparty/Protest Against the G8, Global Capitalism, and Boredom!
Meet 8pm, Friday, May 20th
Lytton Plaza in Palo Alto
University Ave. at Emerson...
Posted: Tue, May 10, 2005 2:10pm PDT
Wells Fargo allows ID theft Reported ID theft of $500 from checking account at Wells Fargo 1//2004 not investigated. May 3, 2005 a thief charged $1,580 to the same account overdrawing the account by $550. This was the rent money of two disabled people already under severe stress. One has AIDS and is terminallyill, the other a disabled 57 year old woman.....
Posted: Wed, May 4, 2005 10:12pm PDT
5/3: Justice for Julio Ayala There will be a candlelight vigil this coming Tuesday at 6 P.M. for Julio Ayala, murdered by San Mateo PD on 4-3-05....
Posted: Sun, May 1, 2005 10:08pm PDT
Matt Gonzalez is subbing for Larry Bensky on Living Room Matt is on KPFA 94.1 speaking with youth activists...
Posted: Sun, Apr 17, 2005 9:59am PDT
The 'Black Male Adult' on trial: The Constitution gets a beatdown 
Two Palo Alto CA police are charged with brutally beating a man without cause. Their trial has become an attack on the entire experience of all those caught in the never-ending U.S. dragnet for the "Black Male Adult."...
Posted: Mon, Apr 4, 2005 10:35pm PDT
Hands Off Social Security! 
Over 1,000 people demonstrated in front of the offices of Charles Schwab to denounce the Social Security privitization scheme of the Bush Aministration. Unions, senior centers and community groups came out in large numbers....
Posted: Fri, Apr 1, 2005 2:24pm PST
Prevent coastal drilling- Pacifica hearing tomorrow Assemblyman Leland Yee is holding a press conference this Friday in
Pacifica
to garner support for his proposed legislation to ensure that
California's
coastal waters are safe from off shore oil drilling....
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2005 2:38pm PST
Police on trial Two Palo Alto CA police are charged with brutally beating a man without cause. Their trial has become a forum on police practices in general....
Posted: Sat, Mar 26, 2005 12:55am PST
Are police held accountable for shooting people to death? Many news articles about police shootings ending in death of victim only give side of police, usually the victim is blamed and usually questions are not asked as to what actually happened and maybe the shooting could have been handled differently....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 7:56pm PST
Marriage Celebrations all over California Tonight The SF Superior Court ruled that that the state's exclusion of same-sex couples from
civil marriage is unconstitutional.
Take Action Tonight in Your Local Community to Celebrate this Historic Marriage
Decision!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 14, 2005 3:28pm PST
UAL Engineers Fight for A Contract (video/quicktime 12.6MB) 300 UAL engineers of IFPTE Union Local 20 have been fight since 2002 for a contract at UAL. This video shows why they are out on the street calling for justice. 4 min. 12.5 MB...
Posted: Thu, Mar 3, 2005 1:24pm PST
Day Of Solidarity Open House What? Day Of Solidarity Open House
When? Saturday, Feb 26th, 2005
Time? 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Where? 120 Park Ave, Palo Alto CA...
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 9:46pm PST
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