ARE SF BILLIONAIRES WAGING WAR ON WORKING PEOPLE?

by Randy Shaw on November 27, 2023 (BeyondChron.org) Garry Tan and Michael Moritz Promoting Public Safety Benefits the Working-Class “Seeing progressive policies succeed in San Francisco, the billionaire class is now waging a war against working people.”—Dean Preston, Truthout Are politically active millionaires and billionaires like Garry Tan and Michael Moritz trying to… Continue reading

Housing bill that makes no sense at all moves forward with reluctant committee vote

Housing bill that makes no sense at all moves forward with reluctant committee vote

Trickle-down economics from the Reagan Era rules as the state forces San Francisco to give luxury developers what they want (and ignores affordable housing). By TIM REDMOND NOVEMBER 27, 2023 (48hills.org) The Board of Supes Land Use and Transportation Committee forwarded without recommendation a housing plan that all three committee… Continue reading

Netanyahu Says He Is ‘Only One Who Will Prevent a Palestinian State’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits military troops in the northern Gaza Strip on November 26, 2023.  (Photo: Israeli Government (GPO)/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images) “Look Joe Biden: Netanyahu is spitting in your face,” said one critic. “Are you going to keep hugging him in public or are you going to… Continue reading

Mission Street vendor ban takes effect as sellers speak out

Mission Street vendor ban takes effect as sellers speak out

San Francisco’s ban on Mission Street vendors took effect Monday, with The City unveiling a pair of spaces for permitted sellers that same day.  The ban — Public Works Order No: 208803 — prohibits for the next 90 days vending within a 300-foot radius of a roughly 1.5-mile stretch of Mission Street… Continue reading

Jewish Group Sues UC Berkeley Law School Over Student Groups’ Anti-Zionism Stance

28 NOVEMBER 2023/SF NEWS/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) A Jewish advocacy group based in Washington, D.C. has filed a lawsuit that alleges that UC Berkeley’s law school has permitted the “longstanding, unchecked spread of antisemitism” among its student groups. Amid heightened and fraught debates around the country over the Israeli response to… Continue reading

Oakland City Council calls for Gaza ceasefire after weeks of protests

Hundreds of speakers weighed in on the hotly debated council resolution during nearly five hours of comments Monday night. by Eli Wolfe Nov. 28, 2023, 11:07 a.m. (Oaklandside.org) The Oaklandside is committed to telling stories about what’s beautiful in Oakland — stories of joy and celebration, neighbors helping neighbors, and legacies… Continue reading

Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails

1 of 7 |  FIlE – Surrounded by Army cadets, President Donald Trump watches the first half of the 121st Army-Navy Football Game in Michie Stadium at the United States Military Academy, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020, in West Point, N.Y. Experts in constitutional law and the military say the Insurrection Act… Continue reading

Opinion:  Why recognizing Palestine is the key to ending the war in Gaza

By Daoud Kuttab November 27, 2023 at 1:18 p.m. EST (WashingtonPost.com) Daoud Kuttab, a Palestinian journalist, is a columnist with Al-Monitor and a former Ferris professor of journalism at Princeton University. President Biden recently declared his desire to see a “revitalized” Palestinian government that could bring together Gaza and the West Bank under… Continue reading

Book: “The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution”

The Squad: AOC and the Hope of a Political Revolution Ryan Grim A riveting insider account of the progressive movement in Congress centering A.O.C., Rashida Tlaib, Jamaal Bowman, Cori Bush, Ayanna Pressley, and Ilhan Omar―their rise, their efforts to set an ambitious agenda for the country, and their struggle to… Continue reading