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By Adrienne Fong Not back posting on a regular basis. Things are happening very rapidly in the Middle East – Gaza, West Bank, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen, and even in the U.S. etc…. RESOURCES:  UPDATES WITH BAY RESISTANCE and get plugged to actions you can support, text “Resist” to 888-850-0928 GI… Continue reading

‘Let a thousand Zohrans bloom:’ Progressives fly in to boost Saikat Chakrabarti at “Change the Party” rally

by Kelly Waldron May 8, 2026 (MissionLocal.org) Congressional candidate Saikat Chakrabarti is an outsider to San Francisco politics who has not been welcomed by the city’s political establishment, progressives and moderates alike.  But instead of seeking their vote of confidence, he’s bringing other outsiders in.  On Thursday evening, Chakrabarti’s “Change the Party” rally… Continue reading

Hasan Piker, “controversial” to corporate Democrats, attends Chakrabarti “Change the Party” Rally

Hasan Piker, “controversial” to corporate Democrats, attends Chakrabarti “Change the Party” Rally

8 May 2026/SF Politics/Leanne Maxwell (SFist.com) House candidate Saikat Chakrabarti is contending with being an outsider to the local political establishment by embracing creator-driven media and hosting other outside progressives at his rallies, including incendiary leftwing commentator Hasan Piker. Former Stripe engineer and congressional candidate Saikat Chakrabarti, who has spent… Continue reading

Allen Ginsberg ‘Howl’s again at all-star centennial celebration

Arts + CultureCultureLitMusic Kronos Quartet, Kim Stanley Robinson, Merrill Garbus, Brontez Purnell, Andy Cabic, morę mark 100 years of poet-iconoclast. ByJoshua Rotter May 7, 2026 (48hills.org) The story goes that on a hot San Francisco autumn night in 1955, a roomful of poets, drifters, and wide-eyed believers crowded into the Six… Continue reading

The ‘revolution is here’: Progressive Democrats’ ‘Change the Party’ message hits home at packed S.F. rally

The ‘revolution is here’: Progressive Democrats’ ‘Change the Party’ message hits home at packed S.F. rally

By Alyce McFadden, Staff Writer Updated May 8, 2026 (SFChronicle.com) Gift Article House candidate Saikat Chakrabarti rallies supporters to “Change the Party” at a nightclub in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood Thursday night. Lizzy Montana Myers/For the S.F. Chronicle Hundreds of progressive Bay Area voters crammed into a San Francisco nightclub Thursday for… Continue reading