20 FEBRUARY 2024/SF NEWS/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) After pro-Palestine protesters briefly blocked an SF Central Freeway onramp Monday afternoon, the protesters were back at it Tuesday morning, shutting down an intersection at Market and Montgomery streets. On Monday afternoon, a large ceasefire protest at Civic Center marched up and blocked the Central… Continue reading
14 JANUARY 2024/SF NEWS/HOLLY SECON (SFist.com) The San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved a Gaza ceasefire resolution earlier this week during a chaotic City Hall meeting, but Mayor London Breed isn’t too happy about it. She released a statement denouncing the resolution on Friday, saying that the resolution is not the… Continue reading
4 DECEMBER 2023/SF POLITICS/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) It was nowhere near the size of Saturday’s downtown SF March that drew thousands, but a couple dozen Code Pink protesters demonstrated outside Nancy Pelosi’s house Sunday calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Palestine conflict. It is not a particularly new thing for the rabble-rousers… Continue reading
20 NOVEMBER 2023/SF POLITICS/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) A routine political-nerd event devolved into chaos over the weekend, as pro-Palestine protesters mobbed a convention center, ending several speeches early and shutting down the convention’s Saturday night proceedings. The California Democratic Endorsing Convention is normally little-noticed beyond just the political junkies who attend… Continue reading
Photo illustration: The Intercept; Photo: Getty Images Israel rejects ceasefire calls and begins ground invasions of Gaza as the civilian death toll climbs. Intercepted October 31 2023, 3:15 p.m. (TheIntercept.com) Listen: https://embed.acast.com/intercepted-with-jeremy-scahill/ceasefire-calls-grow?accentColor=111111&bgColor=f5f6f7&logo=false MORE THAN 3,000 CHILDREN have been killed in Gaza since Israel began bombarding the enclave three weeks ago. The… Continue reading
7 HOURS AGO (motherjones.com) Politicians have tap-danced around the issue. Durbin came out and said it. Graeme Sloan/ AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Nearly a month into a non-stop airstrike campaign by Israeli forces on the Gaza Strip, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)… Continue reading
