POSTED INPOLITICS AND MOVEMENTS: INTERNATIONAL The No to APEC Coalition rallied 10,000 protestors at a meeting of 20 world leaders in San Francisco this fall, aiming to disrupt talks for a new transpacific free trade regime taking place amid souring US-China relations. BY JU-HYUN PARK DECEMBER 12, 2023 (therealnews.com) US President… Continue reading
By Carolyn Wang KongNov 16, 2023 (SFChronicle.com) This week, much of the world’s attention is focused on San Francisco as our city hosts this year’s Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. The forum is bringing together leaders from 21 APEC countries to engage on global challenges under the theme of “Creating a Resilient… Continue reading
Editor’s note It is not The Examiner’s standard practice to publish political speeches in their entirety. But amid San Francisco’s largest gathering of international heads of state since the U.N. Charter Conference in 1945 — and on the heels of a high-stakes meeting between President Joe Biden and Chinese President… Continue reading
U.S. President Joe Biden took the stage in San Francisco on Thursday to outline a renewed and interconnected vision for the pan-Pacific region, just one day after a closely watched meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC summit. Despite growing tensions between the two superpowers over trade, human rights concerns,… Continue reading
Next week, November 12-17, in San Francisco, the United States and 20 countries are convening the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum. It’ll feature both a CEO summit with over 1200 global corporate CEOs (including the CEOs of Exxon, Chevron, Citibank, various Big Tech companies) and 21 heads of state summit… Continue reading
Peter Hartlaub Nov. 4, 2023 (SFChronicle.com) “Oh, what a great day this can be in history!” It was one of the most resounding quotes ever spoken in San Francisco, as President Harry Truman watched his secretary of state put pen to paper at Herbst Theatre on June 26, 1945, before… Continue reading
1 NOVEMBER 2023/SF NEWS/JAY BARMANN A bevy of protest groups with a range of agendas are likely to stage demonstrations within view of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ summit later this month, though San Francisco city leaders would probably prefer they did not. Whether or not any of the… Continue reading
… and what’s headed for the March ballot? That’s The Agenda for Oct. 22-29 By TIM REDMOND OCTOBER 22, 2023 (48hills.org) The Board of Supes Budget and Finance Committee will consider Wednesday/25 putting on the March 5 ballot a measure to sell $300 million in bonds to finance the construction and preservation… Continue reading
by JOE ESKENAZI SEPTEMBER 11, 2023 (MissionLocal.org) Have you ever heard of APEC? Likely, the answer is no. But, to borrow a phrase from President Joseph Biden, “This is a big fucking deal!” And it’s coming to a Downtown near you in November. Literally thousands of government security personnel will flood… Continue reading
