MAY 3, 2023 (progressivehub.net) |IN ACTION Of course, we know from historical labor studies that the owners usually resorted to using police and hired thug violence to quell strikes. By Philip A Farruggio, Z Network When the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW AKA The Wobblies) was established in 1905, their goal was… Continue reading
For me, the streets of San Francisco are a web of memories. I dragged two friends of mine the other day around a corner off 16th Street to show them the Mission District apartment where I lived in the 1990s. Blocks away, on Ramona Avenue, was the flat where a… Continue reading
5 MAY 2023/SF NEWS/JAY BARMANN (SFist.com) Following many months of court battles and years in which the encampment grew to house hundreds of people in makeshift shelters and RVs, the sprawling encampment around Wood Street in West Oakland has been entirely removed. Homeless advocates have long argued that the encampment,… Continue reading
4 MAY 2023/SF NEWS/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) The ongoing effort to make Treasure Island a thing hits a new milestone Sunday, as a new and more modern eastbound off-ramp to Yerba Buena Island opens Sunday morning, and bicyclists will be able to access the islands (from the Oakland side) seven days… Continue reading
By Adrienne Fong Will be sending out a composite of articles on BANKO BROWN in a couple days. Not back posting on a regular basis Please include Accessibility and ASL info in your events! And if your action is ‘child friendly’ These are JUSTICE issues!! *** ASL interpretation – Let me know if your… Continue reading
Figure easily beats predictions and comes despite fall in oil and gas price Jillian Ambrose Thu 4 May 2023 08.58 EDT (TheGuardian.com) Shell has been accused of a “profiteering bonanza” after it made record first-quarter profits of more than $9.6bn (£7.6bn) and showered shareholders with more than $6bn, even as… Continue reading
Measure will also help shift utilities away from private companies to make them publicly owned Aliya Uteuova in New York Wed 3 May 2023 06.00 EDT (TheGuardian.com) New York state has passed legislation that will scale up the state’s renewable energy production and signals a major step toward moving utilities out… Continue reading
How to Solve the Debt Ceiling Standoff? Sue Janet Yellen. A bondholder could simply allege that America failing to pay off its debts is unconstitutional. There’s a good argument for that. The American Prospect (info@prospect.org) May 4, 2023 Mariam Zuhaib/AP Photo By Jonathan Zasloff Finally, they are discussing it. The New… Continue reading
New revelations cast serious doubt on the version of events that the DA’s Office presented; Peskin demands transparency. By TIM REDMOND MAY 3, 2023 (48Hills.org) The shooting of Banko Brown developed a new and critical twist today as District Attorney Brooke Jenkins admitted that the evidence shows Brown was unarmed. The… Continue reading
Far-right Robert F. Kennedy Jr. fans might want to be careful about clinging to nonsense that got its adherents killed. By BRUCE MIRKEN MAY 3, 2023 (48Hills.org) You can tell a lot about people by their heroes. Folks who lionize Kyle Rittenhouse, for example, should never be taken seriously when… Continue reading
