Monthly Archives: June 2021

Article with photos: ‘Stop taking anything from Israel’: Block the Boat movement aims to halt cargo ship at Seattle Port – June 17, 2021 https://www.kuow.org/stories/stop-taking-anything-from-israel-block-the-boat-movement-aims-to-halt-cargo-ship-at-seattle-port EMERGENCY UPDATE From June 17th – 11:30pm  Our community protest tonight was violently broken up by the police. At least 8 of us are currently in jail…. Continue reading →

June 17, 2021 (SFChronicle.com) Progressives aren’t just boiling mad at Sen. Dianne Feinstein (again). Some want the senator, who has been in office since 1992, to resign. They’re frustrated that Feinstein continues to balk at killing the filibuster to pass a voting rights bill. But even more so, they’re baffled… Continue reading →

As NLRB counts votes, nine union backers lose their jobs. By GARRETT LEAHY JUNE 16, 2021 (48hills.org) When Kenneth Cabrera was fired from Dandelion Chocolate on June 2, he was taken completely by surprise. “I wasn’t prepared for it,” said Cabrera. “I felt like my name was dragged through the… Continue reading →

June 17, 2021 (SFGate.com) It’s been three days since a Washington Post article alleged that KGO-TV (ABC7) anchor and reporter Dion Lim reported inaccurate information about San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin’s handling of a carjacking case in March 2021. And yet, both Lim and KGO-TV still haven’t said anything about the allegations,… Continue reading →

From Adrienne Fong 6:00pm, Lara from AROC just posted this on facebook…·  I don’t tweet so those of U that do can follow what’s going on. Follow #BlockTheBoat and @AROCBayArea on Twitter and show some love for Falastiniyat and the Seattle community picket rising up against apartheid-Israel. Cops have called for 3 dispersal orders… Continue reading →

AROC posted this about an hour ago on their facebook site. Ship in Seattle is ZIM SAN DIEGO. Please share with your Seattle friends. From: AROC: Arab Resource & Organizing Center #BlockTheBoat Seattle Update: ZIM Refuses to leave despite Seattleites saying NO! BTB Seattle needs everyone at Bridge Gear Park at… Continue reading →

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library By Hayeswire – Published on January 21, 2013 (hoodline.com) For your Martin Luther King Jr. Day, take a look back at a time when the young civil rights leader visited our neck of the woods. You’ve no doubt heard of Rosa Parks, the civil rights activist in Montgomery,… Continue reading →

Issued on: 16/06/2021 – 01:38 (france24.com) Text by: NEWS WIRES Saudi Arabia executed a man from the minority Shiite community on Tuesday who was convicted on charges related to an anti-government protest when he was a teenager, in what campaigners called a “deeply flawed” trial. Mustafa al-Darwish was executed in the eastern… Continue reading →

16 JUNE 2021/SF NEWS/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) Returning to the protest origins of Pride, and for the second year in a row without an official (and heavily corporate-sponsored) SF Pride parade, there will be a People’s March and Rally down Polk Street and in Civic Center on Pride Sunday. The People’s… Continue reading →

Periodic posting of few events. *** ASL interpretation – Let me know if your event needs this service .*** Please include Accessibility and ASL info in your events! And if your action is ‘child friendly’ Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12  See Indybay  for many other listings of events. Site for other Bay… Continue reading →