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March to Save the People’s Post Office: 200 march and occupy San Francisco’s...
by Patricia Jackson Two hundred people rallied to save the Civic Center Post Office on July 27. – Photo: Patricia Jackson The Community-Labor Coalition to Save the People’s Post Office rallied, marched...
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In celebration of true revolutionaries
by Malaika H Kambon A now famous quote from Ernesto Che Guevara says, “At the risk of sounding ridiculous, the true revolutionary is guided by great feelings of love.” At Oscar Grant Plaza outside...
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Labor supports Justice 4 Alan Blueford Nov. 10 march against racial profiling
Join the march Saturday, 12 noon, at Oscar Grant Plaza, 14th and Broadway, Oakland This Oct. 23, 2010, rally for justice for Oscar Grant, another victim of police murder, was organized by the ILWU. –...
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Black media, Black liberation: an interview with People’s Minister of...
by Willie Ratcliff, publisher, San Francisco Bay View Several of the people who will be on stage at Black Media Appreciation Night on Nov. 26 got together this past June 16 outside San Francisco...
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The acquittal of a murderer
by Kiilu Nyasha The long-awaited verdict in the Zimmerman trial was incredible – “not guilty.” Hundreds rallied in Oscar Grant Plaza at Oakland City Hall at 4 p.m. Sunday to protest the Zimmerman trial...
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Day 33: Prisoner hunger strike countdown for humane conditions
by Dr. Ronald Ahnen Aug. 9, 2013 – Today marks 33 days that over 200 prisoners have gone without eating. Most of those who have been strong enough to continue to this point are feeling the very dire...
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California prisons: ‘Solitary confinement can amount to cruel punishment,...
Geneva, Aug. 23, 2013 –United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture Juan E. Méndez today urged the United States government to abolish the use of prolonged or indefinite solitary confinement. There...
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Green Party issues urgent call for Gov. Jerry Brown to negotiate with prison...
San Francisco – Green Party members are issuing an urgent call for Gov. Jerry Brown to negotiate with California prisoners. More than 30,000 prisoners began a hunger strike on July 8, but the number...
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Events worldwide commemorate mass California hunger strike first anniversary
by Shandre Delaney Pennsylvania actions in commemoration of the one-year anniversary of the largest prisoner hunger strike in history Prison family members – particularly mothers, daughters, partners,...
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To celebrate the movement: The California prisoner hunger strike one year later
by Donna Willmott At a noontime rally marking the first anniversary of last year’s largest-ever hunger strike, held in Oakland on July 8 at Oscar Grant Plaza, Marie Levin speaks out about her love for...
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National Day of Action: It’s right to rebel!
by Zo Khumalo With San Francisco’s opulent City Hall in the background, National Day of Action protesters march through throngs of UN Plaza Farmers Market shoppers on Oct. 22. Though the shoppers...
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Living in a world on edge: ‘It might not be safe to be here’
by Marc Sapir, MD, MPH On Monday afternoon, Dec. 8, I was meeting with an African American theater director at a Starbucks in downtown Oakland. Unexpectedly, a woman employee approached our table and...
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The first monthly Statewide Coordinated Actions to End Solitary Confinement...
Statewide Coordinated Actions to End Solitary Confinement (SCATESC) began March 23, 2015. Actions were held in California from San Diego to Arcata (Arcata-Eureka, Los Angeles, Oakland, San Diego, San...
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The Bay Area Black Expo is coming to Frank Ogawa (Oscar Grant) Plaza on Saturday
by The People’s Minister of Information JR The 24th Annual Bay Area Black Expo will be on Saturday, July 25, at 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza (better known as Oscar Grant Plaza) in downtown Oakland from 11...
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Wanda’s Picks for October 2016
by Wanda Sabir To mark the 50th anniversary of the 1966 Hunters Point Uprising, Aliyah Dunn-Salahuddin (in the colorful dress), chair of the African American Studies Department at City College, who was...
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Mumia’s struggle for freedom reaches crucial stage
by Chris Kinder for the Labor Action Committee to Free Mumia Abu-Jamal The people won Mumia’s cure; now it’s time to free him! Join the Oakland march or organize a march and rally where you are. Mumia...
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A large and diverse crowd in Oakland demonstrates solidarity with...
by Nevin Long After temporarily shutting down the 580 freeway in Oakland California, the diverse crowd gathered at Lake Merritt. – Photo: Nevin Long A large group took to the streets in Oakland for...
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Charlottesville solidarity: Undeterred protesters march in Oakland to tune of...
by Nevin Long Photo: Nik Wojcik Marchers snaked through the streets of Downtown Oakland toward the Grand Lake neighborhood to the sounds of a booming portable sound system which blared tunes as...
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Longshore workers: Shut down the fascists!
Racists want Charlottesville terror here – It’s up to us to stop it! Assemble on Scott Street in Marina Green on Saturday, Aug. 26, 10 a.m. by Anthony Leviege and Jack Heyman We longshore workers...
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Four hundred years, 5859-6259 AAC (1619-2019 JC-PG): ‘James-town,’ the ‘13...
by Baba Jahahara Amen-RA Alkebulan-Ma’at Dr. Maulana Karenga, creator of the Kwanzaa Holy Season and Nguzo Saba, on this year’s UMOJA day in Los Angeles, with Baba Jahahara. Dr. Karenga is also a...
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